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Course Overview
What is the biggest source of user complaints in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments? Slow logon times and lagging applications.
The Advanced Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Administration course 2402 LTSR is designed for experienced IT professionals. It goes beyond basic administration to give you the tools and strategies to deliver a fast, reliable, and secure virtual workspace every time a user logs in.
Through expert-led virtual classroom sessions and hands-on labs, you will learn how to use Workspace Environment Management WEM to speed up logons and optimize resource consumption, implement App Layering to streamline image management, and configure scalability and redundancy so performance stays consistent during heavy demand.
Note: limited inclusions by design
Who Should Attend
Administrators, Engineers, and Architects
Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Implement advanced administration concepts: troubleshooting, backups, disaster recovery, scalability, and redundancy for a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site
- Configure security settings and manage multi-site environments using zones
- Create, manage, and administer App Layering OS, platform, application, elastic, and user layers
- Integrate Citrix App Layering into a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops deployment
- Install, configure, and integrate Workspace Environment Management WEM to optimize user experience and resource consumption
- Migrate an on-premises WEM deployment to WEM service
- Master configurations around StoreFront and Delivery Controllers
- Apply best-practice security configurations to protect your environment
Course Outline
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Overview and Management
- Introduction to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
- Managing CVAD environments
- Implementing backups and disaster recovery strategies
- Configuring advanced authentication methods
Security and Troubleshooting
- Applying application and data security measures
- Securing Virtual Delivery Agents VDAs
- Introduction to troubleshooting in Citrix environments
- Troubleshooting access issues
- Troubleshooting Delivery Controller issues
- Troubleshooting VDA registration issues
- Troubleshooting HDX connection issues
Citrix App Layering
- Understanding OS layers
- Configuring platform layers
- Creating and managing application layers
- Working with elastic application layers and user layers
- Deploying layered images
- Managing layer priority and maintaining an App Layering environment
Workspace Environment Management WEM
- Introduction to WEM and architecture components
- Installing WEM and deploying it in your environment
- Using WEM consoles and completing the initial setup
- Optimizing systems and logon processes with WEM
- Implementing WEM security and lockdown features
- Planning for and deploying the WEM agent
- Monitoring, reporting, and troubleshooting WEM
- Upgrading WEM and migrating to WEM service