Course Details
This course provides you with an accelerated path to obtain the skills required to successfully deploy and support a complete Citrix hosted application and desktop virtualization solution in a Windows Server 2012 R2 environment.
Throughout this course, you will learn how to configure an environment that includes the following Citrix components: XenServer, XenDesktop, Citrix License Server, MCS, PVS, Personal vDisk, StoreFront, NetScaler (ICA Proxy, Load Balancing, Endpoint Analysis), and Citrix Receiver. Upon course completion, you will be able to build a XenDesktop 7.5 environment from scratch, test the implementation to ensure that all components work as expected, and successfully manage, monitor, and troubleshoot a XenDesktop 7.5 solution.
Course Prerequisites
- An understanding of server, desktop and application virtualization concepts
- Experience with Windows Server 2012 R2
- Basic storage knowledge (manage existing storage types, add new storage)
- Basics of Citrix licensing
- Familiarity with at least one hypervisor (XenServer, Hyper-V, or vSphere)
- Basic understanding of the different types of profiles (local, roaming, mandatory)
Course Agenda
1. Understanding the XenDesktop 7.5 Architecture
- Understanding the Architecture of a XenDesktop Solution
- XenDesktop Virtualization Technologies
- Infrastructure Components
- Citrix Components
- Designing a XenDesktop Implementation
- Design Document
2. Hypervisor Considerations
- Setting up the Hypervisor
- Installing the Hypervisor
- Installing the Hypervisor Management Console
- Configuring the Hypervisor
- Creating Templates
- Reinforcement Exercise: Creating a Windows 7 Template
3. Infrastructure Considerations
- Setting Up the Infrastructure Components
- Setting Up the Infrastructure Components
- Setting Up the Domain Controller
- Setting Up the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- Setting Up a Certificate Authority
- Setting Up the File Server
- Setting Up SQL Server 2012
- Setting Up SQL Server Mirroring
- Reinforcement Exercise: Redirecting Additional Folders
4. Setting Up Citrix Components
- Setting Up Citrix Components
- Setting Up the Citrix License Server
- Setting Up the Delivery Controller
- Setting Up a Second Controller
- Setting Up the Citrix Universal Print Server
- Setting Up StoreFront
- Setting Up a Second StoreFront Server
- Setting Up Receiver
- Reinforcement Exercise: Using the Receiver for Web Site
5. Setting Up XenDesktop Resources
- Setting Up XenDesktop Resources
- Preparing the Master Virtual Machine
- Setting Up a Server OS Master Image
- Setting Up a Desktop OS Master Image
- Creating a Machine Catalog
- Creating a Delivery Group
- Reinforcement Exercise: Adding Machines and Delivery Groups
6. Managing Policies and Profiles
- Setting Up Policies
- Policy Precedence (Studio vs. Group Policy Objects)
- Creating Policies Using Studio
- Creating Policies Using Group Policy
- Obtaining the Resultant Set of Policy Using Group Policy Objects
- Managing End-User Profiles
- Reinforcement Exercise 1: Working with Policies
- Reinforcement Exercise 2: Working with Profiles
7. Managing Printing
- Managing Printing
- Default Printing Behavior
- Configuring Client Printing
- Managing Printer Drivers
- Optimizing Printing Performance
- Setting Up and Managing the Universal Print Server
- Reinforcement Exercise: Managing Printing
8. Setting Up Provisioning Services
- Setting Up Provisioning Services
- Provisioning Services Architecture
- Setting Up a Provisioning Services Server
- Installing the Provisioning Services Console
- Configuring Boot from Network
- Setting Up a Second Provisioning Services Server
- Configuring the BootStrap File for High Availability
- Configuring the Master Target Device
- Creating the vDisk
- Assigning a vDisk to a Target Device
- Creating the Machine Catalog
- Creating the Delivery Group
- Reinforcement Exercise: Creating BDM Target Devices
9. Managing and Monitoring Sessions, Sites, and End Users with Director
- Director Overview
- Monitoring within the Director Dashboard
- Monitoring and Managing End-User Sessions
- Reinforcement Exercise: Using Director
10. Setting Up NetScaler
- Setting Up NetScaler
- Performing the Initial NetScaler Configuration
- Configuring NTP
- Configuring NetScaler High Availability
- Setting Up DNS
- Creating Certificates for NetScaler
- Load Balancing StoreFront Servers
- Configuring NetScaler for Remote Access
- Redirecting HTTP Requests for StoreFront
- Modifying StoreFront to Integrate with NetScaler
- Configuring ICA Proxy
- Configuring Authentication Policies
- Configuring NetScaler for Email-Based Account Discovery
- Reinforcement Exercise: Scanning an Endpoint for a File