Citrix Desktop Virtualization Fast Track (CMB-207-1I)

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About this Course

This  fast-paced course provides the foundation necessary for students to effectively  centralize and manage desktops and applications in the datacenter and deliver  them as a service to users anywhere. Students will learn how to build XenApp  and XenDesktop environments; assign virtual desktops; deliver published  resources and printers to users; use policies to customize farm settings and  the user experience; and administer the environments. In addition, students  will learn how to build a Provisioning services farm to enable single-image  desktop management.

Audience Profile

This  course is intended for IT professionals, such as server, network, and systems  administrators familiar with Microsoft Windows environments, including Windows  2008 R2 administrators. Existing Citrix XenApp administrators interested in  increasing their desktop virtualization skills with Citrix XenDesktop, are  ideal candidates. Systems engineers, sales engineers, analysts, consultants,  and architects are also appropriate candidates for this course.

At Course Completion

Upon  completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Install and  configure a Citrix license server, import Citrix licenses, configure license  monitoring, and view license usage trends.
  • Install and  configure Citrix XenApp to create a new farm or join an existing farm.
  • Create  administrator accounts and assign custom administrative permissions to the  accounts.
  • Configure  the logging of administrative changes to a database.
  • Create and  apply worker groups that simplify the administration of published resources and  policies.
  • Install the  Web Interface role.
  • Create and  configure XenApp Web and XenApp Services web sites.
  • Customize  the layout, content, and appearance of a XenApp Web site.
  • Publish  application and server desktop resources for access by users and verify that  workspace control works correctly.
  • View and  manage user sessions from the administrative console.
  • Install  profiling software, profile an application for streaming, and link dependent  profiles to allow interaction between streamed applications.
  • Publish a  streamed application and verify that the streamed application works correctly.
  • Create  policies to improve performance, restrict user access, and shadow user  sessions.
  • Test  policies to verify that they produce the desired effect.
  • Configure  custom load evaluators and apply them to servers and applications.
  • Configure  and test failover using a load balancing policy.
  • Install  Citrix Receiver, configure and deliver a plug-in package, and verify that  self-service applications can be added from a client device.
  • Configure  printing including, printer auto-creation, driver compatibility lists, session  printers, and printing policies.
  • Configure a  XenApp Web site to use an ICA proxy.
  • Identify  tools that can be used to monitor XenApp servers and sessions.
  • Identify  additional components included with Citrix XenApp Platinum edition.
  • Configure a  XenServer host for desktop delivery.
  • Adjust  virtual machine properties.
  • Backup  virtual machine metadata to shared storage.
  • Import a  virtual machine.
  • Install  XenDesktop.
  • Add a  controller to an existing site.
  • Install,  configure and secure Web Interface.
  • Delegate  XenDesktop administration.
  • Prepare a  master virtual machine.
  • Assign users  to pooled virtual desktops and dedicated virtual desktops.
  • Modify  desktop catalogs, groups, and a master virtual machine.
  • Use policies  and Profile Management to restrict and allow XenDesktop features.
  • Monitor  XenDesktop sessions.
  • Shadow  XenDesktop sessions.
  • Install and  configure Provisioning services.
  • Create a  shared vDisk.
  • Create  streamed virtual desktops using Provisioning services.
  • Update a  vDisk.
  • Identify key  features of XenDesktop 5.5.

Prerequisites

Before  taking this course, Citrix recommends that students have a basic understanding of  the following technologies:  Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Remote Desktop Services   Network and  storage devices, device drivers, and operating systems   Networking concepts,  such as DNS, DHCP, IIS, load balancing, and file and printing services   Active  Directory and group policy   Server,  desktop, and application virtualization concepts   Citrix  XenApp