About this Course

The Managing App and Desktop Solutions with Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 course provides students with the skills required to effectively support a Citrix application and desktop virtualization solution in a Windows Server 2012 R2 environment.  

During this course, students will learn how to successfully manage, monitor, support and troubleshoot a XenDesktop 7.6 solution, which includes growing the implementation to accommodate changes in the environment (adding new applications, new users, new desktops, and new policies) and troubleshooting common issues.

Topic Outline

Provided is the topic outline for the Managing App and Desktop Solutions with Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 course:

Module 1: Understanding the Architecture of a XenApp and XenDesktop Solution

Module 2: Managing Licenses and Delegating Administration 

Module 3: Managing and Monitoring the Hypervisor

Module 4: Managing Desktops and Applications

Module 5: Managing StoreFront

Module 6: Managing Policies and Profiles 

Module 7: Managing and Monitoring Sessions, Sites, and End Users with Director

Module 8: Managing Printing

Module 9: Managing Provisioning Services 

TARGET AUDIENCE 

This course is recommended for Operators and Administrators that need to manage an existing XenApp or XrnDesktop 7.6 solution

PRE-REQUISITE

Preparatory Recommendations 

Before taking this course, Citrix recommends that students have the following:

1. An understanding of server, desktop and application virtualization concepts

2. Experience with Windows Server 2012, specifically:

Active Directory

• Domains
  
• Groups and User Accounts
  
• Organizational Units
  
• Group Policy Objects
  

3. Experience with Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 user interfaces

4. Basic storage knowledge (manage existing storage types, add new storage)

5. Basics of Citrix licensing

6. Familiarity with at least one hypervisor (XenServer, Hyper-V, or vSphere)

7. Basic understanding of the different types of profiles (local, roaming, mandatory)

8. Completed the following courses or can demonstrate equivalent knowledge:

• CXD-102 Introduction to XenDesktop 7
  
• CXA-104 Citrix XenApp 7.6: Overview
  

5 days

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