Administrating XenDesktop 7.5 and Hypervisor Management

Managing Administration

Course: 38 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Citrix Licensing
• Managing Licensing
• Delegating Administration
• Managing Administrative Roles
• Configuring Roles and Scopes
  
  

Creating Virtual Machines

Course: 31 Minutes

• Managing OS Images
• Creating Virtual Machines Using ISO
• Creating Virtual Machines in XenCenter
• Installing OS on a Virtual Machine
• Installing XenServer Tools
  
  

Maintaining Virtual Machines

Course: 29 Minutes

• Performing Virtual Machines Snapshots
• Reverting Virtual Machines
• Copying Virtual Machines
• Creating Virtual Machine Templates
• Modifying Virtual Machine Settings

Managing Policies

Course: 30 Minutes

• Overview of Policies
• Creating Policies
• Managing Policy Templates
• Modifying Policies
• Using Group Policy Objects

Managing Profiles

Course: 30 Minutes

• User Profile Considerations
• Configuring Folder Redirection
• Using Policies with Profiles
• Troubleshooting User Profile Issues

Practice: Manage a Citrix XenDesktop 7 Solution

Course: 15 Minutes

• Exercise: Manage a Citrix XenDesktop 7 Solution15

Managing XenDesktop 7.5 Desktops and Applications

Managing Apps and Desktops

Course: 36 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Overview of Desktop and App Architecture
• Creating a Machine Catalog
• Managing Machine Catalogs
• Managing Delivery Groups
• Configuring Resources

Managing Sessions and Users

Course: 27 Minutes

• Overview of Director
• Exploring the Director Dashboard
• Monitoring End-User Sessions
• Monitoring End-User Machines
• Troubleshooting User Issues

Provisioning Virtual Machine Services

Course: 36 Minutes

• Overview of Provisioning Services
• Creating Master Virtual Machines
• Configuring the Virtual Delivery Agent
• Creating Images
• Creating a vDisk
• Managing Personal vDisks

Managing Delivery with StoreFront

Course: 21 Minutes

• Managing a Store
• Configuring Receiver
• Configuring StoreFront Access
• Configuring Delivery Controllers
• Monitoring StoreFront Logs

Troubleshoot XenDesktop Solutions

Course: 36 Minutes

• Troubleshooting Delivery Agent Issues
• Troubleshooting Licensing Issues
• Troubleshooting Provisioning Services
• Troubleshooting Personal vDisks
• Troubleshooting Application Performance

Practice: Managing Desktops and Apps

Course: 15 Minutes

• Exercise: Manage XenDesktop Apps and Desktops

Configuring Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 Components

Implementing Citrix Receiver

Course: 39 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Overview of Citrix Receiver
• Implement Receiver Using Merchandising Server
• Citrix Receiver for MAC
• Troubleshoot Citrix Receiver
• Configure Remote Access for StoreFront

Configuring Citrix Policies

Course: 33 Minutes

• Overview of Citrix Policies
• Create and Apply Policies Using Studio
• Create and Apply Policies Using Group Policy
• Configuring Profile Management Policy
• Configuring Receiver Policy Settings
• Configuring Virtual Delivery Agent Settings

Configuring Citrix NetScaler

Course: 45 Minutes

• Overview of NetScaler
• NetScaler Infrastructure
• Setting Up NetScaler
• Creating Gateway Vserver
• Overview of NetScaler Policies
• Configuring NetScaler Policies

Configuring the XenDesktop Environment

Course: 1 Hour, 9 Minutes

• Prepare for a Catalog Upgrade
• Perform a Catalog Upgrade
• Prerequisites for Creating a vDisk
• Modify XenServer Virtual Machine Storage
• Publishing Applications Using AppCenter
• Publishing Applications Using a VM
• Deploying Applications Using System Center Part
• Deploying Applications Using App-V

Practice: Managing the XenDesktop Suite

Managing a Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 Environment

Managing Citric XenDesktop Director

Course: 32 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Installing Citrix XenDesktop Director
• Using XenDesktop Director as Administrator
• Using XenDesktop Director as Technician
• Enabling Remote Assistance for XenDesktop Director
• Configuring Remote Assistance using Group Policy
• Importance of Remote Assistance

Maintaining Citrix Printing Services

Course: 37 Minutes

• Manage Printer Drivers
• Set up the Print Server
• Configure Universal Print Server Policy
• Configure Printing for Clients
• Review Client Printer Policy Settings
• Configure Settings for Print Drivers Policy
• Optimize Print Performance

Managing Recovery and Backup

Course: 33 Minutes

• Overview of XenDesktop Database
• Backing up the XenDesktop Database
• Restoring the XenDesktop Database
• Moving a XenDesktop Database
• Backup and Restore of XenServer Metadata
• Overview of XenServer Disaster Recovery
• Configuring XenServer Disaster Recovery

Maintaining Citrix Services

Course: 30 Minutes

• Processing User Profiles
• Resetting User Profiles
• Restoring User Profiles
• Updating Citrix Receiver
• Adding Storage to a Target Device
• Manage Access to Remote Stores

Practice: Manage XenDesktop Services

Course: 8 Minutes

• Exercise: Maintaining XenDesktop Clients

Monitoring a Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 Environment

Monitoring with AppFlow

Course: 22 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Enabling the AppFlow Feature
• Configuring AppFlow Actions
• Configure an AppFlow Policy
• Applying an AppFlow Policy
• Using the AppFlow Command Line

Monitoring Using Configuration Logging

Course: 24 Minutes

• Introducing Configuration Logging
• Managing Configuration Logging
• Generate a Configuration Logging Report
• Viewing Configuration Log Reports
• Removing Configuration Logs

Monitoring with Director and IntelliCache

Course: 32 Minutes

• Overview of Monitoring with Citrix Director
• Interpreting Failures Using Director
• Resolving Application Failures Using Director
• Interpreting Usage Data in Director
• Enabling XenDesktop IntelliCache
• Verifying IntelliCache Configuration
• Monitoring Using the Host and Controller Tables

Diagnostics Using Auditing and Logs

Course: 41 Minutes

• Introducing Provisioning Services Auditing
• Accessing and Searching Auditing Information
• Archiving an Audit Trail
• Monitoring System Performance Through User Logon
• Introducing StoreFront Logs
• Configuring StoreFront Log Throttling
• Enabling StoreFront Log Tracing
• Introducing Citrix Profile Management Logging
• Configuring Diagnostics for Profile Management
• Configure and Access the NetScaler Audit Log

Practice: Monitoring Citrix XenDesktop

Course: 5 Minutes

• Exercise: Using Monitoring and Logging

Troubleshooting a Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 Environment

Troubleshooting XenDesktop Configurations

Course: 54 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Troubleshoot Common Installation Issues
• Resolve XenDesktop Configuration Issues
• Review the ICA Keep Alive Settings
• Troubleshooting Common User Access Issues
• Troubleshooting App Performance and Failure
• Review the Settings for Workspace Control
• Troubleshooting NIC Bond Configuration
• Troubleshoot Causes of Personal vDisk Failures
• Troubleshooting User Profile Issues
• Troubleshooting Using Ports

Troubleshooting XenDesktop Components

Course: 55 Minutes

• Troubleshooting Citrix Studio Issues
• Troubleshooting Desktop Pass-through
• Reviewing Netscaler Load Balancing
• Troubleshooting Citrix Receiver Issues
• Resolve NetScaler and ICA Proxy Issues
• Troubleshooting Machine Creation Services
• Resolve Storage Performance Bottlenecks with MCS
• Troubleshoot Citrix Licensing Issues

Troubleshooting Virtual Desktop Settings

Course: 40 Minutes

• Troubleshooting the VDA Using Event Log Entries
• Troubleshooting the VDA Registration Process
• Verifying Virtual Desktop Farm Membership
• Verifying Virtual Desktop Firewall Configuration
• Verifying Virtual Desktop SPN Configuration
• Verifying DNS Configuration
• Verifying System Time is in Sync
• Reviewing Session Reliability
• Review the Auto Client Reconnect Settings

Practice: Troubleshooting Virtual Desktops

Course: 4 Minutes

• Exercise: Resolving Virtual Desktop Issues