Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Advanced Administration (2402 LTSR) («CVAD30»)

• Implementing advanced administration concepts such as troubleshooting, backups, disaster recovery, scalability and redundancy for a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop Site
• Understanding security considerations and configurations including multi-site management using zones
• Creating, administering, and managing App Layering OS, platform, application, elastic, and user layers
• Integrating Citrix App Layering into a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop deployment
• Installing and initializing WEM and integrate into Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS
• Configuring WEM features to improve the end user environment and virtual resource consumption
• Migrating an on-premises WEM deployment to WEM service

1 Introduction to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Advanced Config, Redundancy, and Scalability

• Site Infrastructure Redundancy and Scalability
• StoreFront and NetScaler Gateway
• Machines Running the Virtual Delivery Agent
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Redundancy and Scalability

2 Manage CVAD Multiple Locations

• Zones
• VDA Registration in a Multi-Zone Environment
• Zone Preference
• Optimal Gateway Routing and Zones
• StoreFront Resource Aggregation
• Managing StoreFront Store Subscriptions in a Multi-Location Environment

3 Backups and Disaster Recovery

• Backups
• Disaster Recovery Considerations
• Disaster Recovery Process

4 Advanced Authentication Methods

• Multi-factor Authentication – RADIUS and One Time Passwords (OTP)
• Multi-factor Authentication – Smart Card Authentication
• Federated Authentication

5 App and Data Security

• Introduction to Application Security
• Preventing Jailbreak Attacks
• Minimizing the Impact of Attacks

6 Secure VDAs

• Transport Layer Security (TLS) Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) Encryption
• Microsoft Group Policy Objects (GPOs) and Citrix Policies
• Image Management 

7 Introduction to Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting Methodology
• Resource Tools and Utilities
• Introduction to PowerShell

8 Troubleshoot Access Issues

• Troubleshooting StoreFront
• Troubleshooting NetScaler Gateway
• Troubleshooting Access and Authentication
• Troubleshooting App/Desktop Launch

9 Troubleshoot Delivery Controller Issues

• Validating FlexCast Management Architecture (FMA) Services

10 Troubleshoot Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) Registration Issues

• Troubleshooting Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) Registration

11 Troubleshoot HDX Connection Issues

• Troubleshooting HDX Connections

12 Intro to App Layering and Architecture Overview

• Citrix App Layering Introduction
• Architecture

13 OS Layers

• OS Layers

14 Platform Layers

• Platform Layers

15 App Layers

• App Layers

16 Elastic App Layers and User Layers

• Elastic App Layers
• User Layers

17 Deploy a Layered Image

• Using Layered Images with CVAD

18 Layer Priority and Maintaining an App Layering Environment

• Layer Priority
• Updating Layers
• Maintaining and Updating the App Layering Environment
• Common Citrix App Layering Considerations and Additional Resources

19 Intro to WEM and Architecture Components

• WEM Features and Benefits
• WEM On-Premises Components and Deployments
• WEM Service Components and Deployments
• WEM Component Communication Workflows
• WEM Service Component Communication Workflows

20 WEM Deployment Install

• On-premises WEM: Leading Practice Installation Prerequisites and Steps
• Creating the WEM Database
• Running the WEM Infrastructure Service Configuration Utility
• WEM On-Premises vs WEM Service
• WEM Service: Leading Practice Installation Prerequisites and Steps
• ADMX Template Configuration
• WEM Agent Installation

21 WEM Consoles and Initial Setup

• On-Premises WEM and WEM Service Consoles
• WEM Web Console
• WEM Initial Setup
• Migrating GPO settings to WEM

22 WEM System and Log-On Optimization

• WEM System Optimization Overview
• WEM CPU Management
• WEM Memory Management
• Additional System Optimization Features
• WEM Logon Optimization Overview
• WEM Assigned Actions
• WEM Environmental Settings
• Citrix Profile Management In WEM

23 WEM Security and Lockdown Features

• WEM Security Management Features
• Privilege Elevation and Process Hierarchy Control
• WEM Transformer

24 Planning – The WEM Agent

• WEM Settings Processing and WEM Agent Caches
• WEM Agent Integration with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS

25 WEM Monitoring, Reporting, and Troubleshooting

• WEM Monitoring and Reporting
• WEM On-Premises Troubleshooting
• WEM Service Troubleshooting
• WEM Agent Troubleshooting

26 Upgrading WEM and Migration to WEM Service

• Upgrading Workspace Environment Management
• WEM On-Premises Migration to WEM Service

This course is aimed at administrators, engineers, and architects.

This course requires a strong foundational knowledge of Windows Server and Desktop operating systems as well as Active Directory, Policies, Profiles, Networking, and Hypervisors.

In this course you will receive electronic course materials. The documents will be sent to the address you provided when you registered. Please bring your own tablet or laptop so that you can read the contents and exercises parallel to the course or save the documents at the right place.