

CVAD-301: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Advanced Administration
Course Information

Course Name
CVAD-301: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Advanced Administration

Exam code
1Y1-312

Duration
5 Days
Certification
Overview
Learn how to implement Workspace Environment Management to improve logon times, centralize user settings management, and optimize the performance of machines.
Designed for experienced IT professionals, this course expands the foundational administrative skills by introducing scalability, redundancy, and security configurations as well as troubleshooting techniques for common issues. You will learn to build and combine App Layers to optimize management of your app and desktop images. You will learn how to implement Workspace Environment Management to improve logon times, centralize user settings management, and optimize the performance of machines. You will leave this course with a good understanding of how to manage more complex solutions such as multi-location environments with configurations around StoreFront, the Delivery Controllers, App Layering, and Workspace Environment Management.
Product Versions Covered: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2402 LTSR, App Layering 2403, and WEM 2407
Audience Profile
- Administrators
- Engineers
- Architects
Prerequisites
Strong foundational knowledge of: Windows Server and Desktop operating systems. Active Directory, Policies, Profiles, Networking and Hypervisors.
At Course Completion
- How to implement advanced administration concepts such as troubleshooting, backups, disaster recovery, scalability and redundancy for a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop Site
- Security considerations and configurations including multi-site management using zones.
- Create, administer, and manage App Layering OS, platform, application, elastic, and user layers.
- Integrate Citrix App Layering Into a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop deployment.
- Install and initialize WEM and integrate into Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS.
- Configure WEM features to improve the end user environment and virtual resource consumption.
- Migrate an on-premises WEM deployment to WEM service.
Course Outline
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Redundancy and Scalability
- StoreFront and NetScaler Gateway
- Site Infrastructure Redundancy and Scalability
- Machines Running the Virtual Delivery Agent
- 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
- Backups
- Disaster Recovery Considerations
- Disaster Recovery Process
- Multi-factor Authentication – RADIUS and One Time Passwords (OTP)
- Multi-factor Authentication – Smart Card Authentication
- Federated Authentication
- Introduction to Application Security
- Preventing Jailbreak Attacks
- Minimizing the Impact of Attacks
- Transport Layer Security (TLS) Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) Encryption
- Microsoft Group Policy Objects (GPOs) and Citrix Policies
- Image Management
- Troubleshooting Methodology
- Resource Tools and Utilities
- Introduction to PowerShell
- Troubleshooting StoreFront
- Troubleshooting NetScaler Gateway
- Troubleshooting Access and Authentication
- Troubleshooting App/Desktop Launch
- Validating FlexCast Management Architecture (FMA) Services
- Troubleshooting Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) Registration
- Troubleshooting HDX Connections
- Citrix App Layering Introduction
- Architecture
- OS Layer
- Platform Layers
- App Layers
- Elastic App Layers
- User Layers
- Using Layered Images with CVAD
- Layer Priority
- Updating Layers
- Maintaining and Updating the App Layering Environment
- Common Citrix App Layering Considerations and Additional Resources
- WEM Features and Benefits
- WEM On-Premises Components and Deployments
- WEM Service Components and Deployments
- WEM Component Communication Workflows
- WEM Service Component Communication Workflows
- 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
- On-Premises WEM and WEM Service Consoles
- WEM Web Console
- WEM Initial Setup
- Migrating GPO settings to WEM
- WEM System Optimization Overview
- WEM CPU Management
- WEM Memory Management
- Additional System Optimization Features
- WEM Log On Optimization Overview
- WEM Assigned Actions
- WEM Environmental Settings
- Citrix Profile Management In WEM
- WEM Security Management Features
- Privilege Elevation and Process Hierarchy Control
- WEM Transformer
- WEM Settings Processing and WEM Agent Caches
- WEM Agent Integration with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS
- WEM Monitoring and Reporting
- WEM On-Premises Troubleshooting
- WEM Service Troubleshooting
- WEM Agent Troubleshooting
- Upgrading Workspace Environment Management
- WEM On-Premises Migration to WEM Service
Overview
Overview
Learn how to implement Workspace Environment Management to improve logon times, centralize user settings management, and optimize the performance of machines.
Designed for experienced IT professionals, this course expands the foundational administrative skills by introducing scalability, redundancy, and security configurations as well as troubleshooting techniques for common issues. You will learn to build and combine App Layers to optimize management of your app and desktop images. You will learn how to implement Workspace Environment Management to improve logon times, centralize user settings management, and optimize the performance of machines. You will leave this course with a good understanding of how to manage more complex solutions such as multi-location environments with configurations around StoreFront, the Delivery Controllers, App Layering, and Workspace Environment Management.
Product Versions Covered: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2402 LTSR, App Layering 2403, and WEM 2407
Audience Profile
Audience Profile
- Administrators
- Engineers
- Architects
Prerequisities
Prerequisites
Strong foundational knowledge of: Windows Server and Desktop operating systems. Active Directory, Policies, Profiles, Networking and Hypervisors.
At Course Completion
At Course Completion
- How to implement advanced administration concepts such as troubleshooting, backups, disaster recovery, scalability and redundancy for a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop Site
- Security considerations and configurations including multi-site management using zones.
- Create, administer, and manage App Layering OS, platform, application, elastic, and user layers.
- Integrate Citrix App Layering Into a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop deployment.
- Install and initialize WEM and integrate into Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS.
- Configure WEM features to improve the end user environment and virtual resource consumption.
- Migrate an on-premises WEM deployment to WEM service.
Course Outline
Course Outline
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Redundancy and Scalability
- StoreFront and NetScaler Gateway
- Site Infrastructure Redundancy and Scalability
- Machines Running the Virtual Delivery Agent
- 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
- Backups
- Disaster Recovery Considerations
- Disaster Recovery Process
- Multi-factor Authentication – RADIUS and One Time Passwords (OTP)
- Multi-factor Authentication – Smart Card Authentication
- Federated Authentication
- Introduction to Application Security
- Preventing Jailbreak Attacks
- Minimizing the Impact of Attacks
- Transport Layer Security (TLS) Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) Encryption
- Microsoft Group Policy Objects (GPOs) and Citrix Policies
- Image Management
- Troubleshooting Methodology
- Resource Tools and Utilities
- Introduction to PowerShell
- Troubleshooting StoreFront
- Troubleshooting NetScaler Gateway
- Troubleshooting Access and Authentication
- Troubleshooting App/Desktop Launch
- Validating FlexCast Management Architecture (FMA) Services
- Troubleshooting Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) Registration
- Troubleshooting HDX Connections
- Citrix App Layering Introduction
- Architecture
- OS Layer
- Platform Layers
- App Layers
- Elastic App Layers
- User Layers
- Using Layered Images with CVAD
- Layer Priority
- Updating Layers
- Maintaining and Updating the App Layering Environment
- Common Citrix App Layering Considerations and Additional Resources
- WEM Features and Benefits
- WEM On-Premises Components and Deployments
- WEM Service Components and Deployments
- WEM Component Communication Workflows
- WEM Service Component Communication Workflows
- 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
- On-Premises WEM and WEM Service Consoles
- WEM Web Console
- WEM Initial Setup
- Migrating GPO settings to WEM
- WEM System Optimization Overview
- WEM CPU Management
- WEM Memory Management
- Additional System Optimization Features
- WEM Log On Optimization Overview
- WEM Assigned Actions
- WEM Environmental Settings
- Citrix Profile Management In WEM
- WEM Security Management Features
- Privilege Elevation and Process Hierarchy Control
- WEM Transformer
- WEM Settings Processing and WEM Agent Caches
- WEM Agent Integration with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS
- WEM Monitoring and Reporting
- WEM On-Premises Troubleshooting
- WEM Service Troubleshooting
- WEM Agent Troubleshooting
- Upgrading Workspace Environment Management
- WEM On-Premises Migration to WEM Service
