CXD-203: Managing App and Desktop Solutions with Citrix

Module 2: Managing Licenses and  Delegating Administration

• Managing Licenses in Studio o Discussion Question o    Types of Licenses
• Downloading, Allocating, and Importing a License File

To Download, Allocate, and Import a License File

• Discussion Question

• Adding a License Administrator

To Add a License Administrator

• Managing Delegated Administration

• Administrators

• Roles

• Scopes

To Add an Administrator

To Create a Custom Scope Using Studio

To Edit a Custom Scope

To Create a Custom Role

To Edit a Custom Role

To Edit an Administrator’s Permissions

• Running a Delegated Administration Report

To Run a Delegated Administration Report

• Discussion Question

• Using PowerShell

• Discussion Question

• Monitoring Configuration Logs

To Display Configuration Log Content

To Generate Configuration Log Reports

To Change the Configuration Log Settings

• Discussion Question
• Troubleshooting: Managing Licenses and Delegated Administration
• Reinforcement Exercise: Configuring Roles and Scopes

Module 3: Managing and Monitoring the Hypervisor

• Architecture Overview
• Creating a Virtual Machine from an ISO

• Creating a Virtual Machine

To Create a Virtual Machine From an ISO

To Install a Windows OS onto a Virtual Machine

• Installing XenServer Tools

To Install XenServer Tools on a Virtual Machine

• Generalizing the Virtual Machine

To Generalize the Virtual Machine

• Creating a Template

To Create a Template from a Virtual Machine

• Managing Virtual Machines within a Hypervisor

• Creating a Virtual Machine

To Create a Virtual Machine Using XenCenter

• Taking a Snapshot

To Take a Snapshot in XenCenter

• Discussion Question

• Restoring a Virtual Machine From Sysprep

To Restore a Virtual Machine from Sysprep

• Copying a Virtual Machine

To Copy a Virtual Machine Using XenCenter

• Discussion Question

• Reverting to a Snapshot

To Revert to a Snapshot in XenCenter

• Discussion Question

• Adjusting Virtual Machine or Template Resources

• Adding Storage to a Virtual Machine or Template

To Add Storage to a Virtual Machine or Template in XenCenter

• Adjusting the Storage Allocated to a Virtual Machine

To Adjust the Storage Allocated to a Virtual Machine in XenCenter

• Adjusting the Memory Allocated to a Virtual Machine or Template

To Adjust Virtual Machine or Template Memory Allocations in XenCenter

• Adjusting vCPUs Allocated to a Virtual Machine or Template

To adjust the vCPUs allocated to a Virtual Machine or Template in XenCenter

To Remove a Virtual NIC in XenCenter

• Managing a Virtual NIC

To Remove a Virtual NIC in XenCenter

To Add a Virtual NIC in XenCenter

To Adjust a Virtual NIC in XenCenter

To Activate or Deactivate a Virtual NIC in XenCenter

• Discussion Question

• Configuring and Customizing Alerts

To Configure and Customize Alerts in XenCenter

• Discussion Question
• Troubleshooting: Managing and Monitoring Hypervisors
• Reinforcement Exercise 1: Creating a Virtual Machine Template
• Reinforcement Exercise 2: Completing the Setup Process After a Sysprep

• Architecture Overview
• Connecting to Resources
• Managing Machine Catalogs
• To Create New Resource Settings
• Using Machine Creation Services
• Discussion Question
• Creating a Machine Catalog for Server Desktops and Hosted Applications

• Installing the Virtual Delivery Agent

To Install and Configure the VDA on a Server OS

To Install and Configure the VDA on a Desktop OS

• Creating a Machine Catalog for Windows Server

Using a Virtual IP Address

To Create a Server OS Machine Catalog

• Creating a Machine Catalog for Windows Desktop

To Create a Desktop OS Machine Catalog

• Discussion Question

• Managing Delivery Groups

To Create a Delivery Group for Application Delivery

• Discussion Question

To Create a Delivery Group for Anonymous User Access

To Create a Delivery Group for User Desktops

• Organizing Applications in Folders

To Organize Applications in Folders

• Securing Connections

• Managing Resources

To Add Machines to a Machine Catalog

To Perform an Update to the Master Image Virtual Machine

To Update the Desktops in a Machine Catalog

• Managing Active Directory Accounts

To Manage Active Directory Accounts

• Managing Power for Machines in a Desktop OS Delivery Group

To Manage Power for Machines in a Desktop OS Delivery Group

To Reallocate Machines in a Delivery Group

To Shut Down and Restart Desktops

• Enabling and Disabling Maintenance Mode

To Enable and Disable Maintenance Mode

• Removing Desktops from Delivery Groups

To Remove Desktops from Delivery Groups

• Deleting a Delivery Group

To Delete a Delivery Group

• Deleting Machines from a Machine Catalog

To Delete Machines from a Machine Catalog

To Delete a Machine Catalog

• Troubleshooting: Managing Desktops and Applications
• Reinforcement Exercise: Delivering Server Desktops

Module 5: Managing StoreFront

• StoreFront Architectural Overview

• StoreFront Components

• StoreFront Communication

• Discussion Question

• StoreFront Management Console
• Creating a New Store

• To Create and Add a New Store

• Creating Anonymous User Stores

• To Create a Store for Anonymous User Access

• Hiding a Store

• To Hide a Store

• Discussion Question

• Managing Authentication

• Configuring Authentication

To Configure Authentication Methods

• Discussion Question

• Enabling End Users to Change Their Passwords

• To Enable End Users to Change Expired Passwords

• Managing Delivery Controllers

• Adding Delivery Controllers

To Add Delivery Controllers

To Remove Delivery Controllers

• Discussion Question

• Removing a Store

• To Remove a Store

• Discussion Question
• Troubleshooting: Managing StoreFront
• Reinforcement Exercise: Creating and Configuring a New Store

Module 6: Managing Policies and Profiles

• Policy Precedence (Studio vs. Group Policy Objects)
• Creating Policies Using Studio

• Unfiltered Policy

• Using a Policy Template in Studio

To Create a Policy from a Template

To Create a Policy Using Studio

• Applying a Policy Using Studio

To Apply a Policy

• Editing a Policy Using Studio

To Edit a Policy

• Prioritizing Policies Using Studio

To Prioritize a Policy

• Discussion Questions

To Create a Computer Template in Studio

• Exporting a Policy Template Using Studio

To Export a Policy Template

• Importing a Policy Template Using Studio

To Import a Policy Template

• Running the Resultant Set of Policy (RSOP)

To Create the RSOP Using the Group Policy Management Console

• Creating Policies Using Group Policy

• Creating and Applying a Group Policy Object

To Create a GPO

• Editing a Group Policy Object

To Edit a Policy

• Using a User Template with Group Policy

To Use a User Template

• Discussion Question

• Importing a Policy Template with Group Policy

To Import a Policy Template

• Exporting a Policy Template with Group Policy

To Export a Policy Template

• Prioritizing a Policy Using Group Policy

To Change the Priority of a Policy

• Discussion Question

• Troubleshooting: Managing Policies
• Managing End-User Profiles

• Configuring Folder Redirection

To Configure Folder Redirection

• Managing Profile Settings Using Citrix Policies

To Manage Profile Settings Using Citrix Policies

• Resolving Conflicting Profiles

To Resolve Conflicting Profiles

• Streaming End-User Profiles

To Stream End-User Profiles

• Discussion Question
• Troubleshooting: Profile Management
• Reinforcement Exercise 1: Working with Policies
• Reinforcement Exercise 2: Working with Profiles

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

Director

• Director Overview

• To Monitor an End-User Session

• To Access Director

• Monitoring within the Director Dashboard

• Monitoring Infrastructure

To Monitor the Infrastructure

• Monitoring Connected Sessions

To Monitor Connected Sessions

• Monitoring Logon Duration Averages

To Monitor Logon Duration Averages

• Monitoring Machine and End-User Connection Failures

To Monitor End-User Connection Failures

• Monitoring and Managing End-User Sessions

• Viewing End-User Sessions

To View End-User Sessions

• Searching for an End User

To Search for an End User

• Monitoring End-User Applications

To Monitor End-User Applications

• Monitoring End-User Machine Processes

To Monitor End-User Machine Processes

• Managing an End User’s Machine Power Status

To Manage an End User’s Machine Power Status

• Enabling or Disabling Maintenance Mode

To Enable or Disable Maintenance Mode

• Resetting an End-User Profile

To Reset an End-User Profile

• Discussion Question

• Monitoring HDX Channels

To Monitor HDX Channels

• Sending a Message to an End User

To Send a Message to an End User

• Shadowing an End-User Session

To Shadow an End-User Session

• Disconnecting an End-User Session

To Disconnect an End-User Session

• Logging an End User Off

To Log an End User Off

• Discussion Question

• Monitoring Historical Trends

To Monitor Historical Trends

• Troubleshooting: Managing Sites, Sessions, and End Users with Director
• Reinforcement Exercise: Using Director

• Print Management Process
• Default Printing Behavior
• Configuring Client Printing

• Modifying Client Printer Auto-Creation

To Modify Client Printer Auto-Creation Behavior

• Discussion Question

• Adding Session Printers

To Add Session Printers

• Managing Printer Drivers

• Automatic Installation of In-Box Printer Drivers

To Configure the Automatic Installation of Printer Drivers

• Configuring Printer Driver Mapping and Compatibility

To Configure Printer Driver Mapping and Compatibility

• Universal Printer Driver

• Controlling Universal Printing Behavior

• Optimizing Printing Performance

• To Configure Printing Optimization

• Discussion Question
• Setting Up and Managing the Universal Print Server

• To Set Up and Manage the Universal Print Server
• Troubleshooting: Managing Printing
• Reinforcement Exercise: Managing Printing

• Citrix Provisioning Services
• Machine Creation Services or Provisioning Services
• Provisioning Services Overview and Architecture
• Discussion Question
• Navigating the Provisioning Services Console

• To Navigate the Provisioning Services Console
• To Create a Provisioning Services Master Virtual Machine
• To Install the Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA)
• Creating the vDisk
• To Convert the Hard Drive of the Master Target Device to a vDisk
• Setting the vDisk Mode

• To set the vDisk Mode

• Creating the Machine Catalog

• To Create a Diskless Target Device Template

• To Create the Machine Catalog

• Discussion Question
• To Assign a Machine Catalog to a Delivery Group
• Discussion Question
• To Update a vDisk
• Promoting Updated Versions

• To Promote Updated vDisk Versions

• Discussion Question
• VHD Chain of Differencing Disks
• Merging VHD Differencing Disks

• To Merge VHD Differencing Disks

• Troubleshooting: Provisioning Services
• Reinforcement Exercise: Provisioning Services