Citrix Platform Enterprise Deployment (CTX-306) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Module 1: Intro to CVAD Advanced Configuration, Redundancy, and Scalability

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

Module 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

Module 3: Backups and Disaster Recovery

  • Backups
  • Disaster Recovery Considerations
  • Disaster Recovery Process

Module 4: Intro to WEM 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

Module 5: WEM Deployment and Initial Installation

  • 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
  • WEM Consoles
  • WEM Initial Setup

Module 6: WEM System and Log On Optimization

  • 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

Module 7: WEM Security and Lockdown Features

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

Module 8: The WEM Agent

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

Module 9: WEM Monitoring, Reporting, and Troubleshooting

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

Module 10: Upgrading WEM and Migration to WEM Service

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

Module 11: Intro to App Layering and Architecture Overview

  • Citrix App Layering Introduction
  • Citrix App Layering Architecture

Module 12: OS, Platform, and App Layers

  • The OS Later
  • The Platform Layer
  • The App Layers

Module 13: Elastic App and User Layers

  • Elastic App Layers
  • User Layers

Module 14: 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