CWS-315 Course Description

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7

Advanced Administration

Certification: CCP-V | Course Length: 5 Days | Instructional Method: Classroom or Virtual w/ hands-on labs

Course overview What you’ll learn

Designed to learn how to set up In the advanced troubleshooting • How to implement advanced
scalability, redundancy and security section, you will learn techniques administration concepts such
configurations. You will learn advance to investigate many of the common as backups, disaster recovery,
scalability and redundancy
features to optimize management issues that can affect environment
consideration for a Citrix Virtual
of your app and desktop images health. You’ll leave this course with Apps and Desktop 7 Site
by building and combining App a good understanding of how to
Layers and Workspace Environment manage more complex solutions
• How to configure Workspace
Environment Management to
Management, which can improve such as multizone environments
improve the end user environment
logon times, centralize user spanning multiple locations with and virtual resource consumption
settings management, optimize the configurations around StoreFront,
• App Layering skills such as how
performance of machines running the Delivery Controllers, and HDX.
to create and administer OS,
the Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA). platform, application, elastic and
user layers

Prereq. knowledge Is this course for me?

Strong foundational knowledge of Citrix Virtual Apps Built for experienced IT Professionals familiar with
and Desktops 7. Citrix recommends students prepare Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 in an on-premises
environment or Citrix Cloud looking to expand their
for this course by taking the following course:
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops skills to an advanced
CWS-215 Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7
level. Potential students include administrators
Administration On-Premises and in Citrix Cloud. or engineers responsible for the Citrix Apps and
Desktop 7 Site.

Learning 1
CWS-215
2
CWS-315
3
CXD-410

Path Citrix Virtual Apps and

Desktops 7 Administration
Citrix Virtual Apps and
Desktops 7 Advanced
Citrix Virtual Apps
and Desktops 7
On-Premises and in Administration Assessment, Design
Citrix Cloud and Advanced
Configuration

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Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7

Advanced Administration

Backup, recovery and security Module 6: Securing Machines Running the

considerations and configurations Virtual Delivery Agent
• TLS to VDA Encryption
Module 1: Implementing Redundancy and • GPOs and Citrix Policies
Scalability • Image Management
• StoreFront and Citrix Gateway
• Site Infrastructure Troubleshooting techniques and tools
• Machines Running the Virtual Delivery Agent
Module 7: Introduction to Troubleshooting
Module 2: Managing a Virtual Apps and • Troubleshooting Methodology Process (Standard Slide)
Desktops Environment with Multiple • Resource Tools and Utilities
Locations Zones • Introduction to PowerShell
• VDA Registration in a Multi-Zone Environment
• Zone Preference Module 8: Troubleshooting Access Issues
• Optimal Gateway Routing and Zones • Troubleshooting StoreFront
• Managing StoreFront Store Subscriptions in a Multi- • Troubleshooting Citrix Gateway
Location Environment
• StoreFront and Citrix ADC Branding Module 9: Troubleshooting Delivery
Controller Issues
Module 3: Implementing Backups and • Validating FMA Services
Disaster Recovery
• Backups Module 10: Troubleshooting VDA
• Disaster Recovery Considerations Registration Issues
• Disaster Recovery Process • Troubleshooting VDA Registration

Module 4: Implementing Advanced Module 11: Troubleshooting HDX

Authentication Methods Connection Issues
• Multi-factor Authentication - RADIUS & OTP • Troubleshooting HDX Connections
• Multi-factor Authentication - Smart Card Authentication
• Federated Authentication - ADFS, SAML, and FAS

Module 5: Improving App and Data Security

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

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Advanced Administration

Citrix App Layering Considerations Workspace Environment Management (WEM)

and Configuration considerations and configuration

Module 12: Introduction to App Layering Module 20: Introduction to Workspace

• App Layering Introduction Environment Management (WEM)
• Architecture and How it Works • Workspace Environment Management (WEM) Introduction
• WEM Administration
Module 13: Creating an OS Layer
• The OS Layer Module 21: Using WEM to Centralize
Environment Management
Module 14: Creating a Platform Layer • Managing User Resources with WEM
• The Platform Layer • Managing Profiles with WEM
• Managing Endpoints with the WEM Transformer Feature
Module 15: Creating App Layers
• The App Layers Module 22: Using WEM for Performance
Optimization
Module 16: Creating Elastic App and • Optimizing Machine Performance with WEM
User Layers • Optimizing User Experience with WEM
• Elastic App Layering
• User Layers Module 23: Using WEM to Secure
Environments
Module 17: Deploying a Layered Image using • WEM Security Features

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Using Templates in App Layering Module 24: Migrating and Upgrading WEM
• Using Layered Images in a Citrix Virtual Apps and • Migrating to WEM
Desktops Site
• Upgrading a WEM Deployment
• WEM Multi-Location Considerations
Module 18: Exploring Layer Priority
• Layer Priority

Module 19: Maintaining an App Layering

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

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