Course Content
Architecture
- Various components included in the XenDesktop 7 architecture
- How the various components communicate and which protocols they are using
- Apply architectural understanding to desktop virtualization
- Troubleshoot desktop virtualization design
Business Drivers
- Specific business drivers for multiple verticals
- Facilitate a discussion with the project team at an organization to prioritize business drivers
Data Capture
- Best strategy for data collection given a specific organizational environment
- Types of application data to collect, the method for collecting them, and application data collection tools
User Segmentation
- FlexCast models
- Selecting the most appropriate method for segmenting users
Application Assessment
- Process of application assessment
- Rationalization of applications in a given case organization
- Assess a suite of applications based on business needs and compatibility to a given XenDesktop delivery model
Project Management
- Importance of project management for a successful implementation
- Roles for a project plan
User Design
- Make key decisions regarding user groups and device (endpoint) design
- Organize user groups for design document
- Identify and prioritize top user issues
- Design user profile strategy
- Design a printing strategy
Receiver
- Define how applications will be delivered
- Design Citrix Receiver deployment and maintenance
Resource Req. Recommendations
- Identify recourse requirements
- Make key design decisions regarding resource recommendations
Access
- Design an authentication point (Storefront and NetScaler Gateway) strategy
- Determine session and access policies, including user authentication and remote access
- Design virtual desktop operating systems access
- Calculate bandwidth for the desktop virtualization solution
Desktop
- Make key design decisions regarding machine catalogs and groups
- Design a personalization strategy including user profiles, user policies, and personal vDisk usage
- Design an appropriate printing strategy
Application Delivery
- Design a solution that meets application inventory and integration requirements
- Identify characteristics of the applications that will impact placement as well as the application delivery architecture for the XenDesktop environment
- Design an application delivery strategy
Desktop Delivery
- Design a Desktop delivery topology, including Sites, XenDesktop Controllers per site, and load balancing
- Design the underlying infrastructure, including database selection, license servers and Active Directory Integration
- XenDesktop user and virtual desktop baseline policies
Networking Layer
- Make key high availability design decisions
- Integrate the XenDesktop infrastructure with the network infrastructure
- WAN optimization, Multistream ICA, and DHCP functionality
Storage and Provisioning Layer
- Make key design decisions regarding storage
- Features of and differences between PVS and MCS
- Design a provisioning strategy with either PVS or MCS
Platform Layer
- Make key design decisions regarding the hypervisor to be used in desktop virtualization
- Make accurate hardware calculations, including VDI hardware, shared hardware, application hardware, and control hardware
Operational
- Potential migration approaches
- Design a system monitoring strategy
- Make key design decisions regarding decisions regarding application delivery
- Migration approach
- Backup and System Monitoring
Verification
- Verify assess and design decisions using Citrix online tools
- Develop a complete stakeholder presentation
- Effectively present and support design decisions
Capstone Exercise
