Citrix - Designing XenDesktop v7 Training Syllabus

Curriculum Designed by Experts

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

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