Citrix XenApp6 Administration

Citrix Course CXA-204-1I (XenApp 6 Administration)

Basic Administration for Citrix XenApp 6 training course (EXAM# CY0-A18) provides the foundation necessary for administrators to effectively centralize and manage applications in the datacenter and instantly deliver them as a service to users anywhere. Learners will receive hands-on training for installing Citrix XenApp 6 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and the associated Citrix plug-ins, as well as for using administrative consoles and tools to configure resources, policies, server and server farm settings, printers, virtualized applications and more.

Audience

This course is intended for IT professionals, such as server, network and systems administrators familiar with Microsoft Windows environments. Systems engineers, sales engineers, analysts, consultants and architects also are appropriate candidates for this course.

Preparatory Recommendations

Before taking this course, Citrix recommends that learners have the following:

• Familiarity with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server or enterprise database servers
• Experience with Active Directory and Group Policy
• Basic understanding of Remote Desktop Services (previously called Terminal Services)
• Familiarity with application virtualization technologies, such as Citrix application streaming or Microsoft App-V (previously called SoftGrid)
• Basic understanding of Windows Server networking concepts, such as DNS, IISR, load balancing, and file and printing services
• Exposure to basic system administration concepts, including logging, software upgrade procedures and high availability operations
• Familiarity with server monitoring tools
• Basic understanding of VPN concepts, including SSL encryption and certificates

Key Skills

Topics covered in this course include:

• Introducing XenApp
• Licensing XenApp
• Installing XenApp
• Administrative Configuration
• Installing and Configuring Web Interface
• Delivering Applications and Content
• Streaming Applications
• Configuring Policies
• Configuring Printing
• Optimizing the User Experience
• Configuring Self Service Applications
• XenApp Security
• Monitoring XenApp
• Additional Components

Course Outline

Provided is the topic outline for CXA-204-1I - EXAM# CY0-A18.

Introducing Basic Administration for Citrix XenApp 6

• XenApp 6 Editions
• XenApp 6 Features
• XenApp Architecture
• Delivery Services Console
• Review

Licensing XenApp.49

• Overview
• XenApp Licensing
• License Administration Console
• Installing Licensing
• License File Management
• High Availability Considerations
• Review

Installing XenApp

• Overview
• Installation Decisions
• XenApp Server Role Manager
• Web Interface Installation Decisions
• Unattended Installation and Configuration
• Hardware Requirements
• Software Requirements
• XenApp Configuration Options
• Review

Configuring XenApp Administration

• Overview
• Worker Groups
• Administrator Privilege Levels
• Configuration Logging
• Review

Installing and Configuring Web Interface

• Overview
• Architecture and Communications
• Web Interface Installation
• Site Creation
• Web Interface Site Modification
• Specifying Citrix Plug-in Backup URLs
• Site Appearance
• Workspace Control
• Citrix Plug-ins and the Web Interface
• Authentication Configuration
• Secure Access Configuration
• Client-side Proxy Settings
• Server Configuration
• Web Interface Site Removal
• Troubleshooting Web Interface Issues
• Review

Delivering Applications and Content

• Overview
• Published Resources
• VM Hosted Apps
• Organizing Published Resources for Users
• Advanced Published Resource Settings
• Published Resource Configuration
• Troubleshooting Application Delivery Issues
• Review

Streaming Applications

• Overview
• Application Streaming
• Citrix Offline Plug-in
• Citrix Streaming Profiler
• Application Delivery Methods
• The Web Delivery Method
• Streaming to Servers
• Publishing a Streamed Application
• Configuring Sites for Streaming Applications
• Offline Access Management
• Troubleshooting Streaming Issues
• Review

Configuring Policies

• Overview
• Group Policy Integration
• Policy Evaluation
• Policy Rules
• Policy Filtering
• Policy Modeling and Troubleshooting
• Review

Configuring Printing

• Overview
• Printing Concepts
• Default Printing Behavior
• Printer Provisioning
• Printing Pathways
• Printer Drivers
• Citrix Universal Printing
• Administrator-Assigned Network Printers
• Workspace Control and Proximity Printing
• Printing Preferences
• Printing Bandwidth
• Troubleshooting Printing Issues
• Review

Configuring Load Management

• Overview
• Load Manager
• Load Balancing
• Load Calculation
• Load Evaluator Configuration
• Load Balancing Policies
• Preferential Load Balancing
• Troubleshooting Load Management Issues
• Review

Optimizing the User Experience

• Overview
• Optimizing Session Performance
• HDX Broadcast Session Reliability
• HDX Broadcast Session Reliability Considerations
• HDX RealTime
• HDX Plug-n-Play
• HDX MediaStream Multimedia Acceleration
• HDX MediaStream for Flash
• SpeedScreen Latency Reduction
• HDX 3D Image Acceleration
• HDX 3D Progressive Display
• Practice: Determing the Session Optimization Technology
• User Profiles
• Troubleshooting User Experience Issues
• Review

Configuring Self-Service Applications

• Overview
• Citrix Receiver
• Citrix Merchandising Server
• Citrix Dazzle
• Plug-ins
• Troubleshooting Self-Service Application Issues
• Review

Securing XenApp

• Overview
• XenApp Security Solutions
• SecureICA
• Citrix SSL Relay
• Access Gateway
• Web Interface Configuration
• Security Configuration Best Practices
• Troubleshooting Access Gateway with XenApp
• Review

Monitoring

• Overview
• Health Monitoring and Recovery
• EdgeSight Monitoring
• License Usage Monitoring
• Workflow Studio Overview
• Accessing the Server Farm using PowerShell
• Administering the Server Farm using Commands
• Review

Additional Components

• Overview
• SmartAuditor
• Single Sign-on
• EasyCall Voice Services
• Branch Optimization
• Provisioning Services
• Power and Capacity Management
• XenServer
• Review

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