Citrix Platform Enterprise Deployment (CTX-306)

This course is intended for experienced IT professionals responsible for deploying, managing, and optimizing Citrix platform enterprise environments, including administrators and engineers.

After this course participants should be able to:

• How to implement advanced administration concepts such as backups, disaster recovery, scalability, and redundancy for a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop Site
• Create, administer, and manage App Layering OS, platform, application, elastic, and user layers.
• Integrate Citrix App Layering into a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop deployment.
• Install and initialize WEM and integrate into Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS.
• Configure WEM features to improve the end user environment and virtual resource consumption.
• Migrate an on-premises WEM deployment to WEM service.

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

Strong foundational knowledge of:

• Windows Server and Desktop operating systems.
• Active Directory, Policies, Profiles, Networking and Hypervisors.

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CTX-308: Citrix Platform Monitoring and Troubleshooting