Implementing Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 Skills Update
Course Code: CXA2021
Duration: 3 Days
Overview
This course provides the foundation necessary to effectively deploy and administer Citrix XenApp 5.0 and its components, including Web Interface, application streaming and Secure Gateway. Learners will receive hands-on training for installing XenApp and plug-ins and for using the various administrative consoles to configure policies, individual server and server farm settings, isolation environments, streaming applications and much more.
Audience
This course is intended for IT professionals, such as server, network, systems and help desk administrators with experience administering Microsoft Windows environments containing Citrix Presentation Server 4. Systems engineers, analysts, consultants, and architects with Citrix Presentation Server 4 experience are also appropriate candidates for this course.
Prerequisites
Before taking this course Citrix recommends that learners have experience using Windows Server 2008, including an understanding of Active Directory policies and profiles and knowledge regarding administering users, home directories, user profiles and security. Learners should also have previous experience administering Citrix XenApp (Presentation Server 4.0 or higher) or have completed the following courses:
- CTX1256 Citrix Presentation Server 4.0: Administration or
- CTX1259 Citrix XenApp (Presentation Server 4.5):Administration
Delegates will learn how to
Upon completion of this course, learners are able to:
- Identify the new features since Presentation Server 4.0
- Install XenApp 5.0 in a Windows Server 2008 environment
- Install and configure Client for Windows
- Configure and manage connection and printing policies for XenApp
- Configure ICA connection and session settings
- Identify the different administrative privilege levels
- Create a configuration logging database
- Configure application streaming for XenApp
- Install and configure Web Interface
- Identify the additional components included in the XenApp Platinum edition
Course outline
Key Differences: CXA2011 Implementing Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 vs. CXA-2021 Implementing CitrixXenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008 Skills Update
The key difference between CXA2011 and CXA2021 is the completeness of the course.
If a student has no experience using any version of XenApp, CXA2011 is the appropriate choice. If a student has experience using Citrix Presentation Server 4.0, CXA2021 is the appropriate choice.
Citrix XenApp Changes
- Citrix Presentation Server 4.5
- Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 with Feature Pack 1
- Citrix XenApp 5.0
- Components of XenApp 5.0
- Management Consoles in XenApp 5.0 – License Management Console
- Access Management Console
- XenApp Advanced Configuration
XenApp Setup
- XenApp Setup Overview
- XenApp Installation Overview
- XenApp Installation Decisions
- Installing XenApp
- XenApp Plugins Installation Overview
- XenApp Plugins for Windows
- XenApp Plugins Installation
- Custom Installation Package
- Creating a Custom Installation Package
- Session Reliability
- Web Interface Overview
- Web Interface Installation
- Site Creation - Creating XenApp Web Sites
- XenApp Services Sites
- Configuring Web Interface and Site Appearance – Configuring the Site Appearance and Configuring Session Preferences
- Web Interface Plugins - Configuring Plugin Deployment
- Configuring Client for Java Settings
- Web Interface Site Removal – Uninstalling a Web Interface Site
- Delivering Applications Overview
- Resource Publishing - Publishing Resources and Organizing Published Resources for Users
- Advanced Published Resource Settings – Configuring Advanced Access Control Properties
- Configuring Client-to-Server Content Redirection
Configuring Client-to-Server Content Redirection (Following on from the above module)
- Configuring Server-to-Client Content Redirection
- Implementing Resource Limits and Client Options and Configuring Resource Appearance
