Architecting a Citrix Virtualization Solution 

• Describe the phases of the Citrix Consulting Methodology and distinguish between Assessment and Design projects.
• Determine the type of information to be collected about the existing desktop infrastructure and supporting processes.
• Describe how applications can be delivered within a Citrix virtualization infrastructure.
• Identify the server performance metrics that determine whether a server is a good virtualization candidate.
• Identify areas of the network architecture that should be included in an infrastructure assessment.
• Identify which factors to check when assessing security and the user authentication process.
• Gather data about testing, control and support processes, as well as user issues, backup and recovery plans in an environment.
• Define the purpose of the conceptual architecture diagram, documentation and validation process.
• Evaluate and recommend delivery methods for application types.
• Recognize tuning and optimizations that can improve the performance of the operating system and server.
• Describe the design considerations for the Desktop Delivery Controller and Citrix XenDesktop farms.
• Identify options for providing Provisioning Services bootstrap redundancy and available network optimizations for Provisioning Services.
• Determine the optimal shared storage design to provide high availability for vDisks and the optimal vDisk type to implement in an environment.
• Determine the appropriate network design for a XenServer implementation in an environment.
• Determine how to configure an Access Gateway implementation for an environment.
• Describe general ICA protocol optimization techniques.
• Evaluate design considerations for integrating Branch Repeater into an Access Gateway design.
• Recognize how risk can impact a virtualization solution.

This course is intended for IT professionals, such as Server, Network and Systems Engineers. Systems Integrators, Systems Administrators and Application Engineers are also appropriate candidates for this course.

1 - Project Management

• Overview
• Citrix Consulting Methodology
• Assessment and Design Projects
• Documentation

2 - Business Goals

• 3-to-5 Year Plan
• Growth
• IT Projects

3 - User Community

• User Groups
• Endpoints
• Usage Habits
• User Locations
• User Satisfaction

4 - Operating System Delivery

• Desktop Images
• Image Build Process
• Desktop Maintenance

5 - Application Delivery

• General Applications
• Special Applications
• Application User Groups
• Application Virtualization

6 - Server Virtualization

• Current Solution
• Physical Server Assessment

7 - Infrastructure

• Server Hardware
• Network Architecture
• Windows Server and Active Directory
• Enterprise Storage
• Databases

8 - Security and Personalization

• Authentication
• Permissions
• A/V
• Logon Scripts
• Profiles
• Active Directory Policies

9 - Operations and Support

• Monitoring and Management
• Testing and Change Control
• Support
• Disaster Recovery

10 - Conceptual Architecture

• Executive Summary
• Enterprise Design

11 - Virtualization Infrastructure Design

• Virtualized Components
• Server Hardware
• Network Configuration
• High Availability
• Storage
• Resource Pool Design
• Capacity Planning
• Physical Server Migration

12 - Operating System Delivery Design

• Provisioning Services Operating System
• Hardware
• Capacity Planning
• HA
• Cache
• Farm Design
• A/V
• Bootstrap Redundancy
• Device Collections
• Optimization
• SQL Database
• vDisk Storage Location
• Enterprise Storage
• vDisk Type
• Write Cache Encryption

13 - Application Delivery Design

• Applications
• Integration
• Application Streaming Cache
• Optimizations

14 - Desktop Delivery Design

• Desktop Delivery Controller
• Farm Design
• Virtual Machine Specifications
• Desktop Groups
• Desktop Images
• Profiles Design
• Policy Design
• Desktop Monitoring

15 - Access Design

• Resource Delivery
• Access Scenarios
• External Site Access
• Access Gateway Deployment Modes
• Server Load Balancing

16 - Delivery Optimization

• ICA Acceleration
• WAN Acceleration
• Branch Repeater and Access Gateway Integration

17 - Business Continuity Design

• Component Failover
• Site Failover

• Prix public HT : Nous consulter
• Durée : 5 jours