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Prerequisites
Courseware Access
Lab Access
Technical pre-requisites
- Virtual Machines
- Networking
- Storage
Delegates will learn how to
- Understand the differences between Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on-premises and the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Service
- Deploy and manage Virtual Delivery Agent machines in AWS using Machine Creation Services
- Integrate Citrix Cloud and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops with AWS Active Directory Service
- Design Machine Catalogs and virtual machines on AWS
- Provide remote access with Citrix Workspace, Citrix StoreFront, and Citrix Gateway on AWS
Outline
- What is Citrix Cloud
- Citrix Cloud Services
- Citrix Cloud Operation and Architecture
- Citrix Cloud Administration
- Cloud Connector Architecture
- Installing and configuring Citrix Cloud Connectors
- Securing Citrix Cloud Connectors
- Citrix Cloud with Multiple Domains
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Deployment Models
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Service with
- On-Premises Resources
- Configuring the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Service
- Delivering Apps and Desktop to End-Users Using
- On-Premises Resources with MCS
- Citrix Studio and Director
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Remote
- PowerShell SDK
- Managing Multiple Resource Locations
- Using PVS with the Citrix Virtual Apps and
- Desktops 7 Services
- Selecting Between Workspace Experience and
- On-premises StoreFront
- Consideration for Citrix Gateway Locations
- User Authentication
- Citrix Smart Tools
- Cloud Connector Operations
- Monitoring your Environment
- General Public Cloud Considerations
- Microsoft Azure as a Citrix Cloud Resource Location
- (Lecture only)
- Amazon Web Services as a Citrix Cloud Resource Location
- (Lecture only)
- Citrix Cloud Migration Options and Considerations
- Migrating Machine Catalogs and Delivery Groups
- Migrating Policies and Settings
- Considerations for Migrating to a Public Cloud
- CVAD Service on AWS and Cloud Computing
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Service on AWS Deployment Options
- Supported migration paths to a CVAD Service on AWS deployment
- AWS products, components, and services
- Citrix components, products, and services
- Active Directory requirements and options
- Integration between CVAD Service and AWS Resource Locations
- Management consoles
- Control billing costs within an AWS Resource Location
- Set up a resource location in AWS
- Install Cloud Connectors
- Creating a Master image on AWS for use with MCS
- Host Connections: Connecting CVAD Service to AWS Cloud
- Provisioning VMs in AWS using MCS
- Workspace and StoreFront in CVAD Service Deployments
- Gateway Service vs Gateway on-premise
- Connectivity options for multi-location deployments
- Infrastructure maintenance requirements for Citrix Cloud and with AWS as a Best practices for maintaining AWSbased resource locations
- Power management options for VDAs in AWS-based resource locations
- Citrix Self-Help Support Offerings
- Common deployment problem resolution examples
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