Designing App and Desktop Solutions with XenDesktop 7

Training Course Content • Module 1: Architecture
o Identify the various components included in the XenDesktop 7 architecture
o Determine how the various components communicate and which protocols they are using
o Apply architectural understanding to desktop virtualization solutions
o Troubleshoot desktop virtualization design

• Module 2: Business Drivers
o Identify specific business drivers for multiple verticals
o Facilitate a discussion with the project team at an organization to prioritize business drivers

• Module 3: Data Capture
o Identify best strategy for data collection given a specific organizational environment.
o Identify the types of application data to collect, the method for collecting them, and application data collection tools

• Module 4: User Segmentation
o Identify the different FlexCast models
o Identify considerations in selecting the most appropriate method for segmenting users

• Module 5: Application Assessment
o Understand the process of application assessment
o Demonstrate rationalization of applications in a given case organization
o Assess a suite of applications based on business needs and compatibility to a given XenDesktop delivery model.

• Module 6: Project Management
o Understand the importance of project management for a successful implementation
o Identify roles for a project plan

• Module 7: User Design
o Make key decisions regarding user groups and device (endpoint) design
o Organize user groups for Design document
o Identify and prioritize top user issues
o Design user profile strategy
o Design a printing strategy

• Module 8: Receiver
o Define how applications will be delivered
o Design Citrix Receiver deployment and maintenance

• Module 9: Resource Req. Recommendations
o Identify recourse requirements
o Make key design decisions regarding resource recommendations

• Module 10: Access
o Design an authentication point (Storefront and NetScaler Gateway) strategy
o Determine session and access policies, including user authentication and remote access
o Design virtual desktop operating systems access
o Calculate bandwidth for the desktop virtualization solution


•Module 11: Desktop
o Make key design decisions regarding machine catalogs and groups
o Design a personalization strategy including user profiles, user policies and personal vDisk usage.
o Design an appropriate printing strategy

• Module 12: Application Delivery
o Design a solution that meets application inventory and integration requirements
o Identify characteristics of the applications that will impact placement as well as the application delivery architecture for the XenDesktop environment
o Design an application delivery strategy

• Module 13: Desktop Delivery
o Design a Desktop delivery topology, including Sites, XenDesktop Controllers per site, and load balancing
o Design the underlying infrastructure, including database selection, license servers and Active Directory Integration
o Identify the XenDesktop user and virtual desktop baseline policies

• Module 14: Networking Layer
o Make key high availability design decisions
o Integrate the XenDesktop infrastructure with the network infrastructure
o Understand WAN optimization, Multistream ICA, and DHCP functionality

• Module 15: Storage and Provisioning Layer
o Make key design decisions regarding storage solutions
o Identify the features and differences between PVS and MCS
o Design a provisioning strategy with either PVS or MCS

• Module 16: Platform Layer
o Make key design decisions regarding the hypervisor to be used in desktop virtualization solutions
o Make accurate hardware calculations, including VDI hardware, shared hardware, application hardware, and control hardware

• Module 17: Operational
o Understand potential migration approaches
o Design a system monitoring strategy
o Make key design decisions regarding decisions regarding application delivery
Migration approach
Backup and System Monitoring
Backup
System Monitoring

• Module 18: Verification
o Verify assess and design decisions using Citrix online tools
o Develop a complete stakeholder presentation
o Effectively present and support design decisions

• Capstone Exercise