Basic Administration for Citrix XenApp 6 (CXA-204)

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Basic Administration for Citrix XenApp 6 training course provides the foundation necessary for administrators to effectively centralize and manage applications in the datacenter and instantly deliver  them as a service to users anywhere. Learners will receive hands-on training for installing Citrix XenApp  6 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and the associated Citrix plug-ins, as well as for using administrative  consoles and tools to configure resources, policies, server and server farm settings, printers, virtualized  applications and more.

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This course is intended for IT professionals, such as server, network and systems administrators familiar with Microsoft Windows environments. Systems engineers, sales engineers, analysts, consultants and architects also are appropriate candidates for this course.

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Before taking this course, Citrix recommends that learners have the following:

• Familiarity with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server or enterprise database servers
• Experience with Active Directory and Group Policy
• Basic understanding of Remote Desktop Services (previously called Terminal Services)
• Familiarity with application virtualization technologies, such as Citrix application streaming or
• Microsoft App-V (previously called SoftGrid)
• Basic understanding of Windows Server networking concepts, such as DNS, IIS®, load
• balancing, and file and printing services
• Exposure to basic system administration concepts, including logging, software upgrade
• procedures and high availability operations
• Familiarity with server monitoring tools
• Basic understanding of VPN concepts, including SSL encryption and certificates

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Topics covered in this course include:

• Introducing XenApp
• Licensing XenApp
• Installing XenApp
• Administrative Configuration
• Create and Customize Web and Services sites
• Delivering Applications and Content
• Profile and Configure Applications for Streaming
• Configuring Policies
• Configuring Printers and Printer Policies, as well as manage print drivers and printer bandwidth
• Secure a XenApp environment by configuring ICA encryption, SSL Relay and Access Gateway
• Optimizing the User Experience
• Distribute and Install Self-Service Software, such as Dazzle and the XenApp plug-ins
• XenApp Security
• Monitor and manage a XenApp environment using Health Monitoring and Recovery, Edgesight
• and Workflow Studio
• Additional Components