Basic Administration for Citrix XenApp 6 Skills Update (CXA-205-1I)

This course is intended for IT professionals, such as server, network, systems and help desk administrators with experience administering Microsoft® Windows® environments containing Citrix XenApp 4 or XenApp5 . Systems engineers, analysts, consultants, and architects with Citrix XenApp 4 or 5 experience are also appropriate candidates for this course.

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 completed the following courses:

• CTX-1256AI Citrix Presentation Server 4.0: Administration or
• CTX-1259AI Citrix XenApp (Presentation Server 4.5): Administration
• CXA-201 2I Implementing Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008

The Basic Administration for Citrix XenApp 6 training Skills Update course is an update from Presentation Server 4.0 /. XenApp Presentation Server 4.5 / XenApp 5 für Windows Server 2008 and provides you an overview about the new features for an effective use and the administration of XenApp 6.0 for Windows Server 2008 R2. In this course, students will be introduced to the new features in XenApp 6. Through instructor-led discussions and hands-on training, students will learn what’s new in XenApp 6, review new Services, Citrix Licensing updates, Console changes, policies, HDX and Application Streaming enhancements. 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, virtualized applications and more. Additionally learners will receive hands-on training for using the Citrix XenApp 6 migration tool that enables simple and fast migration from XenApp 5.

Upon completion of this course, learners are able to:

• Identify the new features in XenApp 6:
• Install and initially configure XenApp 6.0 in a Windows Server 2008 R2 environment
• Add and configure worker groups
• Create and configure policies, apply filters and use policy modeling tools
• Configure License Administration Console ports and administrators
• Install Citrix Receiver for Windows
  • Application Streaming Enhancements
  • HDX Enhancements
• Identify the components of Citrix Merchandising Server
• Introduction to the Migration Tool
• Using Citrix XenApp 6 Migration Tool

This instructor-led course provides classroom lecture topics and the practical application of features added Citrix XenApp since the release of the Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 product through demonstrations, practices, and hands-on exercises.