Module 1: Architecture

• Identify the various components included in the XenApp/XenDesktop architecture
• Determine how the various components communicate and which protocols they are using
• Apply architectural understanding to desktop virtualization solutions
• Troubleshoot desktop virtualization design

Module 2: Business Drivers

• Identify specific business drivers for multiple verticals
• Facilitate a discussion with the project team at an organization to prioritize business drivers

Module 3: Data Capture

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

Module 4: User Segmentation

• Identify the different FlexCast models
• Identify considerations in selecting the most appropriate method for segmenting users

Module 5: Application Assessment

• Understand the process of application assessment
• Demonstrate rationalization of applications in a given case organization
• Assess a suite of applications based on business needs and compatibility to a given XenApp/XenDesktop delivery model.

Module 6: Project Management

• Understand the importance of project management for a successful implementation
• Identify roles for a project plan

Module 7: User Design

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

Module 8: Receiver

• Define how applications will be delivered
• Design Citrix Receiver deployment and maintenance

Module 9: Resource Req. Recommendations

• Identify recourse requirements
• Make key design decisions regarding resource recommendations

Module 10: Access

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

Module 11: Desktop

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

Module 12: Application Delivery

• Design a solution that meets application inventory and integration requirements
• Identify characteristics of the applications that will impact placement as well as the application delivery architecture for the XenApp/XenDesktop environment
• Design an application delivery strategy

Module 13: Desktop Delivery

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

Module 14: Networking Layer

• Make key high availability design decisions
• Integrate the XenDesktop infrastructure with the network infrastructure
• Understand WAN optimization, Multistream ICA, and DHCP functionality

Module 15: Storage and Provisioning Layer

• Make key design decisions regarding storage solutions
• Identify the features and differences between PVS and MCS
• Design a provisioning strategy with either PVS or MCS

Module 16: Platform Layer

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

Module 17: Operational

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

Module 18: Verification

• Verify assess and design decisions using Citrix online tools
• Develop a complete stakeholder presentation
• Effectively present and support design decisions

Capstone Exercise