Citrix Provisioning 7.1x Administration

• Understand Provisioning Services architecture and communication
• How to install and configure a Provisioning Services farm
• How to deploy Provisioning Services target devices for use with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Delivery Agents
• How to manage a Provisioning Services farm, vDisks, and target devices

Citrix course materials are only available to delegates in e-courseware format. Delegates will be provided with instructions on how to access their e-courseware on day one of the event. Those delegates who are attending via either virtual or extended classroom will be required to provide either three monitors (to view courseware, labs and instructor demos simultaneously) or two monitors and a mobile device. Delegates will be required to have an active TCC (Training.Citrix.com) account in order to access course materials and labs.

Please set up Your TCC account up in advance of the course using the following link:

https://www.citrix.com/welcome/create-account/create-account-form.html

Please note: It is highly recommended that the delegate uses a personal email address (rather than company email) to set up their TCC account. If you do not wish to reference your company name when setting up your TCC account we recommend you use 'EDUCALC' as reference.

Should you encounter any issues in setting up your TCC account please ensure that you raise this directly with Citrix in advance of your event by visiting http://training.citrix.com then on the home page click, Help, then select Classroom Support, and submit a Critical or High priority request notifying Citrix of the course start date.

Technical pre-requisites

Strong foundational knowledge of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7. Citrix recommends students prepare for this course by taking the following course:

• CWS-215 - Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Administration On-Premises and in Citrix Cloud.

Module 1: Advanced Provisioning

• Learning Objectives
• Introduction to Citrix Provisioning (PVS)
• Getting Started with Citrix Provisioning
• Citrix Provisioning Architecture

Module 2: Citrix Provisioning Infrastructure

• Lab VM Power Management
• The Citrix Provisioning Server
• The Farm Database
• The Store

Module 3: Streaming the vDisk

• vDisk Introduction
• Master Target Device Preparation
• Streaming Introduction
• Boot Methods

Module 4: Target Devices

• Target Devices Introduction
• Reads and Writes
• Machine and User Data

Module 5: Integrating Citrix Provisioning with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• The Complete Architecture Overview
• The Citrix Virtual Desktops Setup Wizard
• Manage the Target Devices through Creating Device Collections
• Using Provisioned Services with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
• Managing Citrix Provisioning from Citrix Cloud

Module 6: Advanced Architecture

• Farm Component Scalability
• Store Redundancy
• Farm Database Redundancy

Module 7: Supporting Citrix Provisioning

• vDisk Updates
• Delegate Administration
• Audit and Support
• Alternative vDisk Update Methods