Training

Duration: 3-days

Course Description: The objective of Implementing Citrix CloudPlatform is to provide the foundational concepts and skills necessary to implement, configure, secure, and monitor a Citrix CloudPlatform environment. This course is designed specifically for learners who have limited or no previous CloudPlatform experience. In order to successfully complete this course, learners will have access to hands-on exercises within a virtual lab environment.
This course is based on the Citrix CloudPlatform 4.3 product, but the skills and fundamental concepts learned are common to earlier product versions and applicable to the CloudStack community.

Implementing CloudPlatform 4.3 

Duration: 5-days

Course Description: Designed for students with little or no previous NetScaler, NetScaler Gateway or Unified Gateway experience, this course is best suited for individuals who will be deploying or managing NetScaler, NetScaler Gateway, or Unified Gateway environments. The course has been completely redeveloped and improves upon CNS-207: Implementing Citrix NetScaler 11 for App and Desktop Solutions via the following:

Improved course structure and flow to focus on NetScaler essentials for the first 3 days, and NetScaler Gateway and Unified Gateway features for the remaining 2.

• A new lab environment, redesigned and built for enhanced performance.
• Incorporated course feedback that has been gathered over the last year.
• New content introduced throughout the course.

Part 1: NetScaler Essentials (Days 1-3)
Learn the skills required to implement NetScaler components including secure Load Balancing, High Availability, and NetScaler Management. At the end of the course students will be able to configure their NetScaler environments to address traffic delivery and management requirements including load balancing, availability, and NetScaler operation management.

Part 2: NetScaler Gateway and Unified Gateway (Days 4-5)
Learn the skills required to configure and manage NetScaler Gateway and Unified Gateway features, including how to implement Gateway components including NetScaler Gateway and Unified Gateway. At the end of the course students will be able to configure their NetScaler environments to address remote access requirements for Apps and Desktops.

Note: Students looking to expand their knowledge around NetScaler Traffic Management functionality are recommended to take CNS-220 (Citrix NetScaler Essentials and Traffic Management) instead of this class.

This course is based on the Citrix NetScaler 11 product, but the skills and fundamental concepts learned are common to earlier product versions.

Citrix NetScaler for Apps and Desktops 

Duration: 5-days

Course Description: This 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. Students will learn how to install and configure Citrix XenApp 6.5 for Windows Server 2008 R2, Citrix Receiver and plug-ins, as well as for using administrative consoles and tools to configure resources, policies, server and farm settings, printers, virtualized applications and more.

Citrix XenApp 6.5 Administration 

Duration: 5-days

Course Description: This course provides students with the skills necessary to monitor, maintain and troubleshoot network environments running XenApp for Windows Server 2008 software. Students will be introduced to the tools used to monitor the XenApp farm, record farm activity and generate reports.

Citrix XenApp 6.5 Advanced Administration 

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Duration: 2-days

Course Description: The Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop Helpdesk Support course provides Helpdesk representatives with the skills required to effectively troubleshoot and resolve end user issues faster, prevent issues from reoccurring and use the proper consoles during troubleshooting to quickly determine the root cause of user issues within a XenApp or XenDesktop environment.

XenApp and XenDesktop Helpdesk Support 

Duration: 5-days

Course Description: This course provides students with the skills required to effectively support a Citrix App and Desktop virtualization solution in a Windows Server 2012 environment.
Students will learn how to manage, support and troubleshoot a XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 solution, which includes growing the implementation to accomodate changes in the environment (adding new applications, new users, new desktops, and new policies), and troubleshooting common issues.
 
Managing App and Desktop Solutions 7.6 

Duration: 2-days

Course Description: This course is designed for students with previous XenApp and XenDesktop experience, who are interested in learning about leading practices and new functionality in the 7.7 and 7.8 releases. Learn about architectural changes, management enhancements, and how to get the most out of XenApp and XenDesktop 7.7 and 7.8 through real world scenarios. Students will have access to hands-on exercises within a virtual lab environment to configure and test features including AppDisks with AppDNA and Zones. At the end of this course students will be prepared to upgrade their environments and deliver new functionality to end users.
Recommended prerequisite courses:
CXD-203 Managing App and Desktop Solutions with Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 or
CXD-300 Deploying App and Desktop Solutions with Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 or
CMB-300 Deploy and Manage Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.6 Fast Track

XenApp & XenDesktop 7.7 and 7.8 Release Training 

Duration: 5-days

Course Description: This course provides students with the skills required to successfully deploy a complete Citrix app and desktop virtualization solution in a Windows Server 2012 environment.

Deploying Citrix XenDesktop Solutions  

Duration: 2-days

Course Description: In this course students will learn how to optimize an environment to deliver a great user experience. Starting with the user device and Citrix Receiver, the course covers advanced deployment and configuration options to optimize the delivery of their apps and desktops. Students continue with enhancing the StoreFront experience through custom branding and advanced customization options. Finally, course attendees will learn how to optimize the VDA for a better experience including faster logons, HDX graphics tuning, multimedia, and additional configurations for double hop HDX connections.
Although many options exists for deploying and configuring a XenApp and XenDesktop solution, this course focuses on the aspects of the solution that impact the user workflow and user experience. The recommended configurations taught in this course are based on real world experience of Citrix Consulting architects and consultants working with customers worldwide to streamline the user experience and optimize for complex scenarios.

Duration: 2-days

Course Description: In this course students learn how to troubleshoot complex end user and infrastructure issues through the use of support tools, Insight Services, and the PowerShell SDK. The course follows a troubleshooting methodology using real world support issues as example scenarios to demonstrate how to identify and remediate issues with the proper tools. At the end of the course students will have the skills they need to diagnose and remediate failures with a faster time to resolution and to identify the root cause to prevent future occurrences.
This course was created in conjunction with Citrix Support and Citrix Consulting to identify the top support issues and incorporate them into the hands on lab exercises. All lab exercises in this course are based on real issues. This course has intensive lab exercises using the same tools that Citrix Support uses on support cases.

Duration: 5-days

Course Description: This five-day course is intended for solution designers such as Architects, Consultants, and Engineers eager in learning how to assess and design a XenDesktop 7 solution.
In preparation for designing your XenDesktop 7 solution, you will learn the skills needed to successfully assess and design your solution based on the most widely deployed projects that a majority of our customers implement, across different industries and use cases. You will also have an opportunity to build a design for your organization and will have access to all of the tools and reference materials required to support your work.
This course helps prepare you for the Designing Citrix XenDesktop 7 Solutions exam, one of the requirements needed to attain your Citrix Certified Expert - Apps and Desktops certification.

Designing Citrix XenDesktop 7 Solutions 

Duration: 5-days

Course Description: This course provides the skills necessary to install, configure, and integrate components in a Citrix XenMobile 10 Enterprise solution. Students with limited or no XenMobile experience will gain an understanding of the components of a XenMobile Enterprise solution and their functions. Students will deploy and configure the XenMobile Enterprise components, apply principles to enroll mobile devices, install mobile apps, and use policies to manage device and application usage in a lab environment. In addition, topics such as how to integrate additional Citrix products and applications as part of the solution and how to troubleshoot some of the most common implementation issues will be discussed.
Students are expected to leverage their own mobile device (personal or corporate-owned, not already enrolled in another Mobile Device Management solution) to use during hands-on lab exercises.

Deploying Enterprise Mobility Solutions 

Duration: 3-days

Course Description: This course provides the skills necessary to manage, support, and troubleshoot a Citrix XenMobile 10 Enterprise environment. Students with limited or no XenMobile experience will gain an understanding of what is required to maintain the components of a XenMobile Enterprise solution. Students will have access to hands-on exercises within a virtual lab environment to understand basic details behind the installation of solution controllers, to configure and test policies, manage device and application usage, perform troubleshooting and reporting, and more.

Managing & Supporting Enterprise Mobility 

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Duration: 5-days

Course Description: The Citrix XenServer 6.5 SP1 Administration course CXS-300 provides the skills necessary to effectively design, deploy, manage and support Citrix XenServer 6.5 SP1. Students with limited or no XenServer experience will gain an understanding of what is required to implement and maintain the components of a XenServer enterprise solution. Students will have access to hands-on exercises within a virtual lab environment to configure a complete enterprise solution, covering everything from installation to advanced troubleshooting.
 
Citrix CXS-300 XenServer 6.5 Administration 

Duration: 5-days

Course Description: This course provides students with the skills required to successfully deploy and support a complete Citrix hosted application and desktop virtualization solution in a Windows Server 2012 R2 environment. Throughout this course, students will learn how to configure an environment that includes the following Citrix components: XenServer, XenDesktop, Citrix License Server, MCS, PVS, Personal vDisk, StoreFront, NetScaler (ICA Proxy, Load Balancing, Endpoint Analysis), and Citrix Receiver. Upon course completion, students will be able to build a XenDesktop 7.5 environment from scratch, test the implementation to ensure that all components work as expected, and successfully manage, monitor, and troubleshoot a XenDesktop 7.5 solution.

Deploy & Manage XenApp/XenDesktop 7.5 Fast Track 

Duration: 5-days

Course Description: This special CCSA and CCSE bundle covering Check Point Security Administration & Engineering (R77.30 GAiA) provides you with an understanding of the basic concepts and skills necessary to configure Check Point Security Gateway and Management Software Blades. During this course, you will configure a Security Policy and learn about managing and monitoring a secure network, upgrading and configuring a Security Gateway, and implementing a virtual private network. This part prepares you for CCSA certification. The advanced part of the course provides you training on how to build, modify, deploy and troubleshoot Check Point Security Systems on the GAiA operating system. Hands-on lab exercises teach how to debug firewall processes, optimize VPN performance and upgrade Management Servers. This advanced part prepares you for CCSE certification.

Check Point Certified Security Administrator R80  
Check Point Security Engineering R77 

Duration: 3-days

Course Description: Check Point Security Administration (R77.30 GAiA) provides you with an understanding of the basic concepts and skills necessary to configure Check Point Security Gateway and Management Software Blades. During this course, you will configure a Security Policy and learn about managing and monitoring a secure network, upgrading and configuring a Security Gateway, and implementing a virtual private network.
 
CCSA R80 Check Point Certified Security Admin 

Duration: 3-days

Course Description: Check Point Security Engineering (R77.30 GAiA) is an advanced course that provides you training on how to effectively build, modify, deploy, and troubleshoot Check Point Security systems on the GAiA OS. You will learn about firewall processes, user and kernel processing, and Stateful Inspection. Labs include configuring security gateways, implementing VPNs, and performing advanced troubleshooting tasks on the firewall.

Check Point Certified Security Engineering R77 

Duration: 2-days

Course Description: This hands on course teaches how Check Point's Secure Web Gateway enables safe use of the Web and Apps with real-time multi-layered protection that blocks access to malicious malware, phishing and dangerous applications by constatntly updating URLs and antivirus signatures from our global network of security intelligence sensors.

Certification information: This exam prepares for Secure Web Gateway exam #156-726.77 available at VUE test centers www.vue.com/checkpoint.

Check Point Secure Web Gateway 

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Duration: 3-days

Course Description: Check Point's most advanced technical 3-day course teaches how to use advanced commands to configure and troubleshoot Check Point Security Systems. Multiple hands-on lab exercises teach how to bring optimization techniques back to your workplace.

Check Point Security Master 

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Duration: 5-days

Course Description: The AppSense Certified Professional training course is a five day course that provides the necessary foundation to administer and maintain user virtualization solutions using the AppSense Desktop Suite. This course contains the subject matter to prepare candidates for the AppSense Certified Professional 3.0 exams.

AppSense Professional 3.0 

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Duration: 2-days

Course Description: The AppSense Support Engineer course is a two-day course that provides comprehensive troubleshooting skills to enable AppSense DesktopNow administrators and support desk team members to troubleshoot and resolve a high percentage of first line support incidents associated with AppSense DesktopNow. This course contains the subject matter to prepare candidates for the AppSense Support Engineer 2.0 exam.
 
AppSense Support Engineer 2.0 

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Duration: 2-days

Course Description: The AppSense DataNow training course is a two-day course with a comprehensive view at implementing AppSense DataNow. AppSense DataNow enables simple, secure access, sync and sharing of your enterprise files, no matter where they reside.
This course contains the subject matter to prepare candidates for the AppSense DataNow exam allowing students to work towards achieving the AppSense Certified Expert certification.

AppSense DataNow 3.5 

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Duration: 2-days

Course Description: The AppSense Best Practices 3.0 course is a two-day course with a comprehensive view at implementing AppSense Best Practice to maintain optimal User Virtualization solutions using AppSense DesktopNow.
This course contains the subject matter to prepare candidates for the AppSense Best Practices exam allowing students to work towards achieving the AppSense Certified Expert certification.

AppSense Best Practices 3.0 

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Duration: 5-days

Course Description: This 20-hour course prepares system administrators to configure and manage Splunk. Topics include installation, configuring data inputs and forwarders, data management, user accounts, licenses, and troubleshooting and monitoring. The focus in this class is the knowledge, best practices, and configuration details for Splunk administration in a medium to large distributed deployment environment. In addition to attending the listed classes, participants take part in an online final exam.

Splunk Administration  

Duration: 3-days

Course Description: This course is intended for students who wish to master the fundamentals of Blue Coat products.

Blue Coat Certified Proxy Administrator 

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Duration: 2-days

Course Description: This course is intended for students who wish to master the advanced features of Blue Coat products.

Blue Coat Certified Proxy Professional 

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