Improve your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops image management and performance with Citrix Provisioning. Learn to install and configure a highly available Citrix Provisioning farm according to leading practices. In this course, you will learn about the architecture, communication, and processes that make up Citrix Provisioning to be successful with deploying and managing a farm. Manage and integrate vDisks and target devices with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for easy rollback, upgrades, and performance of Virtual Delivery Agent machines. At the end of this course you will be able to install, configure and manage the Citrix Provisioning 7 solution.

• 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
• Understand Provisioning Services redundancy and failover

Built for experienced IT Professionals working with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops who need to plan for, implement, or manage a Provisioning Services environment. Potential students include administrators, engineers, and architects.

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

Learning Objectives

The Citrix Provisioning Server

The Farm Database

The Store

Module 3 Streaming the vDisk

Lab VM Power Management

Learning Objectives

vDisk Introduction

Master Target Device Preparation

Streaming Introduction

Boot Methods

Module 4 Target Devices

Lab VM Power Management

Learning Objectives

Target Deivces Introduction

Reads and Writes

Machine and User Data

Module 5 Integrating Citrix Provisioning with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

Lab VM Power Management

Learning Objectives

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

Lab VM Power Management

Learning Objectives

Farm Component Scalability

Store Redundancy

Farm Database Redundancy

Module 7 Supporting Citrix Provisioning

Lab VM Power Management

Learning Objectives

vDisk Updates

Delegate Administration

Audit and Support

Alternative vDisk Update Methods