Learn to deploy and manage your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops apps and desktops in Microsoft Azure. Gain the skills to plan your machine catalog and virtual machine design based in Microsoft’s public cloud and get hands-on practice deploying those machines using Machine Creation Services. You will also learn about additional Azure considerations including maintenance and power management which are critical in a cloud environment. For remote access, you will learn to configure Citrix StoreFront and Citrix Gateway on the Azure platform. This course focuses on Microsoft Azure as a Citrix Cloud resource location however concepts are relevant to both Citrix Cloud and fully managed Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops sites.

• Prepare the Azure environment for

secure integration with Citrix Virtual

Apps and Desktops

• Deploy and manage Virtual Delivery

Agent machines in Microsoft Azure

using Machine Creation Services

• Integrate Citrix Cloud and Citrix

Virtual Apps and Desktops with

Microsoft Azure Active Directory

• Design Machine Catalogs and

virtual machines on Microsoft Azure

Resource Manager

• Provide remote access with Citrix

StoreFront and Citrix Gateway on

Microsoft Azure

Built for experienced IT Professionals familiar with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 in an on-premises environment. Potential students include administrators, engineers, and architects designing or deploying Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops workloads on Microsoft Azure.

Experience deploying and managing Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 in on-premises environment.

Module 1: Citrix Virtual Apps and

Desktops on Azure Overview

• Defining IAAS

• Citrix Virtual Apps and

• Desktops Azure Deployment Models

• Azure Fundamentals Review

• Azure Management

• Azure Locations

Module 2: Citrix Virtual Apps and

Desktops Integration with Azure Active

Directory

• Active Directory Basics

• Active Directory Usage

• Connecting On-premises Active Directory to Azure

• Azure Role Based Access Control

Module 3: Connecting to Microsoft Azure

• Azure Connectivity

• Cloud Connectors in Azure

• Creating Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Host

Connections to Azure

Module 4: Deploying Apps and Desktops

using Machine Creation Services

• Master Image Preparation

• Machine Creation Services in Azure

• Considerations for Deploying onto Azure

Module 5: Providing Access to End Users

• StoreFront Locations

• Citrix ADC Locations

• Multiple Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Zones in

Azure Regions

Module 6: Maintaining Infrastructure and

VDAs in Microsoft Azure

• Maintaining Infrastructure

• Maintaining Resources

• Power Management

Module 7: Plan for a Successful POC

• Planning your next steps