CODE: CTX_CXD-251
LENGTH: 2 days
PRICE: £1,675.00
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