This course is the most practical Citrix Administration course available. This course does not rely on the book to teach rote concepts. This course is a highly participatory course with ample hands on time for the student.

The instructor will present topics and concepts by demonstration and white board design illustrations. This course is a compilation of several other courses and administrative guides leaving out the marketing and the obsolete information.

Class will focus on the most relative and necessary administrative skills to ensure that the student is prepared to manage their Citrix Presentation Server 4 enterprise environment.
This course will allow the student to install, design, implement, and administrate a Citrix server based infrastructure.

A solid foundation and experience as a network administrator on MS Windows 2000 or MS Windows 2003 Server Operating Systems is essential. The student should know how to configure desktops and servers in a TCP/IP environment. The student should know about Networking and Active Directory. The student candidate should know about AD Group Policy and User Profiles in a general way. The student should have experience installing and troubleshooting Windows OS and applications.

This course will serve as a foundation for real world implementation. This course will cover certification related material but does not substitute for the actual Citrix courses if primarily looking for Citrix certification.

I. Citrix Presentation Server and Terminal Services Overview

1) Citrix Presentation Server Architecture Foundational Concepts
2) Understanding the history and the Citrix product suite.
3) Concepts, terminology and Foundational Information
4) Support Web Sites
5) Features of PS 4

II. Citrix Technologies and IMA Design

6) Independent Management Architecture Designs
7) Ports used by Citrix services
8) MS and Citrix Licensing

III. Installation and Implementation

9) Installation Methods – Hands on Install
10) Data Store determination – Access, MSDE, SQL, Oracle, DBII

IV. Client software options – ICA and RDP

11) The ICA Client – Full Program Neighborhood
12) Program Neighborhood Agent
13) Web Interface Client
14) Speed Screen Technology
15) Fire Walls
16) Installing and updating the client methodologies

V. Administration and Application Publishing

17) Program Neighborhood Agent Admin Console
18) Web Interface Admin Console
19) ICA Tool Bar Overview
20) PS Management Console Overview
21) PS Management Console Administrators
22) Publishing Applications
23) Installing Applications
24) Managing your Farm – Farm settings
25) Managing your Servers – Server settings
26) Citrix Connection Configuration
27) The Presentation Suite Console MMC
28) Content Redirection from the Client to the Server.
29) Application Content Publishing
29) Application Desktop Publishing

VI. Web Interface (NFUSE)

30) Creating ICA Files manually
31) Web Interface
32) Web Interface ICA Client
33) Web Interface Console Administration (NFUSE)

VII. Advanced Administration for the Enterprise

34) Citrix Policies from Presentation Server Console
35) Load Manager – Load Balancing
36) Resource Manager Overview
37) Printer Management and Configuration
38) Installation Manager Overview
39) Data Store Migration from Access to MSDE, SQL, Oracle, or DB2
40) Managing Profiles in a TS environment
41) Fine Tuning in Group Policy for the TS environment

This course teaches concepts found in the
“ Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 Administration Guide”

This course is similar in content to the following courses.
CTX-1256, CTX-1455 and the CTX-1255.

The instructor reserves the right to modify and enhance the class topics in order to present the latest technology and in order to respond to student questions.