Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 Administration

Overview:

This course provides the necessary foundation to deploy and administer Citrix® Presentation Server 4.5. This course covers installation and administration of Presentation Server and its components, including Web Interface, Secure Gateway, Installation Manager and Load Manager.

Description:

This course provides the foundation necessary to effectively deploy and administer Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 and its components, including Load Manager, Installation Manager, Web Interface, Application Streaming and Secure Gateway.

Learners will receive hands-on training for installing Citrix Presentation Server and Presentation Server Clients and for using the various administrative consoles to configure published resources, policies, individual server and server farm settings, load evaluators, isolation environments, printers, streaming applications and much more.

Skills and Key Topics
Upon successful completion of this course, learners are able to perform the following:

Install Presentation Server 4.5 in a Windows Server 2003 environment
Install and configure Presentation Server Clients
Publish applications, resources and content
Configure and manage policies for Presentation Server
Configure ICA connection and session settings
Configure and manage server and server farm settings
Configure load evaluators and monitor load using Load Manager
Deploy applications using Installation Manager
Deploy applications into an isolation environment
Configure and manage network and session printing
Install and configure Web Interface
Configure streaming profiles, install the Streaming Client and configure Presentation Server to stream applications
Secure access to published resources through ICA encryption, Citrix SSL Relay and Secure Gateway
 Audience
This course is intended for IT professionals, such as server, network, systems and help desk administrators familiar with Microsoft® Windows® environments. Systems engineers, analysts, consultants, and architects are also appropriate candidates for this course.

Course Length
5-day instructor-led training

Preparatory Recommendations
It is recommended that learners have experience administering Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 environments. In addition, Citrix recommends that learners complete the following eLearning courses:

CTX-1455AW Citrix Access Suite 4.0: Common Management Platform Administration
Course Details for this E-Learning class (PDF)

CTX-1255AW Citrix Presentation Server 4.0: Architectural Overview
Course Details for this E-Learning class (PDF)

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Instructional Method
This instructor-led course provides classroom lecture topics and the practical application of Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 through demonstrations, practices, and hands-on exercises.

Certification Preparation
Citrix instructor-led training course CTX-1259AI prepares candidates for exam 1Y0-259 Citrix Presentation Server 4.5: Administration. Exam 259 is the core exam required for certification as a Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) for Citrix Presentation Server 4.