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Citrix Administrator ( Level 2 ) - Your Path To Success !!

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Overview

Deliver high-performance virtual apps and desktops with the industry-leading VDI solution.

What you'll learn:
  • You will learn how to work effectively as a Citrix Administrator
  • You will be able to handle important Incident/tasks in Citrix production Environments
  • You will learn all necessary troubleshooting Skills to solve issues in Citrix Environments
  • You will be confident to be a part of Citrix team and manage things in Citrix Environments by yourself
  • You will learn how to Install, Manage, configure, troubleshoot Core infrastructure Citrix components

Welcome to the Citrix Administrator- Your path to success course.


Let me share a quick story from my early career days. When I started learning about Citrix, I faced difficulties finding the right information about how things work in Citrix Production Environments. I came across some videos and articles, but they didn't give me the complete picture or show me what Citrix Administrators do in their daily tasks.


That's why I've created this course just for you. It's not just about technical stuff; I've shared all the essential knowledge to help you work smarter and handle Citrix issues confidently. The course follows a smooth sequence, like a good story, so I recommend watching it all without skipping anything.


Throughout the course, you'll learn how to install, configure, troubleshoot, and manage core Citrix components. You'll get a clear understanding of the daily tasks and responsibilities of Citrix Administrators in real-world environments. By the end, you'll have the skills to excel as a Citrix Admin in any organization.


This course is designed to be very practical, with a focus on giving you the skills you need for success in your job. Join me now, and let's unlock the secrets of Citrix together, setting you on the path to achieving your goals.


Topics Covered:


Citrix Administrator - Your Path to Success in the real time environments.


Section 1: Welcome to the Course


Introduction Video (1:20)

Prerequisites to learn Citrix Level 2 Admin Course (2:14)

How to download VMware workstation software for running Citrix Lab (2:34)

How to install VMware Workstation Software for the Lab (3:21)

How to get Windows Server 2012 R2 Evaluation Software for Lab (1:48)

How to get Xendesktop Evaluation License for Citrix Lab (3:44)

How to Install Licenses on License Server. (6:46)


Section 2 :Installation of Various Windows Server Components for Citrix Lab

How to Install Windows Server 2012 R2 Server (8:47)

Important steps to follow after Installing Windows servers (2:38)

How to Install Active Directory role for the Citrix environment (16:54)

Installing Windows Machine for Delivery Controller (2:34)

How to Download Xendesktop ISO for Citrix lab (3:55)

How to Add Delivery Controller Machine to the Domain (7:41)

Getting Secondary Delivery Controller Ready in the Citrix Lab (3:02)


Section 3: Installing Windows Server 2012 R2 for Citrix Storefront.

Getting Windows Server 2012 R2 ready for Storefront (3:26)

Disable Firewall and Add Citrix Storefront to the Domain (5:45)

Some important tips to follow after every server installation (2:04)


Section 4: Citrix XenServer Hypervisor

How to identify the right Xenserver platform for Installation (3:52)

Step by Step process to download Citrix Xenserver version (4:45)

Installation of Citrix XenServer Hypervisor (20:05)

How to Download XenCenter Tools (3:21)

Install Citrix XenCenter Tools (2:22)

How to download .NET Framework for XenCenter Tools (2:07)

Installation of .Net Framework (5:30)

Citrix Xencenter Tools Installation Step by Step (1:37)

How to Connect to XenServer using XenCenter tools (3:44)


Section 5: Citrix Delivery Controller

Step by Step Installation of Delivery Controller (8:58)

How to Create Site - Step by Step process (7:56)

How to Install Secondary Delivery controller and add it to the Site (7:45)


Section 6: Citrix Xendesktop- Creating Master Image for both Server OS and Client OS

Getting Windows Server 2012 R2 ready to create a Master Image (4:39)

How to create new storage repository in XenServer (5:15)

Installing Windows Server 2012R2 server for creating Master Image (11:46)

Disabling the firewall and adding the machine to Domain (8:00)

How to copy Xendesktop ISO to Master Machine (5:47)

How to create Master Image by installing VDA (23:09)

Troubleshooting Two VDI machines Unregistered (5:21)

How to create a Machine Catalog Step by Step (7:35)

Installation of Citrix Workspace Step by Step (8:26)

Create Delivery group and assign applications/VDI to users (15:18)

Troubleshooting- There are no apps or Desktops Available to you at this time (11:53)

Preparing windows 10 Machine for the Master Image (69:59)

Citrix- Creating Windows 10 Master Image (15:36)

Creating Machine Catalog/Delivery Group for Windows 10 Machine (23:23)


Section 7: Installing and Configuring Citrix Storefront

Installation of Storefront Step by Step and Creating a Store (16:23)

Creating User Accounts in Active Directory for users to login to Storefront portal (4:30)


Section 8 : Launching Citrix Applications

Creating Client PC Virtual Machine to Test applications (1:17)


Moment of Truth- Launching Windows Server Citrix VDI after all the Hard work (7:58)


Final Output- Launching Windows 10 Citrix VDI Machine after creating Master Image (13:50)


How to Assign a VDI on your name to troubleshoot the problems (2:43)


Section 9: Citrix Level 2 Troubleshooting Videos in Citrix Production Environments.

Troubleshooting- Could not connect to the Analytics Service while launching Citrix Studio (14:42)

The current user does not appear to be member of active directory domain- Studio cannot be run by a local user (3:06)

Troubleshooting- 'Cannot start desktop' error while Launching Applications (5:54)

Troubleshooting- VDI unregistered ( Most common issue ) (11:37)

Troubleshooting- Power State unknown issue in the Citrix VDI (12:50)

Most common Citrix issue- Users Cannot Reconnect to a Disconnected Session (20:07)

Most common Citrix issue- There are no Apps or Desktops available to you at this time. (19:59)

Troubleshooting- Windows 10 VDI Machine not Registered (30:23)

There are No apps or Desktops Available to you at this time- Multiple users issue (8:09)

Citrix Studio- Unable to connect to the AD identity service. (4:08)

Citrix Health checks- Testing Site Configuration/Machine Catalogs/Delivery group in Citrix Studio (11:48)

My Number 1 issue in the Citrix environment. (4:49)

Troubleshooting Citrix Storefront- Cannot Complete your request. (4:27)

Troubleshooting Citrix Storefront- Login Failed for a user (3:28)

Troubleshooting host cannot be contacted- Most common hosting connection issues in the Citrix Environment. (10:44)

Windows Powershell- How to use Powershell to Troubleshoot issues (5:28)

How to investigate the changes that have been made in Citrix Environment (6:33)

How to Troubleshoot Latency issue users experience in the Citrix environment (6:17)

How to create Snapshots before activities in Production environments (4:51)

How to create Templates for deploying new Virtual Machines (4:20)

Troubleshooting Error- There was an error communicating with delivery controller, check it's turned ON (5:35)

Troubleshooting- No logon Methods are Available on this platform (8:02)

How to setup dual Monitors with Citrix VDI for users (5:11)

Citrix Storefront Troubleshooting- Storefront URL page cannot be displayed (9:52)

Best Troubleshooting tool for checking logs and solving Major issues. (14:29)

How to quickly monitor the number of VDI machines that are registered with controllers (3:08)

Unable to Launch applications- Access Denied Citrix (6:29)

Important tip to avoid mistakes while working on Citrix Studio console (4:04)

How to collect logs to troubleshoot issues (9:12)


Section 10: Deep Dive on Major Citrix Components in the Citrix environment

Citrix License server Tutorial (12:01)

How to test Citrix License Server 30 days Grace period Phenomena real time (3:06)

Deep dive on all 21 critical FMA services for troubleshooting issues in Citrix Production environment. (17:04)

Step by Step on how to Publish Citrix Applications and test them by launching it. (10:29)

How to set restart schedule for the servers in the Delivery group (9:00)

How to Delegate Administration rights using Citrix Studio Console (11:26)

Citrix Storefront- How to add secondary storefront with Primary Storefront in Citrix environments. (4:24)

Citrix Storefront- How to enable Classic Experience ( Green Bubble )for users (6:56)

Citrix Storefront- How to enable Subscription service feature for users. (4:35)

Citrix Storefront- How to add Storefront server to Studio Console (5:40)

Citrix Storefront- Step by Step process on Creating Store. (10:54)

Citrix Storefront- Designing Storefront webpage to fulfill customer requirement (7:04)


Section 11: Patching Activities

Windows Patching activity on Citrix Servers (3:05)


Section 12: Master Class- Update Master Image

How to Update Machine Catalog to propagate changes applied to the Master Image (56:45)

How to rollback update (5:28)


Section 13: PowerShell - Masterclass.

PowerShell Cmdlets for performing Health Checks in Citrix Environment (28:33)


Section 14: Masterclass- Citrix Policies

Deep Dive on Citrix Policies in Production environments (35:28)


Section 15: Masterclass- Troubleshooting with Registries to solve Citrix issues

Troubleshooting with Registries in Citrix Environment (23:41)


Section 16: Key Topics- Deep Dive on ITIL process ( Business process and procedures ) in Citrix Environments

What is ITIL process and how does it work in Citrix environments (7:00)

What is Incident Management (4:33)

What is Change Management (5:29)

What is Problem Management (4:20)

What is a Service Request (1:40)

What is SLA or Service Level Agreement (4:45)

What is a High Priority Incident in Citrix Environments (1:36)

How to handle High Priority Citrix tickets in Citrix Environments (6:27)

Who uses ITIL process and What are the Advantages in Citrix Environment (5:08)

What is a Maintenance Window in Citrix Environment (1:48)

What is SOP (2:46)

What is RCA or Root Cause Analysis (1:57)

What is KT (2:36)


Section 17: My Personal Experience handling High Priority issues or P1 issues in Citrix Environments.


My First P1 issue (8:49)


Section 18: Final Advise with some Goodies/ Top 150 Citrix Admin Questions and Answers info.

Thank you message to Students with some tips ( 2:49 )

Top 150 Citrix Admin Questions and Answers document attached ( Goodies )


Note: I highly recommend you to take my Citrix Fundamentals for Beginners course before taking this one. There is a lot of important topics and details that I have covered there so please watch those videos as well.


I am really looking forward to meeting you in this course


Enroll Now!


And I want to see you achieve success in life.


Thanks!


WHAT LEARNERS ARE SAYING:


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5 STARS - "Thank you for this amazing content and I am looking forward for more!!!"- Jessa


5 STARS- "All reviews shared by OP are somewhat genuine, please consider that. Overall Course was good and consolidated for L2 Citrix Admins. It was easy to understand, course flow was fine but Installation time of apps and idle times can be reduced by skipping the duration at your end. Nice efforts by you Sir, Thank you!!!" - Ankush


5 STARS- "Great course...Thank you" :) - Mahesh

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