Duration: 5 Days

 

CTX-1259AI Citrix Presentation Server 4.5: Administration 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.

 

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.

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-1455CW Citrix Common Management Platform 4.5: Administration
  • CTX-1255AW Citrix Presentation Server 4.0: Architectural Overview

Key Skills

Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:

  • 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

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.