Duration: 2 days
Price: $2000

Designed for experienced IT professionals, this course builds on the foundational implementation and management skills introducing scalability, redundancy, and security configurations. You will learn to build to implement Workspace Environment Management to improve logon times, centralize user settings management, and optimize the performance of machines. In the advanced troubleshooting section, you will learn techniques to investigate many of the common issues that can affect environment health and how to solve issues more effectively. You will leave this course with a good understanding of how to manage more complex solutions such as multi-location environments with configurations around StoreFront, the Delivery Controllers, Cloud Connectors, and HDX.
Product Versions Covered: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2203 LTSR, WEM 2109

Learning Objectives:

• Install and initialize WEM and integrate into Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS.
• Configure WEM features to improve the end user environment and virtual resource consumption.
• Migrate an on-premises WEM deployment to WEM service.

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Workspace Environment Management (WEM)

• WEM Features and Benefits

Module 2: Planning - WEM Architecture and Component Communications

• WEM On-Premises Components and Deployments
• WEM Service Components and Deployments
• WEM Component Communication Workflows

Module 3: Planning - WEM On-Premises Deployment Installation

• On-Premises WEM: Leading Practice Installation Prerequisites and Steps
• On-Premises WEM: ADMX Template Configuration
• Choosing a Security Principal to run the WEM Infrastructure Service
• Creating the WEM Database
• Running the WEM Infrastructure Service Configuration Utility
• On-Premises WEM: Agent Installation

Module 4: Planning - WEM Service Deployment Installation

• WEM On-Premises vs WEM Service
• WEM Service: Leading Practice Installation Prerequisites and Steps
• WEM Service: ADMX Template Configuration
• WEM Service: Agent Installation

Module 5: Planning - WEM Consoles and Initial Setup

• On-Premises WEM and WEM Service Consoles
• WEM Initial Setup
• Migrating GPO settings to WEM

Module 6: Planning - WEM System and Log On Optimization

• WEM System Optimization Overview
• WEM CPU Management
• WEM Memory Management
• Additional System Optimization Features
• WEM Log On Optimization Overview
• WEM Assigned Actions
• WEM Environmental Settings
• Citrix Profile Management In WEM 

Module 7: Planning - WEM Security and Lockdown Features

• WEM Security Management Features
• Privilege Elevation and Process Hierarchy Control
• WEM Transformer

Module 8: Planning - The WEM Agent

• WEM Settings Processing and WEM Agent Caches
• WEM Agent Integration with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS

Module 9: Planning - WEM Monitoring, Reporting, and Troubleshooting

• WEM Monitoring and Reporting
• WEM Agent Troubleshooting
• WEM Service Troubleshooting

Module 10: Planning - Upgrading WEM and Migration to WEM Service

• Upgrading Workspace Environment Management
• WEM On-Premises Migration to WEM Service

Module 11: Rolling Out a WEM Deployment

• WEM Agent User Options on Windows Desktops

Module 12: Managing a WEM Deployment

• Measuring WEM Success

This course is recommended for administrators and engineers.

Prerequisite Knowledge:

Strong foundational knowledge of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 or Citrix DaaS

Recommended:

• CWS-215: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Deployment and Administration

OR

• CWS-250: Citrix DaaS Deployment and Administration

At this time there is no associated certification with this course.