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Course Number A1017 |
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Who should attend this course? |
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is an in-depth, specialised course, designed specifically for IT
professionals that need to install, configure, tune,
troubleshoot and
maintain servers running Windows 2003 Terminal Services. The course covers
the major pitfalls encountered when deploying terminal services and
includes lots of practical sessions. It also serves and an excellent
grounding for the Citrix Presentation Server course.
Duration 2 days Course Prerequisites Delegates should have an understanding of the Windows 2003 server and Active Directory. Some knowledge of TCP/IP networking would also be advantageous
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Describe the benefits of Terminal Services over basic Windows 2003 clients and the new features included in 2003 server State the hardware requirements for Terminal server and carry out basic capacity planning Install and configure a Windows 2003 Terminal Server and customise the terminal server for maximum stability and performance. Understand and configure terminal services group policy settings Lock down a terminal sever using group policy loop-back processing Understand and configure server connection settings Install and customise the Remote desktop client, the UNIX client and the web based Active X client. Shadow and control connected clients. Set-up and monitor thin client printing and set-up manual printer driver mappings Set-up a Network Load Balancing fault tolerant cluster for thin clients over multiple servers using a session directory Install application programs on the server using best practices. Install a licensing server and understand user and device licensing issues. Describe the main tools and techniques used to diagnose problems on terminal servers. |
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Course Topics |
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1 Introduction to Windows 2003 Terminal Server Terminal Server Architecture New Terminal server features and capabilities Server sizing techniques Major deployment considerations Server installation and set-up Setting registry keys for stability Thin client set-up Types of clients available Deploying client software Client settings Server connection settings Using group policy for server configuration Terminal server administration tools Shadowing and controlling clients How printing works in terminal server session Loading printer drivers on the terminal server Using printer driver mappings Problems with printer drivers Fallback driver behavior Terminal Server printing pitfalls and troubleshooting Day 2 Load balancing terminal servers Setting up a Network Load Balanced cluster Cluster parameters for terminal services clients Alternatives to NLB clusters Port rules settings Using the session directory Application installation best practices Applications that require .INI files Application program considerations Using transform files during application installation How to perform post installation global setting changes Installing a license server Tuning and troubleshooting techniques and how to get help Known problems and solutions Troubleshooting tools |
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