EDUCATION

Citrix Education Learning Journey

The road to becoming Citrix Certified doesn’t need to be long and winding.
Use our simple-to-follow learning paths to guide your Learning Journey.

Getting started is easy. Choose the technology that you want to learn about. Then use our
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course that is for you.
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Digital Workspace – Learning Journey

Citrix Certified Associate Citrix Certified Professional Citrix Certified Expert

5 CWS-215 5 CWS-315 5 CWS-415

DAYS DAYS DAYS

Path One Citrix Virtual Apps and Citrix Virtual Apps and Citrix Virtual Apps and
Desktops 7 Administration Desktops 7 Advanced Desktops 7 Assessment,
On-Premises and in Administration Design and Advanced
Citrix Cloud Configuration
Combination of CWS-313 and CWS-314.
Or

5 3 CWS-313
DAYS
CMB-318 DAYS
Path Two Citrix Virtual Apps and
Citrix Virtual Apps and
Accelerated Path– Desktops 7, App Layering, Desktops 7 Advanced
Earn your associate and WEM Administration Deployment, Troubleshooting,
certificate on your (Fast-Track) Security and Administration
way to a Professional
CCP-V Fast Track
Certification.
2 CWS-314
DAYS
Citrix App Layering and
WEM Administration

2 CWS-316
DAYS
Citrix Provisioning 7
Administration

Citrix Services Combination of CXD-250 and CXD-251

3 CXD-250 2 CXD-251 5 CXD-252 3 CWS-206

DAYS DAYS DAYS DAYS
Moving to the Citrix Virtual Citrix Virtual Apps and Moving to the Citrix Virtual Citrix Workspace
Apps and Desktops Service Desktops Service on Apps and Desktops Service Microapps Essentials
on Citrix Cloud Microsoft Azure on Citrix Cloud with
Microsoft Azure

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Digital Workspace – Course Catalog

CWS-115 CMB-318
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Help Desk Support Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7, App Layering, and WEM Administration
Learn to support end-users accessing virtual apps and desktops as part of a Citrix solution. In this course, you (Fast-Track)
will learn to use Citrix Director to interact with user sessions and to capture information for solving issues or Built for experienced IT Professionals new to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 in an on-premises or Citrix Cloud
escalating to the administration team. Gain foundational knowledge about the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environment looking to gain as much information as possible in the 5-day course. In this course you will learn
technology and an understanding of how components interact. You will learn about each component focusing the considerations and how-to setup a new Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop site including advanced topics as
on common user related issues that may arise, and how to apply a methodical approach to solve them using real WEM and App Layering allowing fast-track preparation for the CCP-V certification. Potential students include
world scenarios. By the end of the course, you will be able to solve or escalate end-user issues appropriately administrators or engineers responsible for the Citrix Apps and Desktop 7 Site. Some experience with previous
versions of the product is recommended. 

CWS-206
Citrix Workspace Microapps Essentials
This foundational course to Citrix Workspace intelligence ushers students into the new generation of Citrix
teaching how intelligent features help organize, guide, and automate the future of work. Gain an understanding of
the fundamentals of web services, APIs, and systems integrations through building microapps designed to boost
employee productivity and optimize the end user experience. This three-day course will cover the fundamentals
of Citrix Microapps, web services, security considerations and API troubleshooting to help you successfully
deploy microapps in your environment.

CWS-215
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Administration On-Premises and in Citrix Cloud
If you are new to Citrix or if you are planning a move to Citrix Cloud, this course is a necessary step in enabling
you with the right training and skills to manage and deploy Citrix Workspace successfully.
This foundational administration course covers the aspects of installing, configuring and managing a
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 environment, how to manage an on-premises Citrix solution and migrate
from an on-premises solution to cloud using the Citrix Cloud management plane. This five-day course will teach
you how to deploy, install, configure, setup profile management, configure policies, printing and basic security
features for on-premises Virtual Apps and Desktop solution building, andthen migrating to Citrix Cloud.

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Digital Workspace – Course Catalog (continued)

CWS-313 CWS-316
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Advanced Deployment, Troubleshooting, Citrix Provisioning 7 Administration
Security and Administration Improve your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops image management and performance with Citrix

Designed for experienced IT professionals this course builds on the foundational implementation and Provisioning. Learn to install and configure a highly available Citrix Provisioning farm according to
leading practices. In this course, you will learn about the architecture, communication, and processes
management skills introducing scalability, redundancy and security configurations. You will learn
that make up Citrix Provisioning to be successful with deploying and managing a farm. Manage and
techniques to investigate many of the common issues that can affect environment health and how to
integrate vDisks and target devices with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for easy rollback, upgrades,
solve issues more effectively in the advanced troubleshooting section. You will leave this course with
and performance of Virtual Delivery Agent machines. At the end of this course you will be able to
a good understanding of how to manage more complex solutions such as multi-location environments install, configure and manage the Citrix Provisioning 7 solution.
with configurations around StoreFront, the Delivery Controllers, Cloud Connectors and HDX.

CXD-250
CWS-314 Moving to the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Service on Citrix Cloud
Learn how to navigate the move from Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on-premises to the
Citrix App Layering and WEM Administration
Citrix Cloud. Get hands-on as the course guides you through the architecture, communications,
Designed for experienced IT professionals, you will learn to build and combine App Layers to optimize
management, installation, and configuration of Citrix Cloud and the Cloud Connector. Learn about the
management of your app and desktop images and to implement Workspace Environment Management
many services available in Citrix Cloud and understand the considerations for migrating resources
to improve logon times, centralize user settings management, and optimize the performance of
to a public cloud. If you are planning or considering a move to the Citrix Cloud, this course is a
machines. You will leave this course with a good understanding of how to manage more complex
necessary step in enabling you with the right training and skills to understand, manage, and deliver a
solutions and features in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 site.
successful migration. Students will receive a Student Manual, Lab Exercise Guide, and access to a lab
environment for the duration of the course.
CWS-315
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Advanced Administration
Designed to learn how to set up scalability, redundancy and security configurations.
You will learn advance features to optimize management of your app and desktop images by building
and combining App Layers and Workspace Environment Management, which can improve logon times,
centralize user settings management, optimize the performance of machines running the Virtual
Delivery Agent (VDA). In the advanced troubleshooting section, you will learn techniques to investigate
many of the common issues that can affect environment health. You’ll leave this course with a good
understanding of how to manage more complex solutions such as multizone environments spanning
multiple locations with configurations around StoreFront, the Delivery Controllers, and HDX.

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App Virtualization & VDI – Course Catalog

CXD-251 CXS-301
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Service on Microsoft Azure Citrix Hypervisor 7.1 LTSR Administration
Learn to deploy and manage your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops in Microsoft Azure. Gain the skills to Designed for students without previous Citrix Hypervisor experience. This course provides the
plan your machine catalog and virtual machine design based in Microsoft’s public cloud and get hands- skills necessary to effectively design, deploy, manage and support Citrix Hypervisor 7.1 LTSR.
on practice deploying those machines using Machine Creation Services. You will also learn about Configure a complete enterprise solution – covering everything from installation to advanced
additional Azure considerations including maintenance and power management which are critical in a troubleshooting in a virtual lab environment.
cloud environment. For remote access, you will learn to configure Citrix StoreFront and Citrix Gateway
on the Azure platform. This course focuses on Microsoft Azure as a Citrix Cloud resource location,
however concepts are relevant to both Citrix Cloud and fully managed Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
CWS-415
sites. If you are planning to move to Citrix Cloud, it is recommended that you enroll in CXD-252: Moving
to the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Service on Citrix Cloud and Microsoft Azure which includes
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Assessment, Design and
both Citrix Cloud architecture and administration in addition to the content covered in this course in a Advanced Configuration
5-day format. This advanced 5-day training course teaches the design principles for creating a Citrix Virtual
Apps and Desktops virtualization solution. In this training, you will also learn how to assess

CXD-252 existing environments, explore different scenarios, and make design decisions based on business
requirements. This course covers the Citrix Consulting approach to design and covers the key
Moving to the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Service on Citrix Cloud
design decisions through lectures, lab exercises, and interactive discussions. You will also learn
and Microsoft Azure about additional considerations and advanced configurations for multi-location solutions and
Navigate the move from an on-premises environment into Citrix Cloud and learn to deploy resource
disaster recovery planning. This training will help you prepare for the Citrix Certified Expert in
locations onto Microsoft Azure. Learn the architecture, communications, and management of Citrix
Virtualization (CCE-V) exam.
Cloud and the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Service and then migrate existing infrastructure and
settings into Citrix Cloud. Plan machine catalog and virtual machine design based in Microsoft’s public
cloud and deploy those machines using Machine Creation Services. Additional Azure considerations
include maintenance and power management. Learn to configure Citrix StoreFront and Gateway as
a service within Citrix Cloud or as managed machines in your datacenter or on the Azure platform for
remote access.

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Networking – Learning Journey

Citrix Certified Associate Citrix Certified Professional Citrix Certified Expert

5
DAYS CNS-225
Path One Deploy and Manage Citrix
ADC 13.x with Traffic
Management

Combination of CNS-223 and CNS-224 5 CNS-320 5 CNS-420

DAYS DAYS
Citrix ADC 13.x Advanced Citrix Networking Assessment,
Or Concepts – Security, Management Design, and Advanced
and Optimization Configuration
5
DAYS
CNS-222 Combination of CNS-318 and CNS-319
Path Two
Citrix ADC Essentials and
Citrix Gateway 12.x

Combination of CNS-218 and CNS-221

Individual Training
3 2 3 2 3 2 3
DAYS
CNS-218 DAYS
CNS-221 DAYS
CNS-223 DAYS
CNS-224 DAYS
CNS-318 DAYS
CNS-319 DAYS
CNS-231
Citrix ADC 12.x Citrix Gateway 12.x Implement Citrix Implement Citrix Citrix ADC Citrix ADC 12.x Deploy and
Essentials ADC 13.x ADC 13.x with 12.x Advanced Advanced Concepts Manage Citrix
Traffic Concepts – Secure – Management and SD-WAN 11.x
Management Web Application Optimization

Limited Availability to EMEA

and APJ SD-WAN Certification Available

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Networking – Course Catalog

CNS-231 CNS-225 (Combination of CNS-223 and CNS-224)

Deploy and Manage Citrix SD-WAN 11.x Deploy and Manage Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management
In this three-day course, you will learn how Citrix SD-WAN can simplify branch networking for your Build your Citrix ADC knowledge and skills by enrolling in this five-day course. It covers Citrix
organization. You’ll walk away understanding how to configure and manage SD-WAN, including ADC essentials-- platforms, architecture, licensing and functionality – and also focuses on
the SD-WAN architecture, deployment options, provisioning, and how to use Citrix SD-WAN traffic management, including content switching, traffic optimization and global server load
Orchestrator in your environment. Additional topics include: branch office deployment, SD-WAN balancing (GSLB). You will learn about key ADC capabilities such as high availability, security and
monitoring, reporting, and diagnostics. performance, and explore SSL offload, load balancing and monitoring. The traffic management
curriculum will cover the AppExpert policy engine, the Rewrite and Responder features, and
CNS-223 Content Switching.

Implement Citrix ADC 13.x

Learn the skills required to implement Citrix ADC Essential components including secure Load
CNS-221
Balancing, High Availability, and Citrix ADC Management. At the end of the course, students will
Citrix Gateway 12.x
be able to configure their Citrix ADC environments to address traffic delivery and management
Learn the skills required to configure and manage Citrix ADC Gateway and Unified Gateway
requirements including Load Balancing, Availability, and ADC Operation Management.
features, including how to implement Gateway components including Citrix ADC Gateway and
Unified Gateway. At the end of the course, students will be able to configure their Citrix ADC
CNS-224 environments to address remote access requirements for Apps and Desktops.
Implement Citrix ADC 13.x with Traffic Management
Learn the skills required to configure and manage Citrix ADC Traffic Management features,
CNS-222 (Combination of CNS-218 & CNS-221)
including Content Switching, Traffic Optimization, and Global Server Load Balancing. At the end of
Citrix ADC Essentials and Citrix Gateway 12.x
the course, students will be able to configure their ADC environments to address efficient traffic
Learn the skills required to implement Citrix ADC components including secure Load Balancing,
switching and resilience requirements including Content Switching, Traffic Optimization, and
High Availability, and Citrix ADC Management, Citrix ADC Gateway features. At the end of the
Disaster Recovery.
course, students will be able to configure their Citrix ADC environments to address traffic delivery
and management requirements including load balancing, availability, and Citrix ADC operation
management and to address remote access requirements for Apps and Desktops.

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Networking – Course Catalog

CNS-318
Citrix ADC 12.x Advanced Concepts – Secure Web Applications
Designed for students with previous Citrix ADC experience, this course is best suited for
individuals who will be deploying and/or managing Citrix ADC Application Firewall (AppFirewall) in
Citrix ADC environments.

CNS-319
Citrix ADC 13.x Advanced Concepts – Management and Optimization
This course is designed for students with previous Citrix ADC experience, and best suited for
individuals who will be deploying Citrix ADC Management and Analytics System (MAS) to
administer a Citrix ADC environment or optimize Citrix ADC-managed application delivery traffic.

CNS-320 (Combination of CNS-318 & CNS-319)

Citrix ADC 12.x Advanced Concepts – Security, Management and Optimization
This course is designed for students with previous experience Citrix ADC experience, and best
suited for individuals who will be deploying and/or managing Citrix ADC Application Firewall
(AppFirewall) to secure application access in a Citrix ADC environment, as well as Citrix ADC
Management and Analytics System (MAS) to administer a Citrix ADC environment or optimize
Citrix ADC-managed application delivery traffic.

CNS-420
Citrix Networking Assessment, Design, and Advanced Configuration
In this expert level 5-day training course you will be exposed to advanced networking and Citrix
ADC concepts and configurations. Through lecture, lab exercises, and real-world case studies,
you will learn to look critically at environment requirements, constraints, and business drivers to
create a complex Citrix networking solution. Topics to be covered in this course include multi-site
and multi-tenant deployments, advanced authentication and load balancing, and automation and
orchestration and advanced troubleshooting.

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Digital Workspace – Learning Journey

Citrix Endpoint Management Certified Citrix Content Collaboration Certified

3 CEM-205 2 CSF-201
DAYS DAYS
Manage Citrix Endpoint Citrix Content Collaboration
Management Enterprise Essentials

Citrix Endpoint Management Citrix Content Collaboration Certification

Certification Available Available

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Digital Workspace – Course Catalog

CEM-205
Manage Citrix Endpoint Management
Students will explore how to manage Citrix Endpoint Management in this three day course. Venture
into the cloud as students learn to manage devices, apps, and users. Students will learn how the
architecture, management, and communication flow function with Citrix Endpoint Management
Service and how they can fit their organization’s needs. You will learn how to administer their Citrix
Endpoint Management environment and how to support your end users, as well as working with
applications and securing a variety of endpoints.

CSF-201
Citrix
* Content Collaboration Enterprise Essentials
Designed for students with little previous Citrix Content Collaboration experience. Learn the
skills required to implement Citrix Content Collaboration components including the Citrix Content
Collaboration for Windows client, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops client, and StorageZones. Learn
to integrate Citrix Content Collaboration with key backend elements including Microsoft ADFS for
single sign-on and understand the data flow behind it. Also learn to navigate the Citrix Content
Collaboration control plane user interface. At the end of the course students will be able to
configure and manage their Citrix Content Collaboration environments to address their Enterprise
File Sharing and Sync requirements.

*CSF-202 eLearning course available

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