Course Description
This course introduces administrators and other IT professionals to Citrix Access Gateway 8.0 Enterprise
Edition and prepares them to install, configure and administer the product. Interactive instructor-led
discussion and hands-on labs and exercises guide learners through administrator tasks preparing them to
manage Citrix Access Gateway 8.0 Enterprise Edition deployments.

Skills and Key Topics
Upon completion of this course, learners are able to:

• Deploy Access Gateway 8.0 Enterprise Edition
• Configure an SSL VPN virtual server
• Create policies to customize VPN behavior
• Customize VPN client behaviors and portal pages
• Configure Access Gateway to integrate with Presentation Server
• Configure SmartAccess policies

Topic Outline
Provided is the topic outline for CTX-1309AI.

Deploying Citrix Access Gateway

• Access Gateway Product Line
• Identifying the Access Gateway Hardware Platforms
• Identifying the Access Gateway Hardware Components
• Identifying Deployment Considerations
• Identifying Network Placement Options
• Identifying Physical Installation Requirements Access Gateway Administrative Tools
• Identifying the Configuration Utility
• Identifying the Command Line Interface
• Introducing FreeBSD
• Using Third-Party Tools
• Initial Configuration
• Configuring Network Settings
• Changing the Password
• Configuring Network Interfaces
• Configuring Virtual Local Area Networks
• Saving the Configuration
  

Configuring Basic Operation

• Access Gateway Management
• Performing an Upgrade
• Managing Licensing
• Enabling Access Gateway Features
• Running the SSL VPN Wizard
  

Configuring Access Policies

• Using Policy Manager
• Creating Policy Expressions
• Endpoint Analysis
• Configuring Pre-Authentication Policies
• Authentication Policies
• Authorization Policies
• Session Policies
• Auditing Policies
  

Customizing the User Experience

• Timeout Settings
• Configuring Timeout Settings
• Client Cleanup
• Configuring Client Cleanup
• Split Tunneling
• Configuring Split Tunneling
• Client Options and the Configuration Window
• Displaying Client Options and the Configuration Window
• The Clients
• Deploying the Clients
• Intranet Applications
• Configuring Intranet Applications
• Login Pages Customization
• Portal Page Customization
• Creating and Applying Themes
  

Configuring Advanced Options

• Role-Based Administration
• Configuring Role-Based Administration
• Securing the Configuration Utility
• Administration Auditing
• High Availability
• Configuring Two Appliances for High Availability
• Performing Synchronization
• Performing Forced Failover
• Managing a High Availability Pair
• Intranet IP Addresses
• Configuring Intranet IP Addresses
  

Securing Presentation Server Connections

• Presentation Server Overview
• ICA Proxy Mode
• Configuring ICA Proxy Mode
• Binding the Secure Ticket Authority
• Configuring Web Interface Failover
• Web Interface Connections through Access Gateway
• Configuring Web Interface for Access Gateway Connections
• SmartAccess
• Configuring SmartAccess
• Configuring Presentation Server for SmartAccess
• Double-Hop DMZ Support
• Configuring Next-hop Servers

Instructional Method
This is an instructor-led training course with classroom discussion topics, demonstrations and the
practical application of concepts through hands-on exercises.

Certification Preparation
This course is recommended training that prepares candidates for exam 1Y0-309 Citrix Access Gateway
8.0 Enterprise Edition: Administration, which is required for certification as a Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) for Citrix Access Gateway 8 Enterprise Edition.

Audience
This course is intended for learners familiar with networking components, security elements, and
Presentation Server environments, including accessPARTNERS, Network Administrators, Network
Engineers, Security Administrators and Systems Engineers.

Course Length
2 days

Preparatory Recommendations

This course assumes students have:

• Basic knowledge of application and network protocols, devices and commonly used tools
• Basic knowledge of network management and auditing protocols
• Working knowledge of basic routing and layer 2 switching concepts
• Working knowledge of commonly used network appliances
• Knowledge of AAA (authentication, authorization and auditing) protocols
• Basic knowledge of command line interfaces
• Basic knowledge of VPN concepts
• Knowledge of desktop operating systems (Windows® and Mac OS®) and desktop security
  concepts
• Basic knowledge of Citrix Presentation Server™, web servers and file servers
• Knowledge of certificate management and basic understanding of SSL