Sun Secure Global Desktop Software 4.2: Configuration and Administration (WMO-SGD-2495)

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Technical Requirements

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• Macromedia Flash requirements

Additional SW HW Requirements

• JavaScript
• Sun Secure Global Desktop version 4

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Format

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Course Features and Services

• Synchronized audio provided by an expert instructor
• Slides
• Printable Study Guide

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Who Can Benefit

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Prerequisites

• Basic understanding of UNIX or Linux administration
• Basic understanding of Microsoft Windows administration
• Reasonable familiarity with Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking
• Familiarity with computer and network security considerations (an advantage)
• Familiarity with the X Window System (an advantage)

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Skills Gained

• Understand the Secure Global Desktop product architecture and how it fits within an organization’s network
• Install, upgrade and license Secure Global Desktop, including its optional components
• Log in to and log out of Secure Global Desktop, and access applications from a webtop
• Use administration tools to make configuration changes
• Configure objects representing an organization’s applications, documents, users, hosts, and groups in the Secure Global Desktop system, and arrange them in an appropriate hierarchy using organizational units
• Provide access to an organization’s Windows, UNIX, Linux, AS/400, and Mainframe applications, including support for printing
• Determine how users are authenticated, and integrate Secure Global Desktop with an organization’s authentication mechanisms
• Provide users with SSL-based secure connections and integrate with an organization’s firewalls and proxy servers
• Integrate with an organization’s Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) based directory server
• Scale Secure Global Desktop up to support more users using arrays and load balancing

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Course Content

Module 1 - Introduction to Sun Secure Global Desktop Software

• Understand the format of this course
• Log in to and out of Secure Global Desktop software
• Use a Secure Global Desktop webtop from a web browser
• Describe briefly each administration tool

Module 2 - Architectural Overview

• Understand the three-tier architecture of Secure Global Desktop and its main features
• Determine a user’s Secure Global Desktop identity

Module 3 - Installing Software

• Identify the Secure Global Desktop installable components
• Understand the preparation needed before installing Secure Global Desktop
• Install Secure Global Desktop
• Test a Secure Global Installation
• Control Secure Global Desktop
• Add license keys
• Upgrade from a previous release
• Remove Secure Global Desktop

Module 4 - Licensing

• Understand Secure Global Desktop licensing
• Understand Windows Terminal Services licensing

Module 5 - Arrays

• Understand arrays, primary and secondary servers, and replication
• Add and remove Secure Global Desktop servers from an array
• Configure array-wide and server-specific settings

Module 6 - Objects, Webtops, and Sessions

• Understand how Secure Global Desktop uses objects, webtops, and sessions
• Create objects from Object Manager, Configuration Wizard or the command line
• Deploy objects to webtops from Object Manager or the command line
• Monitor and shadow sessions from Object Manager, Session Manager or the command line
• Add new Secure Global Desktop Administrators

Module 7 - Authentication

• Understand login authorities and third-party authentication
• Differentiate between user identities and login profiles
• Configure login authorities
• Configure web server authentication
• Understand application server authentication

Module 8 - Modeling an Organization

• Learn how to design an organizational hierarchy appropriate to your needs
• Create a simple hierarchy and deploy applications

Module 9 - Microsoft Windows Connectivity

• Understand Windows protocols and the Windows Terminal Services protocol in particular
• Understand how to configure Windows 2000/2003 to work with Secure Global Desktop
• Understand Terminal Services Licensing
• Install the Secure Global Desktop Enhancement Module for Windows 2000/2003
• Configure client drive mapping
• Configure support for sound in Windows applications
• Configure support for smart cards in Windows applications
• Create, configure and deploy Windows application objects to webtops

Module 10 - Printing

• Understand how Secure Global Desktop printing works
• Configure PDF printing
• Configure Secure Global Desktop printing on UNIX/Linux application servers
• Print to Windows and UNIX/Linux clients from different types of application servers

Module 11 - Load Balancing

• Understand the different load balancing mechanisms available with Secure Global Desktop
• Configure emulator session and application server load balancing
• Learn how Advanced Load Management improves application server load balancing
• Understand and configure Intelligent Array Routing

Module 12 - Security Pack

• Install the Secure Global Desktop Security Pack
• Understand X.509 certificates
• Obtain and install an X.509 certificate from a Certificate Authority
• Enable and customize secure connections
• Configure Secure Global Desktop for use with an SSL accelerator
• Enable secure intra-array communication

Module 13 - Firewalls and Proxy Servers

• Understand how Secure Global Desktop supports proxy servers
• Configure multiple external DNS names for an array
• Configure Secure Global Desktop to work through firewalls

Module 14 - Directory Services Integration

• Describe the benefits of Directory Services Integration
• Configure and troubleshoot Directory Services Integration

Module 15 - Login Scripts

• Understand what login scripts are and why they are needed
• Create a new login script
• Configure Secure Global Desktop to use a new login script

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