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Q1 - 2015- Issue 2
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Whats New?
Citrix Education New Lab Environment
As a direct result of your feedback, weve been actively working to enhance our
4. Per the 2015 CALC Program Guide, Citrix Education reserves the right to
invoice a CALC for any reservation cancelled within 7 days of the start date of
migrating our labs to a new platform, on a phased roll out schedule, Please note,
class.
the start date of this migration was previously communicated as February 9, but
has been updated. Please check the Course Migration Schedule for the most
up to date launch information. Our goal is to make this transition as smooth and
1. Once a lab has been approved via training.citrix.com, a single email with all
seamless as possible. In order to do so, please carefully read the following infor-
user names, passwords and URLs to access the labs for the class will be sent to
mation, which will walk you through the steps of reserving and launching labs. In
all email addresses filled out in the send credentials to field of the lab reserva-
addition, you may view a demo of the new process HERE which was featured on
tion request in training.citrix.com and to the primary CALC contact email. If you
do not receive an email with this information by Friday close of business EST,
We are planning to integrate these labs into our Learning Management System,
2. The CALC or CCI will forward the lab credentials to each student in the class.
but for now, please see below for the interim reservation and launch process.
3. In order to launch the labs the student will click on the URL in their email
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NOTE: Instructors no longer need to be added to the class roster via the SRK
via training.citrix.com
link, as labs can be accessed directly by the credentials provided in the email.
2. All approved lab requests will be provisioned by Citrix each Thursday and
NOTE: Students will no longer access labs directly from the student resources
for the class in the training.citrix.com site. Instead, the instructor and/or CALC
training.citrix.com and the primary CALC contact email prior to the start of class.
Please ensure that all lab requests are submitted prior to 12pm EST on Thursday
for classes that start the following week.
3. If additional labs are required after 12pm EST Thursday, the CALC\instructor
Whats New?
Whats New?
What will change for the CALC?
CCI Prep
1. CALCs will now need to ensure the email with lab credentials is provided to
In an effort to provide CCIs ample time to experience the new lab environment
prior to teaching, we will proactively provide CCIs with a prep lab in the new
2. Instructors will now need to provide each student with the lab credentials in
environment, 1-week prior to the start date of their class. This will apply to any
the classroom along with the SRK link. You will not launch labs via training.citrix.
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In order to ensure that instructors receive these prep labs, CALCs must make
Students will continue to launch their electronic courseware through the SRK
that will be taught. CALCs, please ensure that the correct instructor name is
link but their labs will be launched through the credentials provided by the In-
entered in the Instructor Name field and the instructor email address (and
structor.
others you would like to receive the prep lab credentials) is entered in the Send
Credentials to field in the class schedule in TCC.
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As a reminder, CALCs no longer need to add CCIs to the class roster via the SRK
on the targeted dates reflected in the Course Migration Schedule. The launch
dates indicate when the new labs will be live eCourseware will also reflect the
are scheduled to teach a course may also request a prep session 1-week prior
In order to make the transition as smooth as possible, labs will also be available
For the most up-to-date Course Migration Schedule, a demo of the new plat-
via the current platform as a back-up only for a two week period, during the
form, and other instructional documents, please refer to the CALC & CCI Portal.
parallel run dates. During these parallel run dates, the labs may continue to be
If you have any other questions regarding this process, please submit a Support
accessed through training.citrix.com and lab steps will be provided in the Stu-
Ticket.
Whats New?
Whats New?
QA2 Opportunity: test course performance in a
new lab environment
We are currently looking for CCIs interested in quality checking the performance
of our courses within the new lab platform. Please click the below link for the
available dates and time commitments if youd like to help with this initiative.
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We estimate that the level of effort for this testing will be 15-30 hours for a CCI
to test all labs for each course. Please note that only one CCI will be selected per
week, and selected on a first come / first serve basis. Thank you for your interest!
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Track*
The process has changed for the Exam Voucher delivery for the CMB-300: Citrix
*For CMB-300: For CALCs who were planning to run this course between March
XenApp and XenDesktop 7.5 Fast Track course. Students will now receive both
28, 2015 and April 27, 2015, using their own lab environment, please contact
Exam Vouchers automatically! One exam voucher will be delivered via their Stu-
dent Resources tab for the class, as always. The second exam voucher will now
this course (CMB-300), with Citrix hosted labs, will be available on April 27, 2015
be emailed directly prior to the end of class to the email address used to register.
If you have a student that has taken this course in the past and did not receive
their second exam voucher, please have them open a ticket with Citrix Support.
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Whats New?
eLearning Upsell Pairings: Opportunities to add
revenue to your business!
upsell opportunities for you! As a reminder, CALCs receive a 25% discount on all
CTP, SPO, and Exam vouchers. For more information on how to buy eLearnings
Get up to speed with the newest product version from Citrix! Citrix Education is
for resale, CALCs should contact their Citrix Sales representative. Please refer-
App and Desktop Solutions with Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 on
As discussed on the Q1 CALC/CCI Webinar, Citrix Education is focused on creating eLearning offerings that will compliment existing ILTs, and create many
February 9.
Product
ILT
CXD-203
e-Learning Upsell
Opportunity
CXA-105
eLearning SKU
XenApp &
XenDesktop
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CCI courseware
Run date
update on TCC
CXA-208
Course description
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CXD-300
CXS-206
First Class
000000000004025071
February 9
January 26
January 26
top 7.6
CXD-203
CXD-300
CNS-205
NetScaler
XenMobile
While the course follows the same format as the previous versions, content has
CNS-215
000000000004033770
been added to showcase the latest features of XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6.
Lab reset points will not be available until 2-4 weeks after the release date.
CNS-207
CXM-302
CNS-214
000000000004033770
CNS-213
000000000004033441
CNS-212
000000000004033441
CXM-201
000000000004033441
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Whats New?
CCI Authorization Requirements
during this two-week enablement period. Simply launch the course youre
The following are the requirements to be certified as a CCI for Virtualization and
passed over to in order to access the latest content. By the First Class Run date,
this link will no longer be passing you over to the Field Test version of the course
you, as well as your students, will automatically be able to launch the course
Review our Summary of Changes for CXD-300 (available January 26) which
outlines the changes from the current version of the CXD-300, to this 6I version.
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made available via training.citrix.com and CCI lab prep sessions may be
ples work directly from the source our customers. As instructors, we know
requested here. Please specify the CXD-300-6I (available January 26) course
that you are closer to our ILT students than anyone. Wed like to encourage our
code. Watch this webinar, which highlights and demonstrates whats new in
ries with Citrix. Why did they take a Citrix Education class? What did they learn?
Watch this video, which features our XenApp 6.5 to 7.6 Migration tool.
How has Citrix simplified their work? Once we receive the submissions, well be
selecting a story to document and feature on our web site. The CCI who nom-
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inated the selected student will receive a personalized CCI shirt style of their
choice.
As a reminder, the date a CCI may access a new courses materials is commu-
nicated through both the monthly NewsFlash, as well as our External Channel
Roadmap, although it is typically two weeks prior to the First Class Run Date.
To access enablement resources, please log in to training.citrix.com using
your CCI login credentials, browse to the course youre preparing for, click on
Resources, and launch the materials. Now that were using the new format of
electronic courseware, you may be passed to the Field Test version of the course
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Whats New?
Whats New?
Important Announcement: LockLizard migration
to eCourseware
What is changing?
7.6
at the end of February 2015. For all classes beginning on or after March 2, 2015,
English versions of the following courses, which have been running successfully
CXD-300: Deploying App and Desktop Solutions with Citrix XenApp and
XenDesktop 7.5
The rollout of our new HTML5 eCourseware has dramatically reduced support
Solutions
call volume from CCIs and students and enabled classes to start faster and run
more efficiently. Feedback from our end-of-class survey and user testing show
Who is impacted?
XenMobile 9.0
Students who have taken a Citrix course since February of 2014 are impacted.
As additional courses are released in the HTML5 format, they will not be made
Citrix Education will communicate the change through email and our website.
CCIs will continue to have access to LockLizard versions of current and upcoming courseware with offline and printing capabilities. Please note, however, that
as our courses become more interactive and dynamic, some course content will
not be included in the LockLizard PDF provided to CCIs.
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Current Roadmap
We are pleased to make you aware of the below Instructor-led courses and availability dates. For additional details, please click on each course.
Enablement materials and authorization requirements have been provided to applicable CCIs separately, or may be found as outlined in this document.
For any enablement or CCI authorization questions, please contact us through CCI Connect.
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Available to
schedule
Available to run
Associated
discontinuations
Now Available
February 9
CXD-300-5I
April 13
April 27
CMB-300-1I
In scoping
In scoping
N/A
In scoping
In scoping
N/A
In scoping
In scoping
N/A
In scoping
In scoping
N/A
Limited
Availability?
General Availability
Hosted labs
*To view an up to date calendar of our upcoming courses and availability dates, please refer to our CALC & CCI Course Roadmap
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Wednesday, May 13
Whats New?
5:30 pm - Happy Hour event for all CALCs and CCIs attending Synergy
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Dear CALCs: If you are planning to attend Synergy 2015, you may register with
partner pricing here. Citrix Education will also be hosting an exclusive Worldwide
CALC Meeting on May 11-12 and we would love for you to join!
If you would like to attend, please RSVP to educationevents@citrix.com.
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in Orlando May 1214, and you will receive one full conference pass, up to four
nights hotel plus tax, and round-trip airfare (up to $600 value).
The contest is open to all Citrix Certified Instructors who recruit 10 net-new end
user trainees who register for Synergy 2015 using your unique Sales Reference ID.
Start recruiting: the contest will have multiple winners.
Learn more at training.citrix.com/synergy2015.
From January 1, 2015 to on-site at the event - $1,395 CCI-only price, a savings of
$600, just for you. Contact Synergy Headquarters for the special code to register.
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Get best practices and more, directly from the experts. We invite our CCIs to join the
below master class webinars, or view any previously held webinars
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on demand.
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Attend a live discussion and technical demonstration on whats new in Citrix XenMobile 10.0
March 11
Mobility Master Class: A hands-on look at securing data with XenMobile & ShareFile
on any mobile device
On demand
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