Course Overview

This training collection gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform.

You will build on your skills in configuring and managing VMware Horizon® 8 through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs.

You learn how to configure and deploy pools of virtual machines and how to provide a customized desktop environment to end-users.

Additionally, you will learn how to install and configure a virtual desktop infrastructure platform.

You learn how to install and configure VMware Horizon® Connection Server™, VMware Unified Access Gateway™, how to configure a load balancer for use with Horizon, and how to establish Cloud Pod Architecture.

Mode of Training

🏫 Classroom 💻 Live Online 🧪 Blended 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Private Group

What you will learn

Recognize the features and benefits of VMware Horizon
Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure
Use vSphere to create VMs to be used as desktops for VMware Horizon
Create and optimize Windows VMs to create VMware Horizon desktops
Install and Configure Horizon Agent on a VMware Horizon desktop
Configure, manage, and entitle desktop pools of full VMs
Configure and manage the VMware Horizon Client systems and connect the client to a VMware Horizon desktop
Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops
Create and use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools
Monitor the VMware Horizon environment using the VMware Horizon console Dashboard and Horizon Help Desk Tool
Identify VMware Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements
Describe the authentication and certificate options for a Horizon environment
Recognize the integration process and benefits of Workspace ONE Access and Horizon 8
Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
Discuss scalability options available in Horizon 8
Describe different security options for Horizon environment

Who Should Attend This Course?

The target audience for this course is Tier 1 Operators, administrators, and architects for VMware Horizon should enroll in this course.

These individuals are responsible for the creation, maintenance, and or delivery of remote and virtual desktop services.

Additional duties can include the implementation, support, and administration of an organization's end-user computing infrastructure.

Prerequisites

Customers attending this course should have, at a minimum, the following skills and Microsoft Windows system administration experience:

Use VMware vSphere® Web Client to view the state of virtual machines, datastores, and networks
Open a virtual machine console on VMware vCenter Server® and access the guest operating system
Create snapshots of virtual machines
Configure guest customization specifications
Modify virtual machine properties
Convert a virtual machine into a template
Deploy a virtual machine from a template
Configure Active Directory services, including DNS, DHCP, and time synchronization
Restrict user activities by implementing Group Policy objects
Configure Windows systems to enable Remote Desktop Connections
Build an ODBC connection to an SQL Server database

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📘 VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage Outline

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon
Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of Horizon

Convert customer requirements to use-case attributes
Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure

Explain basic virtualization concepts
Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to access your vCenter Server system and VMware ESXi™ hosts
Create, provision, and remove a virtual machine

Create a Windows and a Linux virtual machine using vSphere
Optimize and prepare Windows and Linux virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs

Outline the configuration choices when installing Horizon Agent on Windows and Linux virtual machines
Create a golden image for Windows and Linux Horizon desktops

Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment
List the steps to add desktops to the VMware Horizon® Connection Server™ inventory
Compare dedicated-assignment and floating-assignment pools
Outline the steps to create an automated pool
Define user entitlement
Explain the hierarchy of global, pool-level, and user-level policies

Describe the different clients and their benefits
Access Horizon desktop using various Horizon clients and HTML
Configure integrated printing, USB redirection, and the shared folders option
Configure session collaboration and media optimization for Microsoft Teams

List the advantages of instant clones
Explain the provisioning technology used for instant clone desktop pools
Set up an automated pool of instant clones
Push updated images to instant clone desktop pools

Explain the difference between an RDS desktop pool and an automated pool
Compare and contrast an RDS session host pool, a farm, and an application pool
Create an RDS desktop pool and an application pool
Access RDS desktops and application from Horizon Client
Use the instant clone technology to automate the build-out of RDSH farms
Configure load-balancing for RDSHs on a farm

Monitor the status of the Horizon components using the Horizon Administrator console dashboard
Monitor desktop sessions using the HelpDesk tool
Monitor the performance of the remote desktop using the Horizon Performance Tracker

Recognize VMware Horizon reference architecture
Identify the Horizon Connection Server supported features
Identify the recommended system requirements for Horizon Connection Server
Configure Horizon event database
Outline the steps for the initial configuration of Horizon Connection Server
Discuss the AD LDS database as a critical component of Horizon Connection Server installation

Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
Describe the Smartcard authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
Outline the steps to create a Horizon administrator and custom roles
Describe the roles available in a Horizon environment
Explain the role that certificates play for Horizon Connection Server
Install and configure certificates for Horizon Connection Server
Install and configure True SSO in a Horizon environment

Recognize the features and benefits of Workspace ONE Access
Recognize the Workspace ONE Access console features
Explain identity management in Workspace ONE Access
Explain access management in Workspace ONE Access
Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration
Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services

Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
Describe BLAST
Describe the BLAST Display Protocol Codecs
Summarize BLAST Codec options
List ideal applications for each BLAST codec
Describe BLAST and PCoIP ADMX GPO common configurations

Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
Compare vSGA and vDGA
List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment

Describe the purpose of a replica connection server
Explain how multiple Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization
List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment
Configure a load balancer for use in a Horizon environment
Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture LDAP replication and VIPA
Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture scalability options

Explain concepts relevant to secure Horizon connections
Describe how to restrict Horizon connections.
Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
List the two-factor authentication options that are supported by Unified Access Gateway