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VMware Horizon: Deploy and Manage [V8.8)

Course 1671
5 DAY COURSE
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Course Outline

This five-day course gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You 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 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.

VMware Horizon: Deploy and Manage [V8.8) Benefits

  • In this course, you will learn how to: 

    • 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 the VMware 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 the Horizon environment

  • Training Prerequisites 

    Before attending this course, you must have the following skills:

      • Use VMware vSphere® Web Client to view the state of virtual machines, datastores, and networks
      • Open a virtual machine console on VMware vCenter® and access the guest operating system
      • Create snapshots of virtual machines
      • Configure guest customization specifications
      • Modify virtual machine properties
      • Convert a virtual machine to 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

    • Certification Information 

      This training will prepare you for the VMware Certified Professional – Desktop and Mobility 2020 (VCP-DTM 2020) certification.

    VMware Horizon 8.8 Training Outline

    Learning Objectives

    Course Introduction

    • Introductions and course logistics
    • Course objectives

    Introduction to VMware Horizon

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

    Introduction to Use Case

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

    vSphere for VMware Horizon

    • Explain basic virtualization concepts
    • Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to access your VMware vCenter System and VMware ESXi™ hosts
    • Create a Windows virtual machine using vSphere

    Create Windows Desktops

    • Outline the steps to install Horizon Agent on Windows virtual machines
    • Install Horizon Agent on a Windows Virtual Machine
    • Optimize and prepare Windows virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs

    Create Linux Desktops

    • Create a Linux VM for Horizon
    • Install Horizon Agent on a Linux virtual machine
    • Optimize and prepare Linux virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs

    Creating and Managing Desktop Pools

    • 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

    VMware Horizon Client Options

    • Describe the different clients and their benefits
    • Access the 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

    Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools

    • 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

    Creating RDS Desktop and Application 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 Remote Desktop Session Host farms
    • Configure load-balancing for RDSHs on a farm

    Monitoring VMware Horizon

    • 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

    Horizon Connection Server

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

    Horizon Protocols

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

    Graphics in Horizon

    • 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

    Securing Connections: Network

    • Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
    • Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
    • List the Unified Access Gateway firewall rules
    • Configure TLS certificates in Horizon

    Securing Connections: Authentication

    • Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
    • Restrict access to the Horizon remote desktops using restricted entitlements
    • Describe the smart card authentication methods that Horizon Connection Server supports
    • Explain the purpose of permissions, roles, and privileges in VMware Horizon
    • Create custom roles

    Horizon Scalability

    • 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.
    • Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture scalability options

    Horizon Cloud and Universal Broker

    • Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon Cloud Service
    • Use Universal broker to connect to a Horizon Cloud instance
    • Configure and pair the Horizon Cloud Connector appliance with Horizon Connection Server

    Workspace ONE Access and Virtual Application Management

    • Recognize the features and benefits of Workspace ONE Access
    • Explain identity management in Workspace ONE Access
    • Explain access management in Workspace ONE Access
    • Describe the requirements to install and configure True SSO in a Horizon environment
    • Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration
    • Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services
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