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.

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Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
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

1

  • COURSE INTRODUCTION

  • Introductions and course logistics

    Course objectives

2

  • INTRODUCTION TO VMWARE HORIZON

  • Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon

    Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of Horizon

3

  • INTRODUCTION TO USE CASE

  • Convert customer requirements to use-case attributes

    Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure

4

  • 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

5

  • 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

6

  • 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

7

  • 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

8

  • 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

9

  • 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

10

  • 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

11

  • 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

12

  • 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

13

  • 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

14

  • 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

15

  • 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

16

  • 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

17

  • 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

18

  • 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

19

  • 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

Audience

Tier 1 Operators, administrators, and architects for VMware Horizon

Language

English

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

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