Course Overview
Streamline Horizon 8 Administration: deliver, monitor, and troubleshoot with confidence. Delivered by an Omnissa Certified Instructor, the Horizon 8: Administration and Operations course teaches IT professionals to effectively manage desktops and users with Horizon Console. Learners will alsogain practical skills to optimize performance and troubleshoot common issues.
Course Objectives
- Understand the architecture and components of Omnissa Horizon 8.
- Build and optimize Windows and Linux images for virtual desktop deployment.
- Create and manage Instant Clone and Full Clone desktop pools.
- Configure and manage Remote Desktop Services (RDS) farms and application pools.
- Administer user entitlements and access permissions for desktops and applications.
- Customize pool settings to meet performance, security, and user experience requirements.
- Deliver use cases such as persistent/non-persistent desktops, remote apps, and complex scenarios.
- Use Omnissa OS Optimization Tool (OSOT) to optimize desktop images.
- Monitor and analyze the Horizon environment using the helpdesk console and performance monitoring tool.
- Perform basic troubleshooting across Horizon, App Volumes, and DEM components.
- Identify and resolve common issues related to connectivity, performance, and user experience.
- Review the architecture and operational components of App Volumes.
- Create, assign, and manage Application Packages and Writable Volumes.
- Integrate App Volumes with Horizon desktop pools for dynamic application on-demand delivery.
- Troubleshoot common App Volumes issues related to provisioning, assignment, and performance.
- Understand the role of DEM in user environment personalization and policy enforcement.
- Create and manage Application Personalization settings
- Create and manage user and computer environment settings, including focusing on the top 5 DEM use cases.
- Apply condition sets and policies for contextual user experience.
- Troubleshoot DEM configurations and user profile issues.
Who Should Attend?
Intermediate to advanced practitioners that manage, optimize and troubleshoot enterprise desktops and applications in their environment.
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Agenda
- Course Introduction
- Introduction to Omnissa Horizon 8
- Navigating the Horizon Console
- Horizon Agent
- Horizon Client
- Creating the Windows Desktop Image
- Preparing Virtual Desktop Pools
- Horizon Remote Desktop Session Host Services
- Creating Linux Virtual Desktops
- Update Images and Pools
- Introduction to Monitoring, Logs, and Troubleshooting
- Horizon Connection Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Machines and Desktops
- Optimizing Windows Desktops and Servers
- Troubleshooting Instant Clones
- Troubleshooting Horizon Client
- Troubleshooting Device Redirection
- Introduction to App Volumes
- Capture and Deliver App Volumes Packages
- Introduction to Dynamic Environment Manager
- Deliver a Persistent User Experience with Dynamic Environment Manager
- Troubleshooting App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager