EDU-HDM8

VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage Training

VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage is a five-day combination course of VMware Horizon 8: Skills for Virtual Desktop Management & VMware Horizon 8: Infrastructure Administration. 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.
Course Details

Duration

5 days

Prerequisites

  • 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

Target Audience

  • Tier 1 Operators, administrators, and architects for VMware Horizon
  • Individuals responsible for the creation, maintenance, and or delivery of remote and virtual desktop services.

Skills Gained

  • 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
Course Outline
  • Introduction to VMware Horizon
    • Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon
    • Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of Horizon
  • Introduction to Use Case
    • Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure
    • Convert customer requirements to use-case attributes
  • vSphere for Horizon 8
    • 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
  • VMware Horizon Desktops
    • Create a Windows and a Linux virtual machine using vSphere
    • Optimize and prepare Windows and Linux virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs
  • VMware Horizon Agents
    • Outline the configuration choices when installing Horizon Agent on Windows and Linux virtual machines
    • Create a gold master for Windows Horizon desktops
  • VMware Horizon 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 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 RDSH 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
  • Horizon Connection Server
    • Recognize 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 ADAM database as a critical component of Horizon Connection Server installation
  • VMware Horizon Authentication and Certificates
    • 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
  • Workspace ONE Access & Virtual Application Management
    • 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
    • Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration
    • Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services
  • VMware Horizon Performance and Scalability
    • Describe the purpose of a replica connection server
    • Explain how multiple Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization
    • Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
    • 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
  • Managing VMware Horizon Security
    • 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
    • List Unified Access Gateway firewall rules
    • Describe the situation in which you might deploy Unified Access Gateway instances with one, two, or three network interfaces
  • Product Alignment
    • VMware Horizon 8 v2103
  • Certifications
    • VMware Certified Professional – Desktop and Mobility 2020 (VCP-DTM 2020).
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