VMware Horizon: Deploy and Manage (V8.8)

COURSE BRIEF

 

Course Name:   VMware Horizon: Deploy and Manage (V8.8)   

Duration:            5 Days

Delivery Method: Classroom / Virtual Instructor -training

 

Course Overview

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.

 

Course 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

 

Taret Audience

Tier 1 Operators, administrators, and architects for VMware Horizon

 

Course Outline

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

 

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

 

You must also have the following Microsoft Windows system administration experience:

 

·        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