This hands-on training course gives you the 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.
Intermediate
VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage
- 18 Sections
- 67 Lessons
Course Introduction
2 Lessons
Introduction to VMware Horizon
2 Lessons
Introduction to Use Case
2 Lessons
vSphere for VMware Horizon
3 Lessons
VMware Horizon Desktops
2 Lessons
VMware Horizon Agents
2 Lessons
VMware Horizon Pools
5 Lessons
- 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
- Explain the hierarchy of global, pool-level, and user-level policies
VMware Horizon Client Options
3 Lessons
Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
4 Lessons
Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools
6 Lessons
- 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
2 Lessons
Horizon Connection Server
6 Lessons
- 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
Authentication and Certificates
7 Lessons
- 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
7 Lessons
- 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
Horizon Protocols
3 Lessons
Graphic Cards
3 Lessons
Horizon Scalability
4 Lessons
Horizon Security
4 Lessons
- Explain concepts relevant to secure Horizon connections
- Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
- List the two-factor authentication options that are supported by Unified Access Gateway
- Describe the situation in which you might deploy Unified Access Gateway instances with one, two, or three network interfaces