VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage - EDU-HDM8-OE - NA

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. Product Alignment • VMware Horizon 8 V2006

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
• Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure
• Convert customer requirements to use-case attributes

4 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

5 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

6 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

7 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

8 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

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 RDSH 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

12 Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

13 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

14 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

15 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

16 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

Audience:

  • System administrators
  • System engineers

    Duration (Hours): 40

    Training Contact: TrainingAdminUS@ingrammicro.com

    Pre-Requisites:

    This course has the following prerequisites:

    Customers attending this course should have, at a minimum, 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 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

    Attendees should 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


  • Objectives:

    By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: • Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon • Use VMware vSphere® to create VMs to be used as desktops for Horizon • Create and optimize Windows VMs to create Horizon desktops • Install and configure Horizon Agent on Horizon desktop • Configure and manage the VMware Horizon® Client™ systems and connect the client to a VMware Horizon desktop • Configure, manage, and entitle desktop pools of full VMs • Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops • Create and use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools • Monitor the Horizon environment using Horizon Console Dashboard and Horizon Help Desk Tool • Identify Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements. • Describe the authentication and certification options for a Horizon environment • Recognize the integration process and benefits of VMware Workspace ONE® Access™ and Horizon 8 • Discuss performance and scalability options available in Horizon 8 • Describe different security options for the Horizon environment
    Certifications • VMware Certified Professional – Desktop and Mobility 2020 (VCP-DTM 2020).