Course:

Course Description

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.

Outline

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

Introduction to VMware Horizon

Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon
Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of Horizon

Introduction to Use Case

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Remote Desktop Session Host 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
Monitor the performance of the remote desktop using the Horizon Performance Tracker

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Audience

Tier 1 Operators, administrators, and architects for VMware Horizon.

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
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

What You Will Learn

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

EDU-HDM88: VMware Horizon: Deploy and Manage (V8.8)