Course

VMware Horizon Cloud Services Next Gen on Microsoft Azure: Deploy and Manage («VMHOCL»)

This five-day, hands-on training provides you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully deploy and manage Horizon® Cloud Service™ on Microsoft Azure.
Duration 5 days
Price 3'950.–
Course documents Original electronic VMware courseware (eKit)

Course facts

Key Learnings
  • Describing the architecture of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Discussing the initial Microsoft Azure configurations required for the Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure deployment
  • Discussing Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure networking concepts
  • Discussing Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure AD requirements and integration best practices
  • Discuss the integration of Omnissa Access with Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Discussing the requirements for deploying Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Demonstrating how to deploy or upgrade Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Identifying the Horizon Cloud Service console controls that are available to administrators
  • Identifying Horizon Cloud upgrade features and benefits
  • Listing the steps and considerations to take when setting up a primary VM to be used as an assignable image
  • Listing the steps to install the user software on the primary VM
  • Describing pools and pool groups
  • Explaining the creation process and configuration options for single-session and multisession pools and pool groups
  • Creating Single-Session and Multi-Session desktop assignments and entitlements
  • Explaining power management options in the single and multisession pool groups
  • Managing assignable images on Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Describing how to use Horizon Image Management Service for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Identifying how to access desktops and application from Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Describing the integration of Dynamic Environment Manager with Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Managing user personalization and application configurations using the Dynamic Environment Manager management console and application profiler
  • Discussing the usage of App Volumes for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Interpreting scalability considerations for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Applying troubleshooting techniques relevant to Horizon Cloud Service and Microsoft Azure
  • Summarizing the analytics and monitoring capabilities in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Content

1 Course Introduction

  • Introduction and course logistics
  • Course objectives

2 Introduction to Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

  • Discuss the features and benefits of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Identify the available Horizon Cloud and Microsoft licensing options
  • Identify the system architecture components of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Explain how Dynamic Environment Manager is used in Horizon Cloud profile management
  • Describe Horizon Cloud application management using App Volumes
  • Identify the Microsoft Azure configuration prerequisites for a Horizon Cloud integration
  • Identify the main Microsoft Azure components required for a Horizon Cloud deployment
  • Review the virtual machines supported in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

3 Microsoft Azure Networking Requirements

  • Discuss Horizon Cloud connectivity considerations and tasks
  • Explain the networking concepts for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Identify the ports required for local connections, remote connections, and endpoint OS firewall rules

4 Identity Management

  • Explain computer identity type and user identity type
  • Discuss the best practices for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure AD integrations
  • Determine the requirements for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure AD
  • Describe the benefits of integrating Horizon Cloud with Omnissa Access
  • Explain how a user obtains access to an entitled virtual desktop or application from the Workspace ONE® Intelligent Hub catalog
  • Discuss the importance of binding directory with Workspace ONE Access and setting up custom user attribute synchronization
  • Discuss the importance of configuring the Remote App Access client in Omnissa Access
  • Demonstrate how to access an entitled Horizon virtual desktop or application in the Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub catalog

5 Deployment and Upgrades

  • Explain the steps and requirements for deploying Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Describe the features and benefits of Horizon Edge
  • Describe the differences between internal and external gateways
  • Outline the Horizon Universal Console controls available for administrators
  • Identify the features and benefits of the Horizon Cloud upgrades

6 Creating Images

  • Outline the process and configuration choices for setting up primary VMs
  • Identify the configuration choices for importing primary VMs
  • List the steps to install the user software on the primary VM
  • Explain how to convert a configured primary VM to an assignable image
  • Describe pools and pool groups
  • List the steps for configuring an image to a pool
  • List the steps for configuring an image to a pool group

7 Pool Groups

  • Compare dedicated assignments to floating assignments
  • Outline the steps for creating a VDI desktop assignment
  • Explain the entitlement of desktops
  • Outline the creation process and configuration options for multisession pools and pool groups
  • Explain the power management selections in the multisession pool groups
  • Compare the rolling maintenance and load-balancing options
  • Identify the actions related to the multisession groups page
  • Identify the actions to add and assign applications to a user or group
  • Outline the prerequisites for entitling a multisession assignment
  • List the steps for creating a multisession assignment

8 Accessing Desktops and Applications

  • Identify the different versions of Horizon Client
  • Describe how to access desktops and remote applications with Horizon Client
  • Describe how to access desktops and remote applications with a browser
  • Compare the remote display protocols that are available for Horizon Cloud
  • Describe the Blast Extreme display protocol codecs
  • List the ideal applications for each Blast Extreme codec
  • Describe the Blast Extreme policy configurations

9 Managing Images

  • Describe images
  • Explain how to manage images

10 Dynamic Environment Manager on Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

  • Identify the functional areas of Dynamic Environment Manager and their benefits
  • Explain how to use the Dynamic Environment Manager console and application profiler to manage user personalization and application configurations

11 App Volumes for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

  • Explain how App Volumes works with Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Identify the features and benefits of App Volumes in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Identify the interface elements of App Volumes in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Demonstrate how to configure App Volumes in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

12 Scalability Considerations

  • Recognize the scalability settings for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

13 Troubleshooting Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

  • Explain the troubleshooting basics for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Identify the analytics and monitoring capabilities of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
  • Explain the troubleshooting basics for Horizon Cloud
Target audience

This course is aimed at Systems Integrators, Systems Administrator, Cloud Administrators, Solutions Architects, Solution Engineers, Account Manager, Sales Engineers, Microsoft End-User Computing Specialists and Consultants.

Requirements

This course has no prerequisites.

Additional information

In this course you will receive electronic course materials. The documents will be sent to you by VMware prior to the course to the address you provided when you registered. You have the option of bringing your own tablet or laptop so that you can read the content and exercises in parallel to your lessons. In addition, you have your documents already saved in the right place.

Download

Questions

Any questions?
First name
Last name
Company optional
Email
Phone
I would like to book this course as a company course
First name
Last name
Company
Email
Phone
Number of participants
Desired course location
Start date (DD.MM.YYYY)
End date (DD.MM.YYYY)
We currently do not have any dates scheduled.

We currently do not have any dates scheduled.

But we can arrange one for you. We will be happy to advise you individually on your course planning.

Contact us
We currently do not have any dates scheduled.