Course

VMware Horizon: Deploy and Manage V8.8 – Premium («VMHDMP»)

In this flexible VMware training, learn how to configure and manage VMware Horizon® 8.8 and deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single, virtual desktop infrastructure platform.
Duration 4 days
Price 3'150.–
Course documents Digicomp courseware
Special Individual training labs, learning support, exam preparation

Course facts

Key Learnings
  • Recognizing the features and benefits of VMware Horizon
  • Defining a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure
  • Using vSphere to create VMs to be used as desktops for VMware Horizon
  • Creating and optimizing Windows VMs to create VMware Horizon desktops
  • Installing and configuring Horizon Agent on a VMware Horizon desktop
  • Configuring, managing, and entitling desktop pools of full VMs
  • Configuring and managing the VMware Horizon Client systems and connect the client to a VMware Horizon desktop
  • Configuring, managing, and entitling pools of instant-clone desktops
  • Creating and using Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools
  • Monitoring the VMware Horizon environment using the VMware Horizon Console Dashboard and Horizon Help Desk Tool
  • Identifying VMware Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements
  • Describing the authentication and certificate options for the VMware Horizon environment
  • Recognizing the integration process and benefits of Workspace ONE® Access™ and Horizon 8
  • Comparing the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
  • Describing the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
  • Discussing scalability options available in Horizon 8
  • Describing different security options for the Horizon environment
Content

Info about labs: The labs in the course can be obtained in version 8 as well as 8.8. You can specify the version you want at the beginning of the course.

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
Methodology & didactics

The trainer works with the participants from the beginning to lifecycle management to build an environment that corresponds to the natural flow in production environments.

Benefits during the course:

  • Independent repetition of certain tasks with only minimal instructions encourages independent thinking and research.
  • Experienced participants can test out requirements from their work environment and experiment with new topics.
  • The trainer helps to identify new relevant topics and acts according to the motto help for self-help.
  • Great motivation and fun factor in learning through practical challenges.

Long-term benefits:

  • Participants learn to set up their own home lab and can therefore later evaluate other VMware products independently.
  • The newly created environment can be taken home / office on an SSD (provided by Digicomp).
  • The participants can continue the learning process after the course, with the familiar Lab environment and documentation.
  • In addition, there is a reference installation to take home.
  • Integrate more relevant content in a more sustainable way by combining hands-on exercises with appropriately tailored theory.
Target audience

This course is aimed at Tier 1 operators, administrators, and architects for VMware Horizon.

Requirements

Before attending this course, you must have the following skills:

  • Using VMware vSphere® Web Client to view the state of virtual machines, datastores, and networks
  • Opening a virtual machine console on VMware vCenter® and accessing the guest operating system
  • Creating snapshots of virtual machines
  • Configuring guest customization specifications
  • Modifying virtual machine properties
  • Converting a virtual machine to a template
  • Deploying a virtual machine from a template

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

  • Configuring Active Directory services, including DNS, DHCP, and time synchronization
  • Restricting user activities by implementing Group Policy Objects
  • Configuring Windows systems to enable Remote Desktop Connections
  • Building an ODBC connection to an SQL Server database
Additional information

Bonus material:

  • Video sequences that run through the entire structure again are available during / after the course
  • Many updated and further links in addition to the course slides

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Further courses

VMware Horizon 8: Troubleshooting Bootcamp («HTB8»)

5 days
CHF
3'950.–