VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage plus App Volumes Fast Track

1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics

• Course objectives

• Introduction to fictitious company: VMBeans

2 Introduction to VMware Horizon

• Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon

• Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of Horizon

3 Introduction to Use Cases

• 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 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 Agent

• Outline the configuration choices when installing Horizon Agent on Windows and Linux virtual machines

• Create a golden image for Windows and Linux 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 Desktops

• 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

• Monitor the performance of the remote desktop using the Horizon Performance Tracker

12 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 Horizon event database

• Outline the steps for the initial configuration of Horizon Connection Server

• Discuss the AD LDS database as a critical component of Horizon Connection Server installation

13 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

14 Workspace ONE Access and 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

• Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services

15 Horizon Protocols

• Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon

• Describe BLAST

• Describe the BLAST Display Protocol Codecs

• Summarize BLAST Codec options

• List ideal applications for each BLAST codec

• Describe BLAST and PCoIP ADMX GPO common configurations

16 Graphics Cards

• 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

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 and VIPA

• Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture scalability options

18 Horizon Security

• Explain concepts relevant to secure Horizon connections

• Describe how to restrict Horizon connections.

• Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway

• List the two-factor authentication options that are supported by Unified Access Gateway

• List Unified Access Gateway firewall rules

• Describe the situation in which you might deploy Unified Access Gateway instances with one, two, or three network interfaces