Description
Outline: VMware Horizon: Install, Configure, Manage
1 Course Introduction
2 Introduction to VMware Horizon
- Recognize the features and benefits of VMware Horizon
- Identify the major function of each VMware Horizon component
- Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure
3 View Connection Server
- Identify the system and virtualization requirements for a View Connection server
- License VMware Horizon components
- Configure View Connection Server
- Use the dashboard to quickly focus on the details of a problem
- Identify the benefits of using the VMware Horizon Help Desk tool
4 VMware Horizon Desktops
- Outline the process and choices in setting up VMware Horizon virtual machines
- Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
- Outline the configuration choices when installing Horizon Agent
5 VMware Horizon Desktop Pools
- Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment
- List the steps to add desktops to the View Connection Server inventory
- Define desktop entitlement
- Describe how information on the Users and Groups page can be used to control and monitor Horizon users
- Explain the hierarchy of global policies, pool-level policies, and user-level policies
- List the Horizon Group Policy administrative template files
6 Horizon Client Options
- Enlist the requirements for a Horizon Client installation
- Install Horizon Client and connect to a virtual desktop
- Explain USB redirection and options
- Define and compare a thin client with a system running Horizon Client
- Configure Virtual Printing for location-based printing
7 Creating Automated Pools of Full Virtual Machines
- Recognize how an automated pool operates
- Compare dedicated-assignment and floating-assignment pools
- Outline the steps to create an automated pool
8 Creating and Managing Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
- Describe the VMware linked-clone technology
- Enlist the system requirements for View Composer
- Outline the steps to install View Composer
- Outline the steps necessary to set up a desktop pool that uses linked clones
- Compare the purpose of the parent and the replica virtual machines
- Compare the recompose, refresh, and rebalance management operations for linked clones
- Describe the management operations for persistent disks
9 Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
- Identify the advantages of instant clones
- Differentiate between View Composer linked clones and instant clones
- Identify the types of instant-clone virtual machines
- Enlist the requirements of instant clones
- Outline the steps to set up an automated pool that uses instant clones
- Set up an automated pool of instant clones
- Update the image of an instant clone desktop pool using the push-image operation
10 VMware Horizon Authentication
- Compare the authentication options that View Connection Server supports
- Explain the purpose of roles and privileges in VMware Horizon
- Outline the steps to create a Horizon administrator and a custom role
- List some of the best practices for configuring Horizon administrators
- Configure Horizon Server to use a new TLS Certificate
11 Managing VMware Horizon Security
- Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
- Compare the benefits of using VMware Unified Access Gateway™ in the DMZ
- List the advantages of direct connections
- Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
- List the two-factor authentication options that are supported by Unified Access Gateway
- Configure a Unified Access Gateway appliance
12 Profile Management Using User Environment Manager
- Identify the User Environment Manager functional areas and their benefits
- Outline the steps that are required to install and configure User Environment Manager components
- Manage user personalization using the User Environment Manager management console
- Install User Environment Manager
- Describe User Environment Manager smart policies
13 Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools
- Explain the difference between an RDS desktop pool and an automated pool
- Access a single application by using the RDS application pool
- Compare and contrast an RDSH pool, a farm, and an application pool
- Create an RDS desktop pool and an application pool
- Identify the load-balancing options for Remote Desktop Session Hosts
14 Using App Volumes to Provision and Manage Applications
- Explain how App Volumes works
- Identify the features and benefits of App Volumes
- Identify the interface elements of App Volumes
- Install and configure App Volumes
15 JMP and Horizon 7 Overview
- Identify the benefits of JMP
- Enlist the JMP and Horizon 7 components
- Identify JMP deployment considerations
- Install and configure JMP Server
16 Command-Line Tools and Backup Options
- Describe key View Connection Server features that are available as command-line options with the vdmadmin command
- Explain the purpose of kiosk mode for client systems and how it is configured
- Identify the log locations for each VMware Horizon component
- Describe the backup options for VMware Horizon databases
17 VMware Horizon Performance and Scalability
- Describe the purpose of a replica server
- List several best practices for multiserver deployment in a pod
- Describe the benefits of the Cloud Pod Architecture feature for large-scale VMware Horizon deployments
- Establish a session with a desktop machine in a different pod by logging in to a local View Connection Server instance
- Create global entitlements for accessing Horizon Desktops
