VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage

VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage

This course features intensive hands-on training that focuses on installing, configuring and managing VMware vSphere® 7, which includes VMware ESXi™ 7 and VMware vCenter Server® 7. Taking the course prepares you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for organizations of any size and is the foundation for most of the other VMware technologies in the software-defined data center. You learn how to configure and deploy pools of virtual machines and how to provide a customized desktop environment to end-users. Additionally, you will 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.

Duration: 5 Days

Prerequisites

• Use VMware vSphere® Web Client to view the state of virtual machines, datastores, and networks
• Open a virtual machine console on VMware vCenter Server® and access the guest operating system
• Create snapshots of virtual machines
• Configure guest customization specifications
• Modify virtual machine properties
• Convert a virtual machine into a template
• Deploy a virtual machine from a template

Audience

• Operators, Administrators, and Architects for VMware Horizon
• Individuals are responsible for the creation, maintenance, and or delivery of remote and virtual desktop services
• Additional duties can include the implementation, support, and administration of an organization's end-user computing infrastructure

Learning Objectives

• Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon
• Use VMware vSphere® to create VMs to be used as desktops for Horizon
• Create and optimize Windows VMs to create Horizon desktops
• Install and configure Horizon Agent on Horizon desktop
• Configure and manage the VMware Horizon® Client™ systems and connect the client to a VMware Horizon desktop
• Configure, manage, and entitle desktop pools of full VMs
• Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops
• Create and use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools
• Monitor the Horizon environment using Horizon Console Dashboard and Horizon Help Desk Tool
• Identify Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements
• Describe the authentication and certification options for a Horizon environment
• Recognize the integration process and benefits of VMware Workspace ONE® Access™ and Horizon 8
• Discuss performance and scalability options available in Horizon 8
• Describe different security options for the Horizon environment

Topics

• Describe Conceptual and Logical Architecture of Horizon
• Introduction to Use Case
• vSphere for Horizon 8
• Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to Access vCenter Server system and VMware ESXi™ Hosts
• VMware Horizon Desktops
• Optimize and Prepare Windows and Linux virtual machines to Set Up Horizon Desktop VMs
• VMware Horizon Agents
• Configuration Choices When Installing Horizon Agent on Windows and Linux virtual Machines
• VMware Horizon Pools
• Steps to Set up a Template for Desktop Pool Deployment
• Steps to Add Desktops to the VMware Horizon® Connection Server™ Inventory
• Compare Dedicated-assignment and Floating-assignment Pools
• 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
• Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
• Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools
• Monitoring VMware Horizon
• Horizon Connection Server
• VMware Horizon Authentication and Certificates
• Workspace ONE Access & Virtual Application Management
• VMware Horizon Performance and Scalability
• Managing VMware Horizon Security