1. introduction to VMware Horizon
- Horizon functions and benefits in detail
- Conceptual and logical architecture
2. vSphere for VMware Horizon
- Basic virtualization concepts
- vSphere Client: Access to vCenter Server system and ESXi hosts
- Create, deploy and remove virtual machines
3. creation of Windows desktops
- Steps for installing the Horizon Agent on Windows VMs
- Installing Horizon agents on Windows VM
- Optimize and prepare Windows VMs to set up Horizon desktop VMs
4. creation of Linux desktops
- Linux VM for Horizon
- Install Horizon agents on Linux VM
- Optimize and prepare Linux VMs to set up Horizon desktop VMs
5. create and manage desktop pools
- Setting up a template for the provision of desktop pools
- Adding the desktop to the Horizon® Connection ServerTM inventory
- Comparison of pools with dedicated allocation and pools with floating allocation
- Creation of an automated pool
- Define user authorizations
- Hierarchies of global, pool and user level policies
6. horizon client options
- The different clients and their advantages
- Access Horizon desktops with different Horizon clients and HTML
- Configure integrated printing, USB redirection and the shared folder option
- Configure session collaboration and media optimization for Microsoft Teams
7. creation and management of instant clone desktops
- Advantages of instant clones
- Provision for instant clone desktop pools
- Set up an automated pool with instant clones
- Deploy updated images in Instant-Clone desktop pools
8 RDS desktop and application pools
- Differences between RDS desktop pools and automated pools
- RDS session host pool, farm and application pool
- Create RDS desktop pool and application pool
- Access RDS desktops and applications with the Horizon Client
- Instant clone technologies for the construction of RDSH farms
- Configure load balancing for RDSHs on a farm
9. monitoring of VMware Horizon
- Monitor the status of Horizon components using the Horizon Administrator Console dashboard
- Monitor desktop sessions with the HelpDesk tool
- Monitor remote desktop performance with the Horizon Performance Tracker
10. horizon connection server
- Reference architecture from Horizon
- Supported functions of the Horizon Connection Server
- Recommended system requirements for the Horizon Connection Server
- Configuring Horizon event databases
- Initial configuration of the Horizon Connection Server
- AD LDS database as a critical component of the Horizon Connection Server installation
11. horizon protocols
- Comparison of remote display protocols in VMware Horizon
- BLAST
- BLAST codec options
- Ideal applications for all BLAST codecs
- Common configurations of BLAST and PCoIP ADMX GPO
12. graphics processing in VMware Horizon
- 3D rendering options in Horizon 8
- Comparison of vSGA and vDGA
- Configuration of graphics cards in a Horizon environment
13. securing connections: Network
- Tunnels and direct connections for desktop access
- Advantages of using the Unified Access Gateway
- Firewall rules for the Unified Access Gateway
- Configure TLS certificates in Horizons
14. securing connections: Authentication
- Authentication options of the Horizon Connection Server
- Access to Horizon Remote Desktops with restricted permissions
- Smartcard authentication methods of the Horizon Connection Server
- Purpose of authorizations, roles and privileges in Horizon
- User-defined roles
15. scalability with VMware Horizon
- Purposes of a replication connection server
- Synchronizing multiple Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod
- Steps for configuring graphics cards in a Horizon environment
- Configuring load balancers in a Horizon environment
- Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture LDAP replication and VIPA
- Scaling options of the Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture
16. VMware Horizon Cloud and Universal Broker
- Functions and advantages of the Horizon Cloud Service
- Use Universal Broker to connect to a Horizon Cloud instance
- Configure and pair Horizon Cloud Connector appliance with Horizon Connection Server
17 Omnissa Access and management of virtual applications
- Features and benefits of Workspace ONE Access
- Functions of the Workspace ONE Access console
- Identity management in Workspace ONE Access
- Access management in Workspace ONE Access
- Directory integration of Workspace ONE Access
- Virtual applications with workspace services
Requirements:
To participate in this course, you should have the following knowledge:
- Using the vSphere Web Client
- Creation of snapshots of virtual machines
- Configuration of specifications for guest customization
- Changing the properties of virtual machines
- Converting a virtual machine to a template
Experience in the administration of Microsoft Windows systems is advantageous:
- Configure Active Directory services, including DNS, DHCP and time synchronization
- Restriction of user:activities through implementation of group policy objects
- Configuring Windows systems to enable remote desktop connections
Additional info:
In this course you will receive digital course materials. The documents will be sent to you before the course by VMware to the address you provided when you registered.