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About this course
This five-day, hands-on course gives you the skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) platform. This course builds your skills in installing, configuring, and managing VMware Horizon® 7 through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs. This course teaches you how to configure and deploy pools of virtual machines, how to manage access and security of the machines, and how to provide a customized desktop environment to end users.
Key points
- Course type: Essentials
- Course code: VMWAREV7
- Duration: 5 Days
- Exam included: Not applicable
- Pre-course work/reading included: Yes
- Saving when enrolled through Hudson: £139
- Course delivery: choose between classroom or ‘Attend from Anywhere’ (i.e. live online class)
When is the next class?
Call us on 020 3095 0468 (Mon-Fri, 9:30am-6pm) or email us at [email protected] for the next available class dates.
How much can I save if I enroll on this course through Hudson?
- QA price: £3234 inc VAT
- Hudson price: £3095 inc VAT
- Saving: £139
Who is this course aimed at?
Technical personnel who work in the IT departments of the end-customer companies and people responsible for the delivery of remote or virtual desktop services.
What will I learn through this course?
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Identify VMware Horizon components
- Install and configure View Connection Server
- Install and configure virtual desktops
- Configure and manage VMware Horizon® Client™ systems
- Configure and manage pools of physical and virtual machines
- Configure and manage automated pools of full virtual machines
- Configure and manage pools of linked-clone desktops
- Configure and manage Remote Desktop Services (RDS) pools of desktops and applications
- Use Horizon Administrator to configure the VMware Horizon environment
- Configure secure access to virtual desktops
- Use VMware User Environment Manager™ to manage user personalization and application configurations
- Describe steps to deploy Profile Management
- Use VMware App Volumes™ to provision and manage applications
- Manage the performance and scalability of a VMware Horizon deployment
Prerequisites
Individuals attending this course should have at a minimum the following VMware infrastructure skills:
- 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
Attendees should have at a minimum the following Microsoft Windows system administration experience:
- Configure Active Directory services, including DNS, DHCP, and time synchronization
- Restrict users’ activities by implementing Group Policy objects
- Configure Windows systems to allow Remote Desktop Connections
- Build an ODBC connection to an SQL Server database
What’s covered in this course?
1. Course Introduction
- Review course goals
- Review course objectives
- Review the course outline
- Find additional resources after this course
2. Introduction to VMware Horizon
- Identify the purpose of a virtual desktop infrastructure
- Recognize the features and benefits of VMware Horizon
- Identify the major function of each VMware Horizon component
3. View Connection Server
- Identify the types of servers associated with VMware Horizon
- Access VMware Horizon
- License VMware Horizon components
- Configure View Connection Server
4. VMware Horizon Pools and Desktops
- Outline the process and choices to set up VDI virtual machines: Assign virtual CPUs and RAM; Create Windows 7, Windows 8.x, or Windows 10 virtual machines; Configure VMware ESXi™ host virtual switches; Optimize the performance of virtual machines.
5. Horizon Client Options
- Describe the requirements for a Horizon Client installation
- Explain USB redirection and options
- Describe the power states for desktops
- Define and compare a thin client with a system running Horizon Client
6. 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
- Examine the entitlement of desktops in automated pools
7. Creating and Managing Linked-Clone Desktops
- Describe the VMware linked-clone technology
- Explain why both a parent virtual machine and a snapshot must be used to create linked clones
- Outline the system requirements for View Composer
- Describe the relationship between a persistent disk and the system disk
8. Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Pools
- Identify the advantages of instant clones
- Distinguish View Composer clones from instant clones
- Identify the requirements of instant clones
- Outline the steps necessary to set up an automated pool that uses instant clones
- Configure the additional steps that are required for instant clones
9. Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools
- Explain the difference between an RDS desktop pool and an automated pool
- Describe how a user can access a single application by using the RDS application pool
- Describe the relationship between an RDS host, a farm, and an application pool
- Create an RDS desktop pool and an application pool
- Explain how the View Composer linked-clone technology can automate the build-out of RDS server farms
- Describe the load-balancing options for RDS hosts
10. Advanced VMware Horizon Features
- Describe the purpose of Horizon Administrator
- Describe the objects that can be configured in the Horizon Configuration pages, such as servers, administrators, and global settings
- Explain how restricted entitlements can be used to control a user’s access to pools
- Compare the authentication and security options that View Connection Server supports
11. Managing VMware Horizon Security
- Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
- Compare the benefits of using Horizon Security Server or Access Point in the DMZ
- Identify where the tunnel endpoints are in a security server or Access Point implementation
- Identify the tunnel endpoints when the security gateway is not used
- Explain a direct connection
- List the advantages of direct connections
12. Profile Management Using User Environment Manage
- Identify the use cases and benefits of using User Environment Manager
- Prepare the infrastructure for User Environment Manager
- Outline the steps that are required to install and configure the User Environment Manager components
- Use User Environment Manager nanagement console and application profiler to manage user personalization and application configurations
13. 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
14. 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
- Explain why you might want to limit the domains that View Connection Server makes available to end users
- Identify the log locations for each VMware Horizon component
15. VMware Horizon Performance and Scalability
- Describe the purpose of a replica connection server
- Compare a replica server to a standard connection server
- Explain how multiple VMware Horizon servers maintain synchronization
- List several best practices for multiserver deployment in a pod
- Describe how a load-balancing capability might improve VMware Horizon performance
