VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage [V7.10]

VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage [V7.10]

Duration: 5 Days

Prerequisite:

Customers 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 also have the following Microsoft Windows system administration experience:

•    Configure Active Directory services, including DNS, DHCP, and time synchronization
•    Restrict user activities by implementing Group Policy objects
•    Configure Windows systems to enable Remote Desktop Connections
•    Build an ODBC connection to an SQL Server database

Course Description:

This five-day, hands-on course gives you the skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. This course builds your skills in installing, configuring, and managing VMware Horizon® 7 through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs. You learn how to configure and deploy pools of virtual machines, how to manage the access and security of the machines, and how to provide a customized desktop environment to end users.

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

•    Recognize the features and benefits of VMware Horizon
•    Install and configure VMware Horizon® Connection Server™
•    Create and optimize Windows VMs to create VMware Horizon desktops
•    Describe the purpose of Horizon Agent
•    Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
•    Configure and manage the VMware Horizon® Client™ systems and connect the client to a
•    VMware Horizon desktop
•    Configure, manage, and entitle automated pools of full VMs
•    Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops and linked-clone desktops
•    Install and configure View Composer
•    Outline the steps and benefits for using TLS CA signed certificates in VMware Horizon environments
•    Use the role-based delegation to administer a VMware Horizon environment
•    Configure secure access to VMware Horizon desktops
•    Understand and create Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools
•    Install and configure App Volumes to deliver and manage applications    

•    Deploy VMware Dynamic Environment Manager™ for user and application management
•    Install and configure a Just-in-Time Management Platform (JMP) server for managing JMP components
•    Describe VMware Dynamic Environment Manager Smart Policies
•    Use the command-line tools available in VMware Horizon to back up and restore the required VMware
•    Horizon databases
•    Manage the performance and scalability of a VMware Horizon deployment
•    Identify the benefits of the Cloud Pod Architecture feature for large-scale VMware Horizon deployments

Intended Audience:

Technical personnel who work in the IT departments of end-customer companies and people who are responsible for the delivery of remote or virtual desktop services.

Course Outlines:

Course Introduction
•    Introductions and course logistics
•    Course objectives

Introduction to VMware Horizon
•    Recognize the features and benefits of VMware Horizon
•    Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of VMware Horizon
•    Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure
•    Convert customer requirements to use case attributes

Horizon Connection Server
•    Recognize VMware Horizon reference architecture
•    Identify the recommended system requirements for Horizon Connection Server
•    Identify the recommended virtualization requirements for a Horizon® Connection ServerTM instance

VMware Horizon Desktops
•    Outline the process and choices to set up Windows VMware Horizon VMs
•    Assign vCPUs and RAM to Windows VMs
•    Create Windows VMs
•    Configure VMware ESXiTM host virtual switches
•    Optimize the performance of Windows VMs

VMware Horizon Pools
•    Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment
•    List the steps to add desktops to the Horizon Connection Server inventory
•    Define user entitlement

VMware Horizon Client Options
•    Describe the requirements for a Horizon Client installation on a Windows system
•    Explain USB redirection and options
•    Describe the shared folders option
•    Describe the different clients and their benefits

Creating Automated Desktop Pools
•    Describe how an automated pool operates
•    Compare dedicated-assignment and floating- assignment pools
•    Outline the steps to create an automated pool

Configuring and Managing Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
•    Describe VMware linked-clone technology
•    Explain why both a parent VM and a snapshot must be used to create linked clones
•    Outline the system requirements for View Composer    

Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
•    Describe instant clones
•    List the advantages of instant clones
•    Differentiate between View Composer linked clones and instant clones

VMware Horizon Authentication and Certificates
•    Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports

Managing VMware Horizon Security
•    Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
•    Identify the benefits of using VMware Unified Access GatewayTM in the DMZ
•    Identify the tunnel endpoints when the security gateway is not used
•    Describe a direct connection in a VMware Horizon environment
•    List the advantages of direct connections
•    Describe how direct connections are enabled

Profile Management Using Dynamic Environment Manager
•    Identify the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager functional areas and their benefits
•    Prepare infrastructure for VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
•    Outline the steps that are required to install and configure VMware Dynamic Environment Manager components
•    Manage user personalization and application configurations using the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager management console and application profiler

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 RD Session Host pool, a farm, and an application pool
•    Create an RDS Desktop pool and an application pool

Provisioning and Managing Application Using App Volumes
•    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

Just-in-Time Management Platform and VMware Horizon
•    Identify the benefits of Just-in-Time Management Platform (JMP)
•    List the JMP and Horizon 7 components
•    Install and configure a JMP server
•    Identify App Volumes deployment considerations
•    Identify VMware Dynamic Environment Manager deployment considerations

Command-Line Tools and Backup Options
•    Describe key Horizon 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 limit the domains that Horizon Connection Server displays to users as they attempt to authenticate
•    Identify the log locations for each VMware Horizon component
•    Collect Horizon Client and Horizon Agent log files

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 Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization
•    List several best practices for multiserver deployment in a pod
•    Describe how a load-balancing capability might improve VMware Horizon performance