Horizon Deploy and Manage (OH88DM)

This five-day course gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You build on your skills in configuring and managing Horizon® 8 through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs. You learn how to configure and deploy pools of virtual machines and how to provide a customized desktop environment to end-users. Additionally, you learn how to install and configure a virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You learn how to install and configure Horizon® Connection Server™ Unified Access Gateway™ how to configure a load balancer for use with Horizon, and how to establish Cloud Pod Architecture.

Prerequisites:

The knowledge and skills that a learner should have before attending this course are as follows:

• Use vSphere Web Client

• Create snapshots of virtual machines

• Configure guest customization specifications

• Modify virtual machine properties

• Convert a virtual machine to a template

• 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

You must 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

Who Should Attend

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

• Tier 1 Operators, administrators, and architects for VMware Horizon

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon

• Use 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 a Horizon desktop

• Configure, manage, and entitle desktop pools of full VMs

• Configure and manage the Horizon Client systems and connect the client to a Horizon desktop

• 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 the Horizon Console Dashboard and Horizon Help Desk Tool

• Identify Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements

• Describe the authentication and certificate options for the Horizon environment

• Recognize the integration process and benefits of Omnissa® Access™ and Horizon 8

• Compare the remote display protocols that are available in Horizon

• Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8

• Discuss scalability options available in Horizon 8

• Describe different security options for the Horizon environment.