VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage is a five-day combination course of VMware Horizon 8: Skills for Virtual Desktop Management & VMware Horizon 8: Infrastructure Administration. This training collection gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You will build on your skills in configuring and managing VMware 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 will learn how to install and configure a virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You 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.

By the end of the course,

you should be able to meet the following objectives: • Recognize the features and benefits of VMware Horizon • Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure • Use vSphere to create VMs to be used as desktops for VMware Horizon • Create and optimize Windows VMs to create VMware Horizon desktops • Install and Configure Horizon Agent on a VMware Horizon desktop • Configure, manage, and entitle desktop pools of full VMs • Configure and manage the VMware Horizon Client systems and connect the client to a VMware Horizon desktop • Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops • Create and use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools • Monitor the VMware Horizon environment using the VMware Horizon console Dashboard and Horizon Help Desk Tool • Identify VMware Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements • Describe the authentication and certificate options for a Horizon environment • Recognize the integration process and benefits of Workspace ONE Access and Horizon 8 • Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon • Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8 • Discuss scalability options available in Horizon 8 • Describe different security options for Horizon environment Certifications • VMware Certified Professional – Desktop and Mobility 2020 (VCP-DTM 2020).

Outline

1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics • Course objectives

2 Introduction to VMware Horizon

• Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon • Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of Horizon

3 Introduction to Use Case

• Convert customer requirements to use-case attributes • Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure 4 vSphere for VMware Horizon • Explain basic virtualization concepts • Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to access your vCenter Server system and VMware ESXi™ hosts • Create, provision, and remove a virtual machine

5 VMware Horizon Desktops

• Create a Windows and a Linux virtual machine using vSphere • Optimize and prepare Windows and Linux virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs

6 VMware Horizon Agent

• Outline the configuration choices when installing Horizon Agent on Windows and Linux virtual machines • Create a golden image for Windows and Linux Horizon desktops

7 VMware Horizon Pools

• Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment • List the steps to add desktops to the VMware Horizon® Connection Server™ inventory • Compare dedicated-assignment and floating-assignment pools • Outline the steps to create an automated pool • Define user entitlement • Explain the hierarchy of global, pool-level, and user-level policies

8 VMware Horizon Client Options

• Describe the different clients and their benefits • 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

9 Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools

• List the advantages of instant clones • Explain the provisioning technology used for instant clone desktop pools • Set up an automated pool of instant clones • Push updated images to instant clone desktop pools

10 Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools

• Explain the difference between an RDS desktop pool and an automated pool • Compare and contrast an RDS session host pool, a farm, and an application pool • Create an RDS desktop pool and an application pool • Access RDS desktops and application from Horizon Client • Use the instant clone technology to automate the build-out of RDSH farms • Configure load-balancing for RDSHs on a farm

11 Monitoring VMware Horizon

• Monitor the status of the Horizon components using the Horizon Administrator console dashboard • Monitor desktop sessions using the HelpDesk tool • Monitor the performance of the remote desktop using the Horizon Performance Tracker

12 Horizon Connection Server

• Recognize VMware Horizon reference architecture • Identify the Horizon Connection Server supported features • Identify the recommended system requirements for Horizon Connection Server • Configure Horizon event database • Outline the steps for the initial configuration of Horizon Connection Server • Discuss the AD LDS database as a critical component of Horizon Connection Server installation

13 Authentication and Certificates

• Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports • Describe the Smartcard authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports • Outline the steps to create a Horizon administrator and custom roles • Describe the roles available in a Horizon environment • Explain the role that certificates play for Horizon Connection Server • Install and configure certificates for Horizon Connection Server • Install and configure True SSO in a Horizon environment

14 Workspace ONE Access and Virtual Application Management

• Recognize the features and benefits of Workspace ONE Access • Recognize the Workspace ONE Access console features • Explain identity management in Workspace ONE Access • Explain access management in Workspace ONE Access • Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration • Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services

15 Horizon Protocols

• Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon • Describe BLAST • Describe the BLAST Display Protocol Codecs • Summarize BLAST Codec options • List ideal applications for each BLAST codec • Describe BLAST and PCoIP ADMX GPO common configurations

16 Graphics Cards

• Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8 • Compare vSGA and vDGA • List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment

17 Horizon Scalability

• Describe the purpose of a replica connection server • Explain how multiple Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization • List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment • Configure a load balancer for use in a Horizon environment • Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture LDAP replication and VIPA • Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture scalability options

18 Horizon Security

• Explain concepts relevant to secure Horizon connections • Describe how to restrict Horizon connections. • Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway • List the two-factor authentication options that are supported by Unified Access Gateway