VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage

•  Introductions and course logistics
•  Course objectives

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

•  Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure
•  Convert customer requirements to use-case attributes

•  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

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

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

•  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

•  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

•  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

•  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

•  Monitor the status of the Horizon components using the Horizon Administrator console dashboard
•  Monitor desktop sessions using the HelpDesk tool

•  Introductions and course logistics
•  Course objectives

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

•  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

•  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
•  Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration
•  Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services

•  Describe the purpose of a replica connection server
•  Explain how multiple Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization
•  Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
•  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

•  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
•  List Unified Access Gateway firewall rules
•  Describe the situation in which you might deploy Unified Access Gateway instances with one, two, or three
network interfaces