VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage [V7.10]
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Duration
5 Days
Modality
Live Online
Course code
EDU-H7ICM710-OE
Course Overview
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
Target 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
Prerequisites
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
Product Alignment
- VMware Horizon 7.10
- VMware User Environment Manager 9.10
- App Volumes Manager 4.0
Target 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
Prerequisites
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
Product Alignment
- VMware Horizon 7.10
- VMware User Environment Manager 9.10
- App Volumes Manager 4.0
Module Breakdown - For a course module breakdown click here
Module 1
Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Module 2
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
Module 3
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
Module 4
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
Module 5
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
Module 6
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.
Module 7
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
Module 8
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
Module 9
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
Module 10
VMware Horizon Authentication and Certificates
- Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports.
Module 11
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
Module 12
Profile Management Using Dynamic Environment Manager
- Identify the VMware Dynamic Environment
- Manager functional areas and their benefits
- Prepare infrastructure for VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
