H7CM710 – VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage v7.10
H7CM710 - VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage v7.10
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.
Product Alignment:
VMware Horizon 7.10
VMware User Environment Manager™ 9.10
App Volumes™ Manager 4.0
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.
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
Outline
1. Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
10. VMware Horizon Authentication and Certificates
Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
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
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
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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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