HSVDM88 – VMware Horizon: Deploy and Manage plus App Volumes Fast Track v8.8
HSVDM88 - VMware Horizon: Deploy and Manage plus App Volumes Fast Track v8.8
Course Overview
This course is a combination of VMware Horizon: Deploy and Manage, and VMware App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager: Configure and Manage. Eight days of content, taught over five-days of extended learning. This course 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 the Cloud Pod Architecture feature in Horizon. Additionally, you will learn how to use VMware App Volumes™ to deliver applications and data to desktops and users at scale. You will gain skills in managing application lifecycles from installation to update and replacement. You will also learn how to use the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager™ to provide personalization of end-user profiles and dynamic policy configurations across virtual, physical, and cloud-based environments.
Product Alignment
VMware Horizon 8 V2212
App Volumes 4 v2212
Dynamic Environment Manager v2212
Who should attend
Operators, administrators, and architects for VMware Horizon who are responsible for the creation, maintenance, and delivery of remote and virtual desktop services.
Prerequisites
Customers attending this course should have, at a minimum, the following 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 to 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
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
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 the VMware 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 the Horizon environment
Describe the features, functions, and architecture of App Volumes
Create and deliver application packages in App Volumes
Deliver App Volumes published applications to virtual desktops and on-demand, using Horizon
Describe the features, functions, and architecture of VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
Manage application configurations, user environment settings, and personalization settings using VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
Create predefined configurations for applications by using the Application Profiler
Manage multiple environments using VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
Using VMware Horizon Smart Policies on the VMware Horizon platform
Course Outline
Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Introduction to VMware Horizon
Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon
Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of Horizon
Introduction to Use Case
Transform customer requirements to use-case attributes
Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure
vSphere for VMware Horizon
Explain basic virtualization concepts
Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to access your VMware vCenter System and VMware ESXi™ hosts
Create a Windows virtual machine using vSphere
Create Windows Desktops
Outline the steps to install Horizon Agent on Windows virtual machines
Install Horizon Agent on a Windows virtual Machine
Optimize and prepare Windows virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs
Create Linux Desktops
Create a Linux VM for Horizon
Install Horizon Agent on a Linux virtual machine
Optimize and prepare Linux virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs
Creating and Managing Desktop 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
VMware Horizon Client Options
Describe the different clients and their benefits
Access the 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
Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
List the advantages of instant clones
Explain the provisioning technology used for instant clone desktop pools
Configure an automated pool of instant clones
Apply updated images to instant clone desktop pools
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 Remote Desktop Session Host farms
Configure load-balancing for RDSHs on a farm
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
Horizon Connection Server
Recognize the 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 AD LDS database as a critical {an important component?} component of the Horizon Connection Server installation
Horizon Protocols
Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
Describe the BLAST Display Protocol Codecs
Summarize the BLAST Codec options
List the ideal applications for each BLAST codec
Describe the BLAST and PCoIP ADMX GPO common configurations
Graphics in Horizon
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
Securing Connections: Network
Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
List the Unified Access Gateway firewall rules
Configure TLS certificates in Horizon
Securing Connections: Authentication
Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
Restrict access to the Horizon remote desktops using restricted entitlements
Describe the smart card authentication methods that Horizon Connection Server supports
Explain the purpose of permissions, roles, and privileges in VMware Horizon
Create custom roles
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.
Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture scalability options
Horizon Cloud and Universal Broker
Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon Cloud Service
Use Universal broker to connect to a Horizon Cloud instance
Configure and pair the Horizon Cloud Connector appliance with Horizon Connection Server
Workspace ONE Access and Virtual Application Management
Recognize the features and benefits of Workspace ONE Access
Explain identity management in Workspace ONE Access
Explain access management in Workspace ONE Access
Describe the requirements to install and configure True SSO in a Horizon environment
Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration
Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services
Overview of App Volumes
Explain features and benefits of App Volumes
Identify benefits of VMware ThinApp®
Identify App Volumes components and architecture
Manage application management stages using App Volumes.
Working with Application Packages
Differentiate between Application, Package and Program
Create an Application Package
Assign an Application to an entity
Use markers to assign the new version of an Application Package
Differentiate between Classic and On-Demand delivery of applications
Update an Application with a new Package
Published Applications
Identify the benefits of delivering Published Applications On-Demand
List the steps and prerequisites for creating Published Applications on Demand
Integrate Horizon Connection Server and App Volumes Manager
Associate App Volumes Manager with an automated farm
Add Application Pools from App Volumes Manager
Overview of VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
Explain features and benefits of Dynamic Environment Manager
Identify the components of Dynamic Environment Manager architecture
Differentiate between user profile scenarios
Management Console User Interface
Configure Personalization settings
Create Condition sets
Perform Application migration
Configure User environment settings
Application Configuration Management
Explain predefined and user-customized application settings
Use Application Profiler
Apply Privilege Elevation
VMware Horizon Smart Policies
Identify the scope of Horizon Smart Policies
Configure Horizon Smart Policies settings
Define Smart Policies Conditions