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This is a 5-day combination course gives participants the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. Students build on skills in configuring and managing VMware Horizon® 8 through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs. Participants learn how to configure and deploy pools of virtual machines and how to provide a customized desktop environment to end-users. Additionally, students learn how to install and configure a virtual desktop infrastructure platform, 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. Note: learners should have the following knowledge and skills before attending this course are as follows:

  • Use VMware vSphere® Web Client to view the state of virtual machines, datastores, and networks
  • Open a virtual machine console on VMware vCenter® 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

Target Audience
Operators, administrators and architects for VMware Horizon should enroll in this course. These individuals are responsible for the creation, maintenance and or delivery of remote and virtual desktop services. Additional duties can include the implementation, support and administration of an organization's end-user computing infrastructure.

What You'll Learn

  • 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

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  • Course Number vH88DM
  • Course Length 5 days
  • Course Fee $4,250.00
  • Delivery Format vILT (Instructor Led; Virtual LIVE Online; Remote Training)
  • Course Topic Architecture and Design
  • Vendor VMware
  • Technology Horizon/App Volumes

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