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VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage
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 will 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.
Övrig Information:
• Kursnummer: VMW_H7ICM77
• Lunch ingår
• Kursmaterial ingår
Leveranssätt:
• Klassrum
Målgrupp:
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
Förkunskaper:
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 users’ activities by implementing Group Policy objects
• Configure Windows systems to enable Remote Desktop Connections
• Build an ODBC connection to an SQL Server database
Kursens mål:
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
• Identify VMware Horizon components
• Install and configure View Connection Server
• Install and configure virtual desktops
• Configure and manage VMware Horizon® Client™ systems
• Configure and manage pools of physical and virtual machines
• Configure and manage automated pools of full virtual machines
• Configure and manage pools of linked-clone desktops
• Configure and manage automated pools of instant clones
• Configure and manage Remote Desktop Services (RDS) pools of desktops and applications
• Use Horizon Administrator to configure the VMware Horizon environment
• Configure secure access to virtual desktops
• Use VMware User Environment Manager™ to manage user personalization and application configurations
• Describe steps to deploy profile management
• Use VMware App Volumes™ to provision and manage applications
• Identify the benefits of JMP architecture
• Manage the performance and scalability of a VMware Horizon deployment
Kursinnehåll:
1. Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives
• Describe the software-defined data center
2. Introduction to VMware Horizon
• Recognize the features and benefits of VMware Horizon
• Identify the major function of each VMware Horizon component
• Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure
3. View Connection Server
• Identify the VMware vSphere® requirements for a connection server
• Describe the network and firewall configurations for View Connection Server
• License VMware Horizon components
• Configure View Connection Server
• Monitor the VMware Horizon environment using the dashboard
• Use the VMware Horizon Helpdesk tool to troubleshoot VMware Horizon
4. VMware Horizon Desktops
• Outline the process and choices in setting up VMware Horizon virtual machines
• Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
• List the ports that must be opened in the machine’s firewall for VMware Horizon operations
• Outline the configuration choices when installing Horizon Agent
5. VMware Horizon Desktop Pools
• Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment
• List the steps to add desktops to the View Connection Server inventory
• Define desktop entitlement
• Describe how information on the Users and Groups page can be used to control and monitor View users
• Explain the hierarchy of global policies, pool-level policies, and user-level policies
• List the View Group Policy administrative template files
6. Horizon Client Options
• Enlist the requirements for a Horizon Client installation
• Install Horizon Client and connect to a virtual desktop
• Explain USB redirection and options
• Define and compare a thin client with a system running Horizon Client
• Use Virtual Printing for location-based printing
7. Creating Automated Pools of Full Virtual Machines
• Recognize how an automated pool operates
• Compare dedicated-assignment and floating-assignment pools
• Outline the steps to create an automated pool
• Examine the entitlement of desktops in automated pools
8. Creating and Managing Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
• Describe the VMware linked-clone technology
• Enlist the system requirements for View Composer
• Describe the relationship between a persistent disk and the system disk
• Outline the steps necessary to set up a desktop pool that uses linked clones
• Compare the purpose of the parent and the replica virtual machines
• Compare the linked-clone management operations
• Describe the management operations for persistent disks
9. Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
• Identify the advantages of instant clones
• Distinguish View Composer clones from instant clones
• Identify the types of instant-clone virtual machines
• Enlist the requirements of instant clones
• Outline the steps to set up an automated pool that uses instant clones
• Set up an automated pool of instant clones
10. VMware Horizon Authentication
• Compare the authentication options that View Connection Server supports
• Explain the purpose of roles and privileges in VMware Horizon
• Outline the steps to create a VMware Horizon administrator and a custom role
• List some of the best practices for configuring VMware Horizon administrators
• Configure Horizon Server to use a new TLS Certificate
11. Managing VMware Horizon Security
• Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
• Compare the benefits of using VMware Unified Access Gateway™ in the DMZ
• List the advantages of direct connections
• Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
• List the two-factor authentication options that are supported by Unified Access Gateway
• Configure a Unified Access Gateway Appliance
12. Profile Management Using User Environment Manager
• Identify the User Environment Manager functional areas and their benefits
• List User Environment Manager components
• Describe User Environment Manager and its architecture
• Install User Environment Manager
• Describe User Environment Manager smart policies
13. Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools
• Explain the difference between an RDS desktop pool and an automated pool
• Describe how a user can access a single application by using the RDS application pool
• Describe the relationship between an RDS host, a farm, and an application pool
• Create an RDS desktop pool and an application pool
• Use View Composer and Instant Clone to automate the build-out of RDSH farms
• Describe the default and alternative load-balancing feature for RDS hosts that optimizes placement of
sessions
14. Using App Volumes to Provision and Manage Applications
• 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. JMP and Horizon 7 Overview
• Identify the benefits of JMP
• Enlist the JMP and Horizon 7 components
• Identify JMP deployment considerations
• Install and configure JMP Server
16. Command-Line Tools and Backup Options
• Describe key View 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
• Identify the log locations for each VMware Horizon component
• Describe the backup options for VMware Horizon databases
17. VMware Horizon Performance and Scalability
• Describe the purpose of a replica server
• List several best practices for multiserver deployment in a pod
• Describe the benefits of the Cloud Pod Architecture feature for large-scale VMware Horizon deployments
• Explain how global entitlements can benefit a single-pod environment