This hands-on training 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® 8. 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.
Overview
Skills Learned
After completing this online training course, students will be able to:
Describe Horizon and its use cases
Configure and manage VMware Horizon® Client systems
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
Implement WorkSpace ONE access
Manage the performance and scalability of a VMware Horizon deployment
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.
- 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
01. An Introduction to Horizon
- Introduction to Virtualization
- Introduction to VMware Horizon
- Use cases
- vSphere in VMware Horizon
02. Horizon Configuration and Installation
- Installing the Horizon Environment
- VMware Horizon Desktops
- VMware Horizon Agent
- VMware Horizon Pools
- VMware Horizon Client Options
- VMware Horizon DEM
- Microsoft FSLogix Office Container
- Clones
- RDS Desktop and Apllication Pools
- App Volumes
03. Horizon Management
- Horizon Monitoring
- Horizon Connection Server
- Authentication and Certificates
- WorkSpace ONE Access
04. Security & Other Considerations
- Protocols
- Graphics Cards
- Scalability
- Security
05. Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Horizon 8
SKILLS LEARNED
Skills Learned
After completing this online training course, students will be able to:
Describe Horizon and its use cases
Configure and manage VMware Horizon® Client systems
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
Implement WorkSpace ONE access
Manage the performance and scalability of a VMware Horizon deployment
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
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
- 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
COURSE OUTLINE
01. An Introduction to Horizon
- Introduction to Virtualization
- Introduction to VMware Horizon
- Use cases
- vSphere in VMware Horizon
02. Horizon Configuration and Installation
- Installing the Horizon Environment
- VMware Horizon Desktops
- VMware Horizon Agent
- VMware Horizon Pools
- VMware Horizon Client Options
- VMware Horizon DEM
- Microsoft FSLogix Office Container
- Clones
- RDS Desktop and Apllication Pools
- App Volumes
03. Horizon Management
- Horizon Monitoring
- Horizon Connection Server
- Authentication and Certificates
- WorkSpace ONE Access
04. Security & Other Considerations
- Protocols
- Graphics Cards
- Scalability
- Security
05. Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Horizon 8
