VMware Horizon: Deploy and Manage [V8.8] (HDM88)

 

Course Overview

This five-day course gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You 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 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 Cloud Pod Architecture.

Product Alignment

  • VMware Horizon 8 v2212

Who should attend

Tier 1 Operators, administrators, and architects for VMware Horizon

Certifications

This course is part of the following Certifications:

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, you must have 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® 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

You must 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

Course Content

  • Course Introduction
  • Introduction to VMware Horizon
  • Introduction to Use Case
  • vSphere for VMware Horizon
  • Create Windows Desktops
  • Create Linux Desktops
  • Creating and Managing Desktop Pools
  • VMware Horizon Client Options
  • Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
  • Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools
  • Monitoring VMware Horizon
  • Horizon Connection Server
  • Horizon Protocols
  • Graphics in Horizon
  • Securing Connections: Network
  • Securing Connections: Authentication
  • Horizon Scalability
  • Horizon Cloud and Universal Broker
  • Workspace ONE Access and Virtual Application Management

Prices & Delivery methods

Online Training

Duration
5 days

Price
  • on request
Classroom Training

Duration
5 days

Price
  • on request

Schedule

English

2 hours difference

Online Training Time zone: Central European Summer Time (CEST)
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3 hours difference

Online Training Time zone: Central European Time (CET)
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9 hours difference

Online Training Time zone: Eastern Standard Time (EST)
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This is a FLEX course, which is delivered both virtually and in the classroom.

Europe

Germany

Hamburg
Frankfurt
Berlin
Munich
Frankfurt
Hamburg

Switzerland

Zurich
Zurich
Zurich
Zurich
Zurich
Zurich
Zurich

Ukraine

Kiev
Kiev
This is a FLEX course, which is delivered both virtually and in the classroom.