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Duration

5 Days

30 CPD hours

This course is intended for

Operators, administrators, and architects responsible for the creation, maintenance, or delivery of remote and virtual desktop services.

Overview

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon
Use VMware vSphere to create VMs to be used as desktops for Horizon
Create and optimize Windows VMs to create Horizon desktops
Install and configure Horizon Agent on Horizon desktop
Configure and manage the VMware Horizon Clientâ¢ systems and connect the client to a VMware Horizon desktop
Configure, manage, and entitle desktop pools of full VMs
Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops
Create and use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools
Monitor the Horizon environment using Horizon Console Dashboard and Horizon Help Desk Tool
Implement a structured approach to troubleshooting
Resolve common issues that occur in a Horizon environment
Troubleshoot issues with linked and instant clones
Configure the Windows client
Identify the correct log level for gathering logs
Optimize protocols for the best end-user experience

VMware HorizonÂ© 8: Virtual Desktop Bootcamp is a five-day combination course of VMware Horizon 8: Skills for Virtual Desktop Management and VMware Horizon 8: Virtual Desktop Troubleshooting. This training combination gives you the skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You build 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 resolve common issues that occur in a VMware Horizon environment. You engage in a series of lab exercises to bring existing environment issues to resolution. The exercises mirror real-world troubleshooting use cases. These exercises equip learners with the knowledge and practical skills to manage typical challenges faced by virtual desktop administrators and operators.

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics

Course objectives

Introduction to VMware Horizon

Recognize the features and benefits of VMware Horizon

Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of VMware Horizon

Introduction to Use Case

Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure

Convert customer requirements to use-case attributes

vSphere for Horizon 8

Explain basic virtualization concepts

Use VMware vSphereÂ© Client? to access your vCenter Server system and VMware ESXi? hosts

Create, provision, and remove a virtual machine

VMware Horizon Desktops

Create a Windows and a Linux virtual machine using vSphere

Optimize and prepare Windows and Linux virtual machines to set up VMware Horizon desktop VMs

VMware Horizon Agents

Outline the configuration choices when installing Horizon Agent on Windows and Linux virtual machines

Create a gold master for Windows Horizon desktops

VMware Horizon Pools

Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment

List the steps to add desktops to the VMware HorizonÂ© Connection Server? inventory

Compare dedicated-assignment and floatingassignment pools

Outline the steps to create an automated pool

Define user entitlement

Explain the hierarchy of global, pool-level, and userlevel policies

VMware Horizon Client Options

Describe the different clients and their benefits

Access 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

Set up an automated pool of instant clones

Push 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 ool

Access RDS desktops and application from Horizon Client

Use the instant clone technology to automate the build-out of RDSH farms

Configure load-balancing for RDSHs on a farm

Monitoring VMware Horizon

Monitor the status of the VMware Horizon

components using the Horizon Administrator console dashboard

Monitor desktop sessions using the HelpDesk tool

Overview of Virtual Desktop Troubleshooting

Structured approach to troubleshooting configuration and operational problems

Applying troubleshooting methods

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VMware Horizon 8: Virtual Desktop Bootcamp

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