VMware Horizon 8 Training

VMware Horizon 8 training is a five-day combination course of VMware Horizon 8: Skills for Virtual Desktop Management & VMware Horizon 8: Infrastructure Administration. This training collection gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. 

You will 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 will 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.

VMware Horizon 8 Training Benefits

• In this course, you will learn how to: 

  • 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 a 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 Horizon environment.

• Training Prerequisites 

  Customers attending this course should have, at a minimum, 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 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 user activities by implementing Group Policy objects 
  • Configure Windows systems to enable Remote Desktop Connections 
  • Build an ODBC connection to an SQL Server database 

• Certification Information 

  This training will prepare you for the VMware Certified Professional – Desktop and Mobility 2020 (VCP-DTM 2020) certification.

VMware Horizon 8 Training Outline

Module 1: Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Module 2: Introduction to VMware Horizon

• Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon
• Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of Horizon

Module 3: Introduction to Use Case

• Convert customer requirements to use-case attributes
• Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure

Module 4: vSphere for VMware Horizon

• Explain basic virtualization concepts
• Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to access your vCenter Server system and VMware ESXi™ hosts
• Create, provision, and remove a virtual machine

Module 5: VMware Horizon Desktops

• Create a Windows and a Linux virtual machine using vSphere
• Optimize and prepare Windows and Linux virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs

Module 6: VMware Horizon Agent

• Outline the configuration choices when installing Horizon Agent on Windows and Linux virtual machines
• Create a golden image for Windows and Linux Horizon desktops

Module 7: VMware Horizon Pools

• Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment
• List the steps to add desktops to the VMware Horizon® Connection Server™ inventory
• Compare dedicated-assignment and floating-assignment pools
• Outline the steps to create an automated pool
• Define user entitlement
• Explain the hierarchy of global, pool-level, and user-level policies

Module 8: 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

Module 9: 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

Module 10: 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 pool
• 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

Module 11: Monitoring VMware Horizon

• Monitor the status of the Horizon components using the Horizon Administrator console dashboard
• Monitor desktop sessions using the HelpDesk tool
• Monitor the performance of the remote desktop using the Horizon Performance Tracker

Module 12: Horizon Connection Server

• Recognize VMware Horizon reference architecture
• Identify the Horizon Connection Server supported features
• Identify the recommended system requirements for Horizon Connection Server
• Configure Horizon event database
• Outline the steps for the initial configuration of Horizon Connection Server
• Discuss the AD LDS database as a critical component of Horizon Connection Server installation

Module 13: Authentication and Certificates

• Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
• Describe the Smartcard authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
• Outline the steps to create a Horizon administrator and custom roles
• Describe the roles available in a Horizon environment
• Explain the role that certificates play for Horizon Connection Server
• Install and configure certificates for Horizon Connection Server
• Install and configure True SSO in a Horizon environment

Module 14: Workspace ONE Access and Virtual Application Management

• Recognize the features and benefits of Workspace ONE Access
• Recognize the Workspace ONE Access console features
• Explain identity management in Workspace ONE Access
• Explain access management in Workspace ONE Access
• Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration
• Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services

Module 15: Horizon Protocols

• Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
• Describe BLAST
• Describe the BLAST Display Protocol Codecs
• Summarize BLAST Codec options
• List ideal applications for each BLAST codec
• Describe BLAST and PCoIP ADMX GPO common configurations

Module 16: Graphics Cards

• Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
• Compare vSGA and vDGA
• List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment

Module 17: Horizon Scalability

• Describe the purpose of a replica connection server
• Explain how multiple Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization
• List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment
• Configure a load balancer for use in a Horizon environment
• Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture LDAP replication and VIPA
• Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture scalability options

Module 18: Horizon Security

• Explain concepts relevant to secure Horizon connections
• Describe how to restrict Horizon connections
• Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
• List the two-factor authentication options that are supported by Unified Access Gateway