VMware Horizon 8: Infrastructure Administration
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- Formats:
Classroom,
Live Online,
vFlex-ILT,
Onsite
- Length: 2 Days
Overview:
This two-day, hands-on course gives you the skills to install and configure a virtual desktop infrastructure platform. This course builds your skills in installing and configuring VMware Horizon® through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs. 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.
This course is also available in an On Demand format. For more information, select this link: VMware Horizon 8: Infrastructure Administration - On Demand. Product Alignment • VMware Horizon 8 V2103 |
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| Objectives: | By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: • 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 Certifications VMware Horizon 8: Infrastructure Administration is the second half of a two-course requirement for the following certification: • VMware Certified Professional – Desktop and Mobility 2020 (VCP-DTM 2020). VMware Horizon 8: Skills for Virtual Desktop Management satisfies the first requirement. The courses are also available as a single, bundled offering, VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage, which meets the certification requirement on its own. |
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| Intended Audience: | Tier 1 Administrators and architects for VMware Horizon should enroll in this course. These individuals are responsible for the implementation, maintenance, and administration of an organization's end-user computing infrastructure. | |
| Prerequisites: | 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 user activities by implementing Group Policy objects • Configure Windows systems to enable Remote Desktop Connections • Build an ODBC connection to an SQL Server database |
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| Outline: | 1 Course Introduction • Introductions and course logistics • Course objectives 2 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 3 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 4 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 5 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 6 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 7 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 8 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 • List Unified Access Gateway firewall rules • Describe the situation in which you might deploy Unified Access Gateway instances with one, two, or three network interfaces |
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