VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage v7.10

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

Horizon Connection Server
· Recognize VMware Horizon reference architecture
· Identify the recommended system requirements for Horizon Connection Server
· Identify the recommended virtualization requirements for a Horizon® Connection Server™ instance
· Access Horizon Manager
· License VMware Horizon components
· Outline the steps for the initial configuration of Horizon Connection Server
· Describe the capabilities that Horizon Administrator provides for monitoring the health of a VMware Horizon deployment
· Use the dashboard to quickly focus on the details of a problem
· Access the settings and status of a pool
· Access the settings and status of a specific machine and the resources controlled by vCenter Server that the VM uses
· Identify the benefits of using the VMware Horizon Help Desk tool

VMware Horizon Desktops
· Outline the process and choices to set up Windows VMware Horizon VMs
· Assign vCPUs and RAM to Windows VMs
· Create Windows VMs
· Configure VMware ESXi™ host virtual switches
· Optimize the performance of Windows VMs
· Outline the process and choices to set up Linux VMware Horizon VMs
· Assign vCPUs and RAM to Linux VMs
· Create Linux VMs
· Optimize the performance of Linux VMs
· Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
· Outline the steps to enable a machine for remote access from VMware Horizon® Client™
· Describe BLAST
· Describe the purpose of Horizon Agent
· List the steps to prepare a VM before installing Horizon Agent
· Outline the configuration choices when installing Horizon Agent
· Use the Horizon Skype for Business Virtualization Pack

VMware Horizon Pools
· Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment
· List the steps to add desktops to the Horizon Connection Server inventory
· Define user entitlement
· Describe how information found on the Users and Groups page is used to control and monitor VMware Horizon users
· Explain the hierarchy of global, pool-level, and user-level policies
· List the VMware Horizon Group Policy ADMX files

VMware Horizon Client Options
· Describe the requirements for a Horizon Client installation on a Windows system
· Explain USB redirection and options
· Describe the shared folders option
· Describe the different clients and their benefits
· Discuss the benefits of the Virtual Printing feature
· Explain the architecture of the Virtual Printing feature
· List the steps to install the Virtual Printing feature
· Configure the Virtual Printing feature
· Discuss the benefits of the location-based printing feature
· Identify use cases where location-based printing is desirable
· List the client system parameters that can be used to assign a printer

Creating Automated Desktop Pools
· Describe how an automated pool operates
· Compare dedicated-assignment and floating-assignment pools
· Outline the steps to create an automated pool

Configuring and Managing Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
· Describe VMware linked-clone technology
· Explain why both a parent VM and a snapshot must be used to create linked clones
· Outline the system requirements for View Composer
· Describe the relationship between a vCenter Server instance and a View Composer instance
· Identify the View Composer objects in a vCenter Server inventory
· Describe the preparation required for installing View Composer
· Outline the steps to install View Composer
· Outline the necessary steps to set up an automated desktop pool that uses linked clones
· Compare the purpose of parent and replica VMs
· Describe the additional steps that are required for linked clones that are not necessary for other automated pools
· Discuss the merits of using tiered storage for replica and linked clones
· Compare the benefits of vSAN and tiered storage
· Compare the recompose, refresh, and rebalance management operations for linked clones
· Describe the management operations for persistent disks

Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
· Describe instant clones
· List the advantages of instant clones
· Differentiate between View Composer linked clones and instant clones
· Describe the different types of instant-clone VMs
· Recognize the use of folders in delegating pool administration
· Explain how instant clones work
· Describe instant clone desktop pools
· Determine the requirements for an instant-clone desktop pool
· Identify the steps used to create an instant clone
· Set up an automated pool of instant clones
· Enable instant clones and authorize a VMware Horizon administrator account for use by ClonePrep
· Update the image of an instant-clone desktop pool using the push image operation

VMware Horizon Authentication and Certificates
· Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
· Explain the purpose of roles and privileges in VMware Horizon
· Explain how folders are used to delegate pool administration
· Describe a permission and its components
· Outline the steps to create a Horizon administrator
· List the management options for permissions and folders
· Outline the steps to create a custom role
· List some of the best practices for configuring Horizon Administrator
· Describe the purpose of using TLS certificates for VMware Horizon
· Outline the benefits of using TLS certificates signed by a CA
· Outline the steps to set up TLS certificates

Managing VMware Horizon Security
· Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
· Identify the benefits of using VMware Unified Access Gateway™ in the DMZ
· Identify the tunnel endpoints when the security gateway is not used
· Describe a direct connection in a VMware Horizon environment
· List the advantages of direct connections
· Describe how direct connections are enabled
· Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
· List the two-factor authentication options that are supported by Unified Access Gateway
· Describe the situations in which you might deploy Unified Access Gateway with one, two, or three network interfaces

Profile Management Using User Environment Manager
· Identify the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager functional areas and their benefits
· Prepare infrastructure for VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
· Outline the steps that are required to install and configure VMware Dynamic Environment Manager components
· Manage user personalization and application configurations using the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager management console and application profiler
· Outline the VMware Horizon Smart Policies available when using VMware Dynamic Environment Manager in the Horizon environment

Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools
· Explain how App Volumes works
· Identify the features and benefits of App Volumes
· Identify the interface elements of App Volumes
· Install and configure App Volumes

Provisioning and Managing Application Using App Volumes
· Explain how App Volumes works
· Identify the features and benefits of App Volumes
· Identify the interface elements of App Volumes
· Install and configure App Volumes

Just-in-Time Management Platform and VMware Horizon
· Identify the benefits of Just-in-Time Management Platform (JMP)
· List the JMP and Horizon 7 components
· Install and configure a JMP server
· Identify App Volumes deployment considerations
· Identify VMware Dynamic Environment Manager deployment considerations

Command-Line Tools and Backup Options
· Describe key Horizon Connection Server features that are available as command-line options with the vdmadmin command
· Explain the purpose of kiosk mode for client systems and how it is configured
· Explain why you limit the domains that Horizon Connection Server displays to users as they attempt to authenticate
· Identify the log locations for each VMware Horizon component
· Collect Horizon Client and Horizon Agent log files
· Describe the backup options for VMware Horizon databases
· Explain the potential problems related to not synchronizing databases
· Outline solutions to handle orphaned linked clones

VMware Horizon Performance and Scalability
· Describe the purpose of a replica connection server
· Compare a replica server to a standard connection server
· Explain how multiple Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization
· List several best practices for multiserver deployment in a pod
· Describe how a load-balancing capability might improve VMware Horizon performance
· Describe the benefits of the Cloud Pod Architecture feature for large-scale VMware Horizon deployments
· Establish a session with a desktop machine in a different pod by logging in to a local Horizon Connection Server instance
· Compare the purpose of the global LDAP instance and the local LDAP instance
· Describe the purpose of interpod communication and the View Interpod API (VIPA)
· Create global entitlements for accessing Horizon Desktops