VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage [V7.7]

Course Introduction

• Review course goals
• Review course objectives
• Review the course outline
• Find additional resources after this course

Introduction to VMware Horizon

• Recognize the features and benefits of VMware Horizon
• Identify the major function of each VMware Horizon component
• Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure

View Connection Server

• Identify the VMware vSphere^® requirements for a connection server
• Describe the network and firewall configurations for View Connection Server
• License VMware Horizon components
• Configure View Connection Server

VMware Horizon Desktops

• Outline the process and choices in setting up VMware Horizon virtual machines
• Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
• List the ports that must be opened in the machine’s firewall for VMware Horizon operations
• Outline the configuration choices when installing Horizon Agent

VMware Horizon Desktop Pools

• Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment
• List the steps to add desktops to the View Connection Server inventory
• Define desktop entitlement
• Describe how information on the Users and Groups page can be used to control and monitor View users
• Explain the hierarchy of global policies, pool-level policies, and user-level policies
• List the View Group Policy administrative template files

Horizon Client Options

• Describe the requirements for a Horizon Client installation
• Explain USB redirection and options
• Describe the power states for desktops
• Define and compare a thin client with a system running Horizon Client
• Discuss the benefits of Virtual Printing
• Explain the Virtual Printing architecture
• Describe the configuration options for Virtual Printing
• Explain the location-based printing feature

Creating Automated Pools of Full Virtual Machines

• Recognize how an automated pool operates
• Compare dedicated-assignment and floating-assignment pools
• Outline the steps to create an automated pool
• Examine the entitlement of desktops in automated pools

Creating and Managing Linked-Clone Desktop Pools

• Describe the VMware linked-clone technology
• Explain why both a parent virtual machine and a snapshot must be used to create linked clones
• Outline the system requirements for View Composer
• Describe the relationship between a persistent disk and the system disk
• Outline the steps necessary to set up a desktop pool that uses linked clones
• Compare the purpose of the parent and the replica virtual machines
• Compare the linked-clone management operations
• Describe the management operations for persistent disks

Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools

• Identify the advantages of instant clones
• Distinguish View Composer clones from instant clones
• Identify the requirements of instant clones
• Describe the types of instant-clone virtual machines
• Explain how folders are used to delegate pool administration
• Outline the steps to set up an automated pool that uses instant clones
• Describe instant-clone limitations in VMware Horizon
• Describe the creation of instant clones
• Set up an automated pool of instant clones

VMware Horizon Authentication

• Compare the authentication options that View Connection Server supports
• Explain the purpose of roles and privileges in VMware Horizon
• Outline the steps to create a Horizon administrator and a custom role
• List some of the best practices for configuring Horizon administrators

Managing VMware Horizon Security

• Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
• Compare the benefits of using VMware Unified Access Gateway™ in the DMZ
• Explain a direct connection
• List the advantages of direct connections
• Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
• Compare how Unified Access Gateway and the security server are deployed
• 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 User Environment Manager functional areas and their benefits
• List User Environment Manager components
• Describe User Environment Manager and its architecture
• Identify User Environment Manager profile management and its features
• Describe User Environment Manager smart policies

Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools

• Explain the difference between an RDS desktop pool and an automated pool
• Describe how a user can access a single application by using the RDS application pool
• Describe the relationship between an RDS host, a farm, and an application pool
• Create an RDS desktop pool and an application pool
• Explain how the View Composer linked-clone technology can automate the build-out of RDS server farms
• Use View Composer linked-clone technology and instant-clone technology to automate the build-out of RDSH farms
• Describe the default and alternative load-balancing feature for RDS hosts that optimizes placement of sessions

Using App Volumes to Provision and Manage Applications

• 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

Command-Line Tools and Backup Options

• Describe key View 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
• Identify the log locations for each VMware Horizon component
• Describe the backup options for VMware Horizon databases
• Explain the potential problems if the databases are not synchronized

VMware Horizon Performance and Scalability

• Describe the purpose of a replica server
• List several best practices for multiserver deployment in a pod
• Describe the benefits of the Cloud Pod Architecture feature for large-scale VMware Horizon deployments
• Describe the purpose of interpod communication and the View InterPod API
• Explain how global entitlements can benefit a single-pod environment