Horizon Deploy and Manage (HDM)

Course Content

• Course Introduction
• Introduction to Horizon
• vSphere for Horizon
• Create Windows Desktops
• Create Linux Desktops
• Creating and Managing Desktop Pools
• Horizon Client Options
• Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktops
• Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools
• Monitoring Horizon
• Horizon Connection Server
• Horizon Protocols
• Graphics in Horizon
• Securing Connections: Network
• Securing Connections: Authentication
• Horizon Scalability
• Horizon Cloud and Universal Broker
• Omnissa Access and Virtual Application Management

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, you must have

• the following skills:
• Use vSphere Web Client
• Create snapshots of virtual machines
• Configure guest customization specifications
• Modify virtual machine properties
• Convert a virtual machine to a template
• 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

Who Should Attend

• Tier 1 Operators, administrators, and architects, responsible for the creation, maintenance, and or delivery of remote and virtual desktop services
• Additional duties can include the implementation, support, and administration of an organization's end-user computing infrastructure.

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1. Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2. Introduction to Horizon

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

3. vSphere for Horizon

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

4. Create Windows Desktops

• Outline the steps to install Horizon Agent on Windows virtual machines
• Install Horizon Agent on a Windows virtual machine
• Optimize and prepare Windows virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs

5. Create Linux Desktops

• Create a Linux VM for Horizon
• Install Horizon Agent on a Linux virtual machine
• Optimize and prepare Linux virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs

6. Creating and Managing Desktop 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
• 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

7. 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

8. Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktops

• 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

9. 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 applications from Horizon Client
• Use the instant clone technology to automate the buildout of RDSH farms
• Configure load-balancing for RDSHs on a farm

10. Monitoring 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

11. Horizon Connection Server

• Recognize 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

12. Horizon Protocols

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

13. Graphics in Horizon

• 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

14. Securing Connections: Network

• Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
• Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
• List the Unified Access Gateway firewall rules
• Configure TLS certificates in Horizon

15. Securing Connections: Authentication

• Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
• Restrict access to the Horizon remote desktops using restricted entitlements
• Describe the smart card authentication methods that Horizon Connection Server supports
• Explain the purpose of permissions, roles, and privileges in Horizon
• Create custom roles

16. 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

17. Horizon Cloud and Universal Broker

• Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon Cloud Service
• Use Universal Broker to connect to a Horizon Cloud instance
• Configure and pair the Horizon Cloud Connector appliance with Horizon Connection Server

18. Omnissa 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