VMware Horizon: Deploy and Manage

Course Description:

This intensive five-day course provides participants with the skills to deploy and manage VMware Horizon 8 environments, enabling the delivery of virtual desktops and applications through a unified platform. Attendees will gain hands-on experience configuring and deploying pools of desktops and applications, customizing desktop environments, and implementing Horizon infrastructure components such as Connection Server, Unified Access Gateway, and Cloud Pod Architecture.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify VMware Horizon features and architecture

• Define use cases for desktop/application virtualization

• Create and optimize Windows and Linux desktop VMs

• Configure, entitle, and manage desktop pools

• Manage Horizon Clients and user experiences

• Deploy instant-clone desktops and RDSH applications

• Monitor Horizon environments using admin tools

• Install and configure Horizon Connection Server and supporting infrastructure

• Secure Horizon deployments with certificates, gateways, and authentication

• Scale environments using replica servers and Cloud Pod Architecture

• Integrate Workspace ONE Access and manage virtual apps