VMware Horizon: Deploy and Manage

Audience:

Tier 1 Operators, Administrators, and Architects for VMware Horizon

Prerequisites:

Before attending this course, participants should be able to use the vSphere Web Client to manage virtual machines, datastores, and networks; access guest operating systems through vCenter; and create and manage virtual machine snapshots and templates. Attendees should also be familiar with configuring Windows services such as DNS, DHCP, and time synchronization, as well as Active Directory. Additionally, they should be able to set up Group Policy Objects, enable Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections, and build ODBC connections to a SQL Server database.

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