Course Objectives
This five-day course gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You build on your skills in configuring and managing Horizon® 8 through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs. You learn how to configure and deploy pools of virtual machines and how to provide a customized desktop environment to end-users. Additionally, you learn how to install and configure a virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You learn how to install and configure Horizon® Connection Server™ Unified Access Gateway™ how to configure a load balancer for use with Horizon, and how to establish Cloud Pod Architecture.
By the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
- Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon
- Use vSphere to create VMs to be used as desktops for Horizon
- Create and optimize Windows VMs to create Horizon desktops
- Install and Configure Horizon Agent on a Horizon desktop
- Configure, manage, and entitle desktop pools of full VMs
- Configure and manage the Horizon Client systems and connect the client to a Horizon desktop
- Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops
- Create and use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools
- Monitor the Horizon environment using the Horizon Console Dashboard and Horizon Help Desk Tool
- Identify Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements
- Describe the authentication and certificate options for the Horizon environment
- Recognize the integration process and benefits of Omnissa® Access™ and Horizon 8
- Compare the remote display protocols that are available in Horizon
- Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
- Discuss scalability options available in Horizon 8
- Describe different security options for the Horizon environment.
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