This five-day course gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and architects, responsible for the creation, applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You build on maintenance, and or delivery of remote and 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 TM Unified Access GatewayTM how to configure a load balancer for use with Horizon, and how to establish Cloud Pod Architecture.
Course Overview
This five-day course gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and architects, responsible for the creation, applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You build on maintenance, and or delivery of remote and 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 TM Unified Access GatewayTM how to configure a load balancer for use with Horizon, and how to establish Cloud Pod Architecture.
Course Objectives
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 Dashboar 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 TM 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