VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage (HDM8)

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 VMware 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 VMware Horizon® Connection Server™, VMware Unified Access Gateway™, how to configure a load balancer for use with Horizon, and how to establish Cloud Pod Architecture.

Product Alignment

• VMware Horizon 8 v2212.

Tier 1 Operators, administrators and architects for VMware Horizon.

After completing this course you should be able to:

• Recognize the features and benefits of VMware Horizon.
• Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure.
• Use vSphere to create VMs to be used as desktops for VMware Horizon.
• Create and optimize Windows VMs to create VMware Horizon desktops.
• Install and Configure Horizon Agent on a VMware Horizon desktop.
• Configure, manage, and entitle desktop pools of full VMs.
• Configure and manage the VMware Horizon Client systems and connect the client to a VMware Horizon desktop.
• Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops • Create and use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools.
• Monitor the VMware Horizon environment using the VMware Horizon Console Dashboard and Horizon Help Desk Tool.
• Identify VMware Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements.
• Describe the authentication and certificate options for the VMware Horizon environment.
• Recognize the integration process and benefits of Workspace ONE® Access™ and Horizon 8.
• Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware 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.

Recommended as preparation for the following exams:

• 2VO-51.23 - VMware Horizon 8.x Professional required for VCP-DTM 2023 Certification.

Attendees should be able to:

• Use VMware vSphere® Web Client to view the state of virtual machines, datastores and networks.
• Open a virtual machine console on VMware vCenter® and access the guest operating system.

HDM8 | Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics.
• Course objectives.

HDM8 | Introduction to VMware Horizon

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

HDM8 | Introduction to Use Case

• Convert customer requirements to use-case attributes.
• Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure.

HDM8 | vSphere for VMware Horizon

• Explain basic virtualization concepts.
• Use VMware vSphere® Client™ to access your VMware vCenter System and VMware ESXi™ hosts.
• Create a Windows virtual machine using vSphere.

HDM8 | 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.

HDM8 | 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.

HDM8 | 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 VMware 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.

HDM8 | VMware Horizon Client Options

• Describe the different clients and their benefits.
• Access the 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.

HDM8 | Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools

• 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.

HDM8 | 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 application from Horizon Client.
• Use the instant clone technology to automate the build-out of Remote Desktop Session Host farms.
• Configure load-balancing for RDSHs on a farm.

HDM8 | Monitoring VMware 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.

HDM8 | Horizon Connection Server

• Recognize the VMware Horizon reference architecture.
• Identify the Horizon Connection Server supported features.
• Identify the recommended system requirements for Horizon Connection Server.
• Configure the Horizon event database.
• Outline the steps for the initial configuration of Horizon Connection Server.
• Discuss the AD LDS database as a critical {an important component?} component of the Horizon Connection Server installation.

HDM8 | Horizon Protocols

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

HDM8 | 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.

HDM8 | 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.

HDM8 | 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 VMware Horizon.
• Create custom roles.

HDM8 | 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.
• Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture scalability options.

HDM8 | 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.

HDM8 | Workspace ONE Access and Virtual Application Management

• Recognize the features and benefits of Workspace ONE Access.
• Explain identity management in Workspace ONE Access.
• Explain access management in Workspace ONE Access.
• Describe the requirements to install and configure True SSO in a Horizon environment.
• Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration.
• Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services.