VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage [7.3]

Course Introduction 

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Introduction to VMware Horizon View

• Introduce View features and components

View Connection Server 

• Install and configure View Connection Server

VMware Horizon View Desktops 

• Describe PCoIP and Remote Desktop Protocol remote display protocols
• Explain USB redirection and multimedia redirection

VMware View Client Options 

• Introduce VMware® View™ Client
• Introduce VMware® View™ Client with Local Mode
• Describe HTML clients, thin clients, and zero clients
• Introduce Virtual Printing with View Client

View Administrator 

• Configure the Horizon View environment
• Manage users, sessions, and policies
• Configure and provision automated pools of desktops
• Explain role-based delegated administration
• Monitor the Horizon View environment

Configuring and Managing Linked Clones 

• Introduce View Composer operations
• Deploy and provision linked-clone desktops
• Manage linked-clone desktops
• Manage persistent disks

Local-Mode Desktops

• Configure local-mode desktops
• Describe View Transfer Server and the Transfer Server repository
• Describe local-mode operations

Managing VMware Horizon View Security 

• Describe network configuration and authentication options
• Configure the Horizon View security server

 View Persona Management 

• Configure user profiles with View Persona Management
• Describe View Persona Management and Windows roaming profiles
• Configure a View Persona Management deployment
• Describe best practices for a View Persona Management deployment

Command-Line Tools and Backup Options 

• Introduce vdmadmin utility
• Describe client systems in kiosk mode
• Back up the Horizon View databases
• Restore the Horizon View databases

View Connection Server Performance and Scalability

• Describe replica connection servers
• Explain performance considerations and load balancing

VMware Horizon Application Manager 

• Ensure that VMware® Horizon Application Manager™ is working
• Introduce Application Manager components
• Describe single sign-on from Horizon View to Horizon View desktops
• Enable browser access to Horizon View desktops through Horizon View
• Entitle applications by using Horizon View

 VMware ThinApp 

• Use ThinApp to capture applications
• Deploy and update ThinApp packages
• Virtualize Internet Explorer 6 for use on a Windows 7 system
• Manage ThinApp applications in Horizon View