VMware Horizon 8: Infrastructure Administration

Administrators and architects for VMware Horizon should enroll in this course. These individuals are responsible for the implementation, maintenance, and administration of an organization's end-user computing infrastructure.

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

• Identify Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements.
• Describe the authentication and certification options for a Horizon environment
• Recognize the integration process and benefits of VMware Workspace ONE® Access™ and Horizon 8
• Discuss performance and scalability options available in Horizon 8
• Describe different security options for the Horizon environment

Certifications

VMware Horizon 8: Infrastructure Administration is the second half of a two-course requirement for the following certification:

• VMware Certified Professional – Desktop and Mobility 2020 (VCP-DTM 2020).

VMware Horizon 8: Skills for Virtual Desktop Management satisfies the first requirement. The courses are also available as a single, bundled offering, VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage, which meets the certification requirement on its own. 

Customers attending this course should have, at a minimum, the following VMware infrastructure skills:

• Use VMware vSphere® Web Client to view the state of virtual machines, datastores, and networks
• Open a virtual machine console on VMware vCenter Server® and access the guest operating system
• Create snapshots of virtual machines
• Configure guest customization specifications
• Modify virtual machine properties
• Convert a virtual machine into a template
• Deploy a virtual machine from a template

Attendees should also have the following Microsoft Windows system administration experience:

• Configure Active Directory services, including DNS, DHCP, and time synchronization
• Restrict user activities by implementing Group Policy objects
• Configure Windows systems to enable Remote Desktop Connections
• Build an ODBC connection to an SQL Server database

Studijní materiál VMware

1  Course Introduction
•  Introductions and course logistics
•  Course objectives

2  Horizon Connection Server
•  Recognize VMware Horizon reference architecture
•  Identify the Horizon Connection Server supported features
•  Identify the recommended system requirements for Horizon Connection Server
•  Configure Horizon event database
•  Outline the steps for the initial configuration of Horizon Connection Server
•  Discuss the ADAM database as a critical component of Horizon Connection Server installation

3  VMware Horizon Authentication and Certificates
•  Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
•  Describe the Smartcard authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
•  Outline the steps to create a Horizon administrator and custom roles
•  Describe the roles available in a Horizon environment
•  Explain the role that certificates play for Horizon Connection Server
•  Install and configure certificates for Horizon Connection Server
•  Install and configure True SSO in a Horizon environment

4  Workspace ONE Access & Virtual Application Management
•  Recognize the features and benefits of Workspace ONE Access
•  Recognize the Workspace ONE Access console features
•  Explain identity management in Workspace ONE Access
•  Explain access management in Workspace ONE Access
•  Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration
•  Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration
•  Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services

5  VMware Horizon Performance and Scalability
•  Describe the purpose of a replica connection server
•  Explain how multiple Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization
•  Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
•  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 and VIPA
•  Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture scalability options

6  Managing VMware Horizon Security
•  Explain concepts relevant to secure Horizon connections
•  Describe how to restrict Horizon connections.
•  Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
•  List the two-factor authentication options that are supported by Unified Access Gateway
•  List Unified Access Gateway firewall rules
•  Describe the situation in which you might deploy Unified Access Gateway instances with one, two, or three
   network interfaces