VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage is a five-day combination course of VMware Horizon 8: Skills for Virtual Desktop
Management & VMware Horizon 8: Infrastructure Administration. This training collection gives you the hands-on skills to
deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You will 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 will 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.
Target Audience
Tier 1 Operators, administrators, and architects for VMware Horizon should enroll in this course. These individuals are
responsible for the creation, maintenance, and or delivery of remote and virtual desktop services. Additional duties can
include the implementation, support, 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:
- 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 a 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 Horizon environment
Certifications
- VMware Certified Professional – Desktop and Mobility 2020 (VCP-DTM 2020).