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

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

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 and 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