About this Course

This hands-on training course builds your skills in the VMware® Horizon View™ suite of products: VMware® View Manager™, VMware® View Composer™, and VMware® ThinApp®. This course is based on the Horizon View 5.2 and ThinApp 4.7 releases.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for System administrators and system integrators responsible for deploying the VMware® virtual desktop infrastructure

At Course Completion

By the end of the course, you should understand the features and operation of Horizon View and be able to do the following:

• Install and configure Horizon View components.
• Create and manage dedicated and floating desktop pools.
• Deploy and manage linked-clone virtual desktops.
• Configure and manage desktops that run in local mode.
• Configure user profiles with View Persona Management.
• Configure secure access to desktops through a public network.
• Use ThinApp to package applications.
• Entitle applications by using Horizon View.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, you must be able to perform the following tasks:

• Create a template in VMware® vCenter Server™ and deploy a virtual machine from the template.
• Modify a template customization file.
• Open a virtual machine console in vCenter Server and access the guest operating system.
• Configure Active Directory services.

Required

• Experience in Microsoft Windows Active Directory administration
• Experience with VMware® vSphere®

Recommended

• Completion of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage

Course Outline

Module 1: Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Module 2: Introduction to VMware Horizon View

• Introduce View features and components

Module 3: View Connection Server

• Install and configure View Connection Server

Module 4: VMware Horizon View Desktops

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

Module 5: 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

Module 6: 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

Module 7: Configuring and Managing Linked Clones

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

Module 8: Local-Mode Desktops

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

Module 9: Managing VMware Horizon View Security

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

Module 10: 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

Module 11: 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

Module 12: View Connection Server Performance and Scalability

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

Module 13: 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

Module 14: 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