Learn how to architecture and implement a Horizon 7 virtual desktop infrastructure

Advanced VDI with VMware Horizon 7

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Learn how to architecture and implement a Horizon 7 virtual desktop infrastructure

Video Duration:7 Hours
Cost: $ 124.99

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Course Details

VMware Horizon 7 delivers, protects, and manages your applications and virtual desktops and ensures the end user can access them from anywhere and at any time. It is easy to have a fundamental knowledge of VMware Horizon 7 but it is way more challenging and difficult to implement and fine-tune it according to your business needs. Our video overcomes this challenge and ensures you gain the advanced and practical knowledge required to manage and implement Horizon 7 efficiently for your organization.

The video starts by demonstrating advanced installation and configuration, which will help you to customize Horizon 7 according to your business requirements. Then you'll delve into the latest features of Horizon 7 such as just-in-time delivery with instant clone; modernized life cycle management, which ensures faster application delivery; better user experience; smart policies, in order to improve security; and many more. This advanced-level video will teach you to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single platform, multiple deployment scenarios, Horizon client and agent security, integration with third-party software, best practices, and troubleshooting techniques.

Who all can attend

This course is designed for sys admins and architects who are already familiar with VDI and have a basic knowledge of VMware horizon, but want to take their skill set to the next level.

What you will learn from this course

Architechture and implement your Horizon 7 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
The best type architecture for your Horizon 7 deployment
The best type of desktops to provisioning for use for their end-users
How end-users can access their desktop anywhere via a wide range of mobile devices
How the new features in Horizon 7 can revolutionize your VDI environment

Course Content

Installation and Setup of the Example Lab Environment
- Installation and Setup – Example Lab Overview
- Installing the Vmware vSphere Infrastructure
- Installing and Configuring Windows Server Components
- Configuring Active Directory Components
- Downloading the VMware Horizon Software

Learning Vmware Horizon 7 Architecture
- Introducing VMware Horizon View 7
- VMware Horizon 7 Architecture and Feature Overview
- Desktop Cloning with Instant and Linked Clones
- Delivery Protocols and Hardware Accelerated Graphics

Designing and Deploying VMware Horizon 7
- Project Methodology – How to Approach a VDI Project
- Desktop Assessments with Liquidware Labs Stratusphere
- Proving the Technology
- Designing and Deploying Vmware Horizon 7
- For Loops

Installing and Configuring VMware Horizon 7
- Installing View Composer
- Installing the View Connection Server
- Initial Connection Server Configuration
- Installing the Replica Server
- Installing the Security Server

VMware Horizon View Cloud Pod Architecture
- Cloud Pod Architecture Introduction and Design Overview
- Initializing and Configuring Cloud Pod Architecture

Securing Your Horizon 7 Environment with SSL Certificates
- Deploying SSL Certificates

Building and Optimizing the Virtual Desktop OS
- Building a Windows 7 VDI Image
- Optimizing the Windows 7 Image for Horizon View
- Preparing the Virtual Desktop Machine for Delivery
- Building a Windows 10 Virtual Desktop Machine
- Optimizing the Windows 10 Image for Horizon View
- Preparing the Virtual Desktop Machine for Delivery

Advanced Desktop Pool Management
- What is a Desktop Pool?
- Creating an Instant Clone Desktop Pool
- Entitling End Users to the Instant Clone Desktop Pool
- The Instant Clone View in vCenter
- Creating a Linked Clone Desktop Pool
- Creating a Linked Clone Desktop Pool
- The vCenter View of Linked Clone Desktops
- Creating a Full Clone Desktop Pool
- Entitling End Users to the Full Clone Desktop Pool
- Creating a Manual Desktop Pool
- Entitling End Users to the Full Clone Desktop Pool

Display Protocols
- What is a Display Protocol?
- Display Protocol Options: PCoIP, Blast Extreme, and RDP

Connecting to a View Desktop
- Horizon Client Options
- Fine Tuning the End User Experience
- Managing and Monitoring the End User Experience

Delivering Session-Based Desktops
- Architecture and Sizing
- Installing and Configuring the RDSH Role
- Configuring Hosted Desktop Farms in the View Administrator
- Configuring Load Balancing for RDSH Desktops

Delivering Apps with Horizon View Hosted Apps
- Architecture and Sizing
- Installing and Configuring RDSH for View Hosted Apps
- Configuring Horizon View Hosted App Farms
- Configuring Load Balancing for View Hosted Apps

Delivering Layered Apps with LWL FlexApp
- What is Application Layering?
- Capturing a FlexApp Application Layer
- Entitling Users to FlexApp Application Layers