VMware Horizon 8 Training

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.

VMware Horizon 8 Training Delivery Methods

• In-Person

• Online

VMware Horizon 8 Training Information

In this course, you will learn how to: 

• 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 

Training Prerequisites 

Customers attending this course should have, at a minimum, the following 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 

Certification Information 

This training will prepare you for the VMware Certified Professional – Desktop and Mobility 2020 (VCP-DTM 2020) certification.