Cloud Computing and Virtualisation

Horizon Deploy and Manage

  • Length 5 days
  • Version Horizon 8
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Why study this course

This five-day course gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You build on your skills in configuring and managing Horizon 8 through a combination of lectures and hands-on labs.

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What you’ll learn

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

  • Understand the role and function of all Horizon Components

  • Understand both Cloud and On-Premises Deployment Architecture Options

  • Deploy and Configure a Horizon Pod

    • Deploying and configuring a Standard and Replica server

    • Adding a Capacity Provider

    • Licensing Options

    • Event Database Configuration

  • Deploy and Configure the Unified Access Gateway in a Clustered Infrastructure

  • Overview of Horizon Recording Services

  • Understand Horizon Brokering Requirements for On-Premises and Multi-Site Architectures

    • Global and Local Server Load-Balancing Concepts

  • Configure Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture to Solve High Availability and Scalability Requirements

  • Authentication Options with Omnissa Horizon

  • Configure a Secure Single Sign-On Solution Using Omnissa Access

    • Federation Overview of Access with Horizon

    • Federation Overview of Access with Unified Access Gateway

    • Deploying and Configuring Horizon TrueSSO

    • Deploying and Configuring Enrollment Services

  • Omnissa Horizon Graphics Configuration and Deployment Overview

  • Omnissa Horizon Session Protocols Overview

    • Overview of Horizon Blast

    • Overview of PCoIP & PCoIP Ultra

    • Overview of RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)

  • Horizon Administration Options

    • Image Management Best Practices for Full Clone and Instant Clone Desktop Pools

    • SysPrep and Clone Prep Requirements

    • Deploying, Configuration, and Maintenance Options for Persistent and Non-Persistent Desktop Pools

    • Deploying, Configuration, and Maintenance Options for RDS Server Farm

    • Horizon Linux Desktop Pool Image Management and Desktop Pool Deployment

    • Monitoring Options in the Horizon Admin Console

    • Administrative Options Using the LDS Database

    • App Volumes Integration with Horizon

    • Horizon Agent and Client Options


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Who is the course for?

  • Administrators

  • Systems Engineers

  • Consulting Architects

  • Citrix Specialists

  • Microsoft End-User Computing Specialists


Course subjects

  • Omnissa Reference Architecture Overview

  • Horizon 8 Architecture Overview

  • Horizon Connection Server Overview

  • Securing the Horizon Transport

  • Workspace ONE Integration with Horizon

  • Unified Access Gateway Overview

  • Horizon Brokering

  • Horizon Desktop Pool Administration

  • Horizon Linux Desktop Deployment

  • Horizon Authentication and Single-Sign On Requirements

  • Cloud Pod Architecture

  • Horizon RDS Published Applications

  • Horizon Agent and Client Options

  • Horizon Protocols

  • Horizon Graphics

  • Horizon Administrative Tasks


Prerequisites

Recommended:

  • Understand fundamental Networking/Storage and Infrastructure concepts

  • Understand TCP/IP

  • Recommended but not mandatory to know vSphere as a platform

  • Microsoft Active Directory




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