Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage (V7.7) EDU-HICM73

4 VMware Horizon Desktops

• Outline the process and choices in setting up VMware Horizon virtual machines
• Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
• List the ports that must be opened in the machine™s firewall for VMware Horizon operations
• Outline the configuration choices when installing Horizon Agent

5 VMware Horizon Desktop Pools

6 Horizon Client Options

• Enlist the requirements for a Horizon Client installation
• Install Horizon Client and connect to a virtual desktop
• Explain USB redirection and options
• Define and compare a thin client with a system running Horizon Client
• Use Virtual Printing for location-based printing

7 Creating Automated Pools of Full Virtual Machines

• Recognize how an automated pool operates
• Compare dedicated-assignment and floating-assignment pools
• Outline the steps to create an automated pool
• Examine the entitlement of desktops in automated pools

8 Creating and Managing Linked-Clone Desktop Pools

• Describe the VMware linked-clone technology
• Enlist the system requirements for View Composer
• Describe the relationship between a persistent disk and the system disk
• Outline the steps necessary to set up a desktop pool that uses linked clones
• Compare the purpose of the parent and the replica virtual machines
• Compare the linked-clone management operations
• Describe the management operations for persistent disks

9 Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools

• Identify the advantages of instant clones
• Distinguish View Composer clones from instant clones
• Identify the types of instant-clone virtual machines
• Enlist the requirements of instant clones
• Outline the steps to set up an automated pool that uses instant clones
• Set up an automated pool of instant clones

10 VMware Horizon Authentication

• Compare the authentication options that View Connection Server supports
• Explain the purpose of roles and privileges in VMware Horizon
• Outline the steps to create a VMware Horizon administrator and a custom role
• List some of the best practices for configuring VMware Horizon administrators
• Configure Horizon Server to use a new TLS Certificate

11 Managing VMware Horizon Security

• Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
• Compare the benefits of using VMware Unified Access Gateway in the DMZ
• List the advantages of direct connections
• Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
• List the two-factor authentication options that are supported by Unified Access Gateway
• Configure a Unified Access Gateway Appliance

12 Profile Management Using User Environment Manager

• Identify the User Environment Manager functional areas and their benefits
• List User Environment Manager components
• Describe User Environment Manager and its architecture
• Install User Environment Manager
• Describe User Environment Manager smart policies

13 Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools

• Explain the difference between an RDS desktop pool and an automated pool
• Describe how a user can access a single application by using the RDS application pool
• Describe the relationship between an RDS host, a farm, and an application pool
• Create an RDS desktop pool and an application pool
• Use View Composer and Instant Clone to automate the build-out of RDSH farms
• Describe the default and alternative load-balancing feature for RDS hosts that optimizes placement of sessions

14 Using App Volumes to Provision and Manage Applications

• Explain how App Volumes works
• Identify the features and benefits of App Volumes
• Identify the interface elements of App Volumes
• Install and configure App Volumes

15 JMP and Horizon 7 Overview

• Identify the benefits of JMP
• Enlist the JMP and Horizon 7 components
• Identify JMP deployment considerations
• Install and configure JMP Server

16 Command-Line Tools and Backup Options

• Describe key View Connection Server features that are available as command-line options with the vdmadmin command
• Explain the purpose of kiosk mode for client systems and how it is configured
• Identify the log locations for each VMware Horizon component
• Describe the backup options for VMware Horizon databases

17 VMware Horizon Performance and Scalability

• Describe the purpose of a replica server
• List several best practices for multiserver deployment in a pod
• Describe the benefits of the Cloud Pod Architecture feature for large-scale VMware Horizon deployments
• Explain how global entitlements can benefit a single-pod environment