Detailed Course Outline
Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Horizon Connection Server
- Recognize VMware Horizon reference architecture
- Identify the Horizon Connection Server supported features
- Identify the recommended system requirements for Horizon Connection Server
- Configure Horizon event database
- Outline the steps for the initial configuration of Horizon Connection Server
- Discuss the AD LDS database as a critical component of Horizon Connection Server installation
Authentication and Certificates
- Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
- Describe the Smartcard authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports
- Outline the steps to create a Horizon administrator and custom roles
- Describe the roles available in a Horizon environment
- Explain the role that certificates play for Horizon Connection Server
- Install and configure certificates for Horizon Connection Server
- Install and configure True SSO in a Horizon environment
Workspace ONE Access and Virtual Application Management
- Recognize the features and benefits of Workspace ONE Access
- Recognize the Workspace ONE Access console features
- Explain identity management in Workspace ONE Access
- Explain access management in Workspace ONE Access
- Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration
- Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services
Horizon Protocols
- Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
- Describe BLAST
- Describe the BLAST Display Protocol Codecs
- Summarize BLAST Codec options
- List ideal applications for each BLAST codec
- Describe BLAST and PCoIP ADMX GPO common configurations
Graphics Cards
- Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
- Compare vSGA and vDGA
- List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment
Horizon Scalability
- Describe the purpose of a replica connection server
- Explain how multiple Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization
- List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a Horizon environment
- Configure a load balancer for use in a Horizon environment
- Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture LDAP replication and VIPA
- Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture scalability options
Horizon Security
- Explain concepts relevant to secure Horizon connections
- Describe how to restrict Horizon connections.
- Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
- List the two-factor authentication options that are supported by Unified Access Gateway
- List Unified Access Gateway firewall rules
- Describe the situation in which you might deploy Unified Access Gateway instances with one, two, or three network interfaces
Horizon Connection Server Troubleshooting
- Discuss Horizon Connection Server General Troubleshooting techniques
- Use logs to identity Horizon Connection Server common issues
- Describe Active Directory (AD) Lightweight Directory Service (LDS) Replication
- Discuss Horizon Connection Server Replication common issues
- Review and Interpret Horizon Connection Servers logs.
- Compare successful and unsuccessful logs from common infrastructure administration tasks.
Unified Access Gateway Troubleshooting
- List and identify common UAG deployment issues
- Monitor the UAG deployment to identify health and issues
- Identify and Troubleshoot UAG certificate issues
- Monitor, test, and troubleshoot network errors
- Discuss general UAG troubleshooting processes.
BLAST Configuration Verification
- Discuss BLAST Codecs and Encoder Switch settings.
- Describe how to verify BLAST configuration using logs and settings.
BLAST Optimization
- List general BLAST optimization recommendations.
- Summarize BLAST tuning recommendations that apply to WAN connections.
- Summarize BLAST tuning recommendations that apply to work-from-home and home-office-to-cloud use cases.
- Describe recommended tuning options to increase display protocol quality for all use cases and applications.
Horizon Connections Troubleshooting
- Explain Horizon Connections.
- Describe the role of Primary and Secondary protocols in Horizon Connections.
- Describe HTML Client Access Connections.
- Describe Horizon Connections Load Balancing.
- Describe timeout settings, supported health monitoring string, and suitable Load balancer persistence values.
- Identify troubleshooting steps for failing Horizon Load Balancer connections.
- List troubleshooting steps for Horizon Connections.
Horizon Certificates Troubleshooting
- List Horizon certificate functions.
- Describe Horizon certificates scenarios.
- Discuss potential challenges related to certificates in Horizon
- Describe the troubleshooting approach to Horizon certificates issues
Cloud Pod Architecture Troubleshooting
- Describe Cloud Pod Architecture troubleshooting scenarios