Virtualizing Enterprise Desktops and Apps

Course details

This course builds your skills in Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Service Pack 2 (SP2), Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V), and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) as part of Windows Server 2012 R2.

Course Outline

1 - Overview of Desktop and Application Virtualization

• Overview of Virtualization Technologies
• Usage Scenarios for Virtualization
• Considerations for Implementing Virtualization
• Lab : Overview of Desktop and Application Virtualization

2 - Planning and Implementing User State Virtualization

• Understanding and Planning for User State Virtualization
• Configuring Roaming User Profiles and Folder Redirection
• Configuring UE-V
• Lab : Planning and Implementing User State Virtualization

3 - Planning and Implementing App-V

• Overview of Application Virtualization
• App-V Architecture
• Planning App-V Infrastructure
• Deploying App-V Infrastructure
• Lab : App-V Introduction and Architecture
• Lab : Planning and Implementing App-V

4 - Managing and Administering Application Virtualization

• Managing and Administering Application Virtualization
• Modifying Published Application and Configuration Upgrades
• App-V Reporting
• Lab : Managing and Administering Application Virtualization

5 - Planning and Deploying App-V Clients

• Overview of App-V Client
• Installing and Configuring the App-V Client
• Managing App-V Client Properties
• Lab : Planning and Deploying App-V Clients

6 - Application Sequencing

• Overview of Application Sequencing
• Planning for Application Sequencing
• Sequencing an Application
• Advanced Application Sequencing
• Lab : Application Sequencing

7 - Configuring Client Hyper-V

• Overview of Client Hyper-V
• Creating Virtual Machines
• Managing Virtual Hard Disks
• Managing Checkpoints
• Lab : Configuring Client Hyper-V

8 - Planning and Deploying Session-Based Desktops

• Overview of Remote Desktop Services
• Planning Infrastructure for Session-Based Desktops
• Deploying Session-Based Desktops
• RDS High Availability
• Lab : Planning and Deploying Session-Based Desktops

9 - Configuring and Managing RemoteApp Programs

• Publishing and Configuring RemoteApp Programs
• Working With RemoteApp Programs
• Lab : Configuring and Managing RemoteApp Programs

10 - Planning Personal and Pooled Desktops

• Overview of Personal and Pooled Desktops
• Planning and Optimizing Desktop Templates
• Lab : Planning Pooled and Personal Desktops

11 - Planning and Implementing Infrastructure for Pooled and Personal Desktops

• Planning Storage for Personal and Pooled Desktops 
• Capacity Planning for Pooled and Personal Desktops
• Implementing Pooled and Personal Desktops
• Implementing RemoteApp for Hyper-V
• Lab : Planning and Implementing Infrastructure for Pooled and Personal

12 - Implementing Remote Access for VDI

• Extending VDI Outside the Organization
• Controlling RD Gateway Access
• Lab : Implementing Remote Access for VDI

13 - Performance and Health Monitoring of VDI Infrastructure

• Overview of Monitoring Desktop and Application Virtualization
• Monitoring Desktop Virtualization Infrastructure
• Lab : Performance and Health Monitoring of VDI Infrastructure

Target Audience: This course is intended for the IT administrators, and implementers, of large and midsized organizations who want to understand and get hands on experience with the latest Microsoft desktop and application virtualization technologies and how to plan, implement, and manage virtual infrastructure solutions based on these technologies.