Course details

This hands-on training course builds your skills in the VMware® Horizon View™ suite of products: VMware® View Manager™, VMware® View Composer™, and VMware® ThinApp®. This course is based on the Horizon View 5.2 and ThinApp 4.7 releases.

Course Outline

1 - Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives

2 - Introduction to VMware Horizon View

  • Introduce View features and components

3 - View Connection Server

  • Install and configure View Connection Server

4 - VMware Horizon View Desktops

  • Introduce View Agent
  • Describe PCoIP and Remote Desktop Protocol remote display protocols
  • Explain USB redirection and multimedia redirection

5 - VMware View Client Options

  • Introduce VMware® View™ Client
  • Introduce VMware® View™ Client with Local Mode
  • Describe HTML clients, thin clients, and zero clients
  • Introduce Virtual Printing with View Client

6 - View Administrator

  • Configure the Horizon View environment
  • Manage users, sessions, and policies
  • Configure and provision automated pools of desktops
  • Explain role-based delegated administration
  • Monitor the Horizon View environment

7 - Configuring and Managing Linked Clones

  • Introduce View Composer operations
  • Deploy and provision linked-clone desktops
  • Manage linked-clone desktops
  • Manage persistent disks

8 - Local-Mode Desktops

  • Configure local-mode desktops
  • Describe View Transfer Server and the Transfer Server
  • repository
  • Describe local-mode operations

9 - Managing VMware Horizon View Security

  • Describe network configuration and authentication options
  • Configure the Horizon View security server

10 - View Persona Management

  • Configure user profiles with View Persona Management
  • Describe View Persona Management and Windows roaming profiles
  • Configure a View Persona Management deployment
  • Describe best practices for a View Persona Management deployment

11 - Command-Line Tools and Backup Options

  • Introduce vdmadmin utility
  • Describe client systems in kiosk mode
  • Back up the Horizon View databases
  • Restore the Horizon View databases

12 - View Connection Server Performance and Scalability

  • Describe replica connection servers
  • Explain performance considerations and load balancing

13 - VMware Horizon Application Manager

  • Ensure that VMware® Horizon Application Manager™ is working
  • Introduce Application Manager components
  • Describe single sign-on from Horizon View to Horizon View desktops
  • Enable browser access to Horizon View desktops through Horizon View
  • Entitle applications by using Horizon View

14 - VMware ThinApp

  • Use ThinApp to capture applications
  • Deploy and update ThinApp packages
  • Virtualize Internet Explorer 6 for use on a Windows 7 system
  • Manage ThinApp applications in Horizon View

Target Audience: System administrators and system integrators responsible for deploying the VMware® virtual desktop infrastructure

Related Exams:

  • VCP5-DT
Updated on 08 November, 2015

About New Horizons Ireland

With a very convenient location next to Jervis street in Dublin 1, we offer a wide range of IT and business skills courses and we can also send our instructors to your location.

We are 100% Irish owned, but we are also part of the largest independent IT Training Provider, New Horizons Computer Learning Centres who deliver more courses than any other IT training company.

Because we're local, we understand the needs of business and individuals in our community. Whether you choose to take classes in person or online, you're always welcome to call or stop by.

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