Course Overview
Delivered by an Omnissa Certified Instructor, the Horizon 8: Install, Configure, and Manage course teaches IT professionals to effectively install and configure the components of Horizon 8. Learners will alsogain practical skills to solve a broad range of business challengesthrough a combination of hands-on labs, simulations, and interactive lectures.
Who should attend
Intermediate to advanced practitioners that design, install, manage, optimize, and troubleshoot enterprise desktops and applications in their environment.
Prerequisites
Recommended:
- Understand fundamental Networking / Storage and Infrastructure concepts
- A working knowledge of Horizon 8
- A background in End-User Computing
Course Objectives
- Understand the course scope, structure, and role-based outcomes for Horizon 8 installation, configuration, and management.
- Explain Horizon 8 architecture, components, and connection workflows used to deliver virtual desktops and applications.
- Install and configure Horizon Connection Servers to authenticate users and broker desktops and applications.
- Create and manage Horizon desktop pools to deliver consistent and scalable virtual desktops.
- Install and configure Horizon Client to provide secure end-user access to desktops and applications.
- Install and configure the Horizon Agent on Windows systems to enable desktop and application delivery features.
- Build and optimize Windows gold images for standardized Horizon desktop deployment.
- Configure RDS server farms and published applications to deliver shared desktops and apps.
- Prepare and deploy Linux virtual desktops using Horizon 8.
- Deploy and configure Unified Access Gateway to enable secure external access to Horizon resources.
- Monitor Horizon environments and support users using built-in helpdesk and troubleshooting tools.
- Configure content and device redirection to balance security and user experience.
- Design and scale Horizon pods to support growth and performance requirements.
- Implement multi-pod and multi-site Horizon architectures for global availability and resiliency.
- Plan and perform Horizon backups, recovery, and upgrades to maintain operational stability.
- Integrate additional Horizon authentication options to strengthen access security.
Course Content
- Course introduction
- Horizon 8 overview and architecture
- Horizon Connection Server
- Horizon desktop pools
- Horizon Client
- Horizon Agent for Windows
- Building a golden image for Horizon
- Horizon 8 server farms and published apps
- Linux on Horizon 8
- Unified Access Gateway for Horizon deployments
- Monitor Horizon 8 and use the Helpdesk
- Content and device redirection with Horizon 8
- Horizon 8 pod scaling, redundancy, and load balancing
- Multiple Horizon 8 pods and multiple sites
- Backup, recovery, and upgrading Horizon 8
- Additional authentication options with Horizon 8
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