Detailed Course Outline
1 Course introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
2 Horizon 8 overview and architecture
- Introduction to Horizon 8
- Horizon 8 components and architecture
- How an internal connection works
- How an external connection works
3 Horizon Connection Server
- Planning and prerequisites
- Connection Server overview and installation
- Initial configuration of the Connection Server
- Register resource capacity
- Additional recommended configuration
4 Horizon desktop pools
- About desktop pools
- Provisioning desktop pools
- Customizing clones
- Creating desktop pools
- User entitlements
- Updating desktop pools
5 Horizon Client
- Horizon clients and their features
- Installing the Horizon Client
- Configuring the Horizon Client
- Upgrading the Horizon Client
6 Horizon Agent for Windows
- Features of the Horizon Agent for Windows
- Installing and Configuring the Horizon Agent for Windows
- Applying policies to the Horizon Agent
- Horizon Integrated Printing
- Upgrading the Horizon Agent
7 Building a golden image for Horizon
- Outlining the role of a golden image in VDI
- Implementing optimizations in a Windows image
- Building a Windows golden image
8 Horizon 8 server farms and published apps
- Explain Horizon 8 farms
- Provision server farms
- Walkthrough of farm wizard
- Deploy and configure Horizon published applications
- Deploy and configure published apps on demand
9 Linux on Horizon 8
- Explain and summarize the features of the Horizon Agent for Linux
- Install and configure the Horizon Agent for Linux
- Apply policies to the Horizon Agent for Linux
- Configure printing for Linux
- Perform upgrades of Horizon Agent for Linux
- Build a Linux golden image
10 Unified Access Gateway for Horizon deployments
- What is Unified Access Gateway?
- Deploying Unified Access Gateway
- Configure two-factor authentication
11 Monitor Horizon 8 and use the Helpdesk
- Monitor the infrastructure with the Horizon 8 console
- Manage and troubleshoot user sessions
- Collect Horizon log files
12 Content and device redirection with Horizon 8
- Redirection functions and benefits
- Device redirection
- Client drive redirection
- Web content redirection
13 Horizon 8 pod scaling, redundancy, and load balancing
- Recognize the design principles and best practices for scaling a Horizon 8 pod
- Implement multiple Connection Servers for scale and resilience
- Implement multiple Unified Access Gateways for scale and resilience
14 Multiple Horizon 8 pods and multiple sites
- Configure Cloud Pod Architecture
15 Backup, recovery, and upgrading Horizon 8
- Implement backup and recovery for Connection Servers
- Perform an upgrade of a Horizon 8 pod
- Perform an upgrade of Unified Access Gateways
16 Additional authentication options with Horizon 8
- User authentication options on Connection Servers
- Configuring integration with Omnissa Access
- True SSO