VMware View: Desktop Fast Track (v4.5) (VIEWFT)

• Solution architects
• Systems architects
• System administrators
• Application administrators
• IT managers

This course is part of the following Certifications:

• VMware Certified Associate 4 - Desktop (VCA-DT)

Completion of VMware View™: Install, Configure, Manage (Version 5.0) (VIEW) or equivalent experience with vSphere

At the end of the course, you will understand the features and operation of View, View design principles, and ThinApp operation. You will be able to do the following:

• Install and configure View components
• Create and manage dedicated and floating desktop pools
• Deploy and manage linked-clone virtual desktops
• Configure and manage desktops that run in local mode
• Configure secure access to desktops through a public network
• Use ThinApp to package applications
• Describe the major components of the ThinApp architecture
• Modify Package.ini parameters to increase the variety and complexity of applications that can be virtualized
• Use Application Link to dynamically link application components like Microsoft .NET to multiple applications
• Use Application Sync to update applications deployed from servers
• Troubleshoot problems with ThinApp packages
• Identify design goals, requirements, and constraints
• Identify information that is required for design decisions
• Recognize situations that benefit from best-practice recommendations
• Use the recommended design process
• Analyze design choices in the following areas:
  • View Manager infrastructure
  • View desktop options
  • vSphere infrastructure
  • Network infrastructure
  • Client access devices
  • End-user management
  • Construct a comprehensive View solution

This hands-on training course builds your skills in the VMware View™ suite of products: VMware View Manager, VMware View Composer, and VMware® ThinApp™. It will provide you with the knowledge and skills to virtualize Windows applications with ThinApp and to choose the best deployment and updating processes for their environment. The course will also present a methodology for analyzing and designing a View solution for the VMware vSphere™ infrastructure. The course is based on View 4.5 and ThinApp 4.5 and 4.6. It includes a prepaid voucher for the VMware Certified Associate 4 – Desktop examination.

Course Topics include:

• Introduction to VMware View
• View Connection Server
• Installation and configuration of View Desktops
• The View Agent
• View Client Options
• View Administrator
• Configuring and Managing Linked Clones
• Local-Mode Desktops
• Command-Line Tools and Backup Options
• Managing VMware View Security
• The View security server
• View Manager Performance and Scalability
• VMware ThinApp
• Deploying and updating ThinApp packages
• Virtualizing Internet Explorer 6 for use on a Windows 7 system