Course Overview

This five-day, hands-on training provides you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully deploy and manage VMware Horizon® Cloud Service™ on Microsoft Azure. This training also teaches you how to use the VMware Horizon Cloud administration console and Microsoft Azure portal.

Through a combination of hands-on labs and interactive lectures, you learn how to import and manage images for single- and multisession assignments. You also learn how to configure and use the Universal Broker function, VMware App Volumes™, VMware Workspace ONE® Access™, and VMware Dynamic Environment Manager™ in the Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure deployment.

Who should attend

Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure administrators, system integrators, account managers, solutions architects, solutions engineers, sales engineers, and consultants.

Prerequisites

This course has no prerequisites.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

Describe the architecture of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Discuss the initial Microsoft Azure configurations required for the Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure deployment
Discuss Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure networking concepts
Discuss Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure AD requirements and integration best practices
Discuss the integration of Workspace ONE Access with Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Discuss the requirements for deploying Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Demonstrate how to deploy or upgrade Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Identify the Horizon Cloud Service console controls that are available to administrators
Identify Horizon Cloud upgrade features and benefits
List the steps and considerations to take when setting up a primary VM to be used as an assignable image
List the steps to install the user software on the primary VM
Describe pools and pool groups
Explain the creation process and configuration options for single-session and multisession pools and pool groups
Create single-session and multisession assignments and entitlements
Explain power management options in the multisession pool groups
Manage assignable images on Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Identify how to access desktops and application from Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Describe the integration of VMware Dynamic Environment Manager with Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Manage user personalization and application configurations using the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager management console and application profiler
Discuss the usage of App Volumes for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Interpret scalability considerations for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Apply troubleshooting techniques relevant to Horizon Cloud Service and Microsoft Azure
Summarize the analytics and monitoring capabilities in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

Outline: VMware Horizon Cloud Services Next Gen on Microsoft Azure: Deploy and Manage (HCSNGMADM)

1 Course Introduction

Introduction and course logistics
Course objectives

2 Introduction to Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

Discuss the features and benefits of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Identify the available Horizon Cloud and Microsoft licensing options
Identify the system architecture components of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Explain how VMware Dynamic Environment Manager is used in Horizon Cloud profile management
Describe Horizon Cloud application management using App Volumes
Identify the Microsoft Azure configuration prerequisites for a Horizon Cloud integration
Identify the main Microsoft Azure components required for a Horizon Cloud deployment
Review the virtual machines supported in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

3 Microsoft Azure Networking Requirements

Discuss Horizon Cloud connectivity considerations and tasks
Explain the networking concepts for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Identify the ports required for local connections, remote connections, and endpoint OS firewall rules

4 Identity Management

Explain computer identity type and user identity type
Discuss the best practices for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure AD integrations
Determine the requirements for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure AD
Describe the benefits of integrating Horizon Cloud with Workspace ONE Access
Explain how a user obtains access to an entitled virtual desktop or application from the VMware Workspace ONE® Intelligent Hub catalog
Discuss the importance of binding directory with Workspace ONE Access and setting up custom user attribute synchronization
Discuss the importance of configuring the Remote App Access client in Workspace ONE Access
Demonstrate how to access an entitled Horizon virtual desktop or application in the Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub catalog

5 Deployment and Upgrades

Explain the steps and requirements for deploying Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Describe the features and benefits of Horizon Edge
Describe the differences between internal and external gateways
Outline the Horizon Universal Console controls available for administrators
Identify the features and benefits of the Horizon Cloud upgrades

6 Creating Images

Outline the process and configuration choices for setting up primary VMs
Identify the configuration choices for importing primary VMs
List the steps to install the user software on the primary VM
Explain how to convert a configured primary VM to an assignable image
Describe pools and pool groups
List the steps for configuring an image to a pool
List the steps for configuring an image to a pool group

7 Pool Groups

Compare dedicated assignments to floating assignments
Outline the steps for creating single-session and multisession assignment
Explain the entitlement of pool groups
Outline the creation process and configuration options for multisession pools and pool groups
Explain the power management selections in the multisession pool groups
Compare the rolling maintenance and load-balancing options
Identify the actions related to the multisession groups page
Identify the actions to add and assign applications to a user or group
Outline the prerequisites for entitling a multisession assignment

8 Access Desktops and Applications

Identify the different versions of Horizon Client
Describe how to access desktops and remote applications with Horizon Client
Describe how to access desktops and remote applications with a browser
Compare the remote display protocols that are available for Horizon Cloud
Describe the Blast Extreme display protocol codecs
List the ideal applications for each Blast Extreme codec
Describe the Blast Extreme policy configurations

9 Managing Images

Describe images
Explain how to manage images

10 VMware Dynamic Environment Manager on Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

Identify the functional areas of VMware Dynamic Environment Manager and their benefits
Explain how to use the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager console and application profiler to manage user personalization and application configurations

11 App Volumes for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

Explain how App Volumes works with Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Identify the features and benefits of App Volumes in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Identify the interface elements of App Volumes in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Demonstrate how to configure App Volumes in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

12 Scalability Considerations

Recognize the scalability settings for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

13 Troubleshooting Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

Explain the troubleshooting basics for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Identify the analytics and monitoring capabilities of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Explain the troubleshooting basics for Horizon Cloud

VMware Horizon Cloud Services Next Gen on Microsoft Azure: Deploy and Manage (HCSNGMADM)