Duration
3 days
Overview
This three-day course presents a methodology for designing a VMware Horizon® solution. The design methodology includes recommendations for the type of information and data that must be gathered and analyzed to make sound design decisions for client systems, desktop options, VMware vSphere® infrastructure, and VMware Horizon components. VMware best practices are presented for each phase of the design process. In this course, you apply your new knowledge by working with other participants to design a VMware Horizon solution for a real-world project.
Product Alignment
VMware Horizon 7.x
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Assess the business and application requirements of an environment
- Analyze design choices and design an infrastructure architecture for end-user computing that addresses the needs of the environment
- Design a VMware Horizon infrastructure architecture that addresses the needs of the organization and follows VMware best practices
- Document a design that can be implemented
- Design a comprehensive VMware Horizon solution
Certifications
This course prepares you for the following certification:
- VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Desktop and Mobility Design (VCAP7-DTM Design)
Target Audience
Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for designing and implementing VMware Horizon solutions
Prerequisites
This course recommends the following skills and knowledge:
Virtualized desktop implementation experience
Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] course or
equivalent experience
Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals course
Course Modules
Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Infrastructure Assessment
Define customer business objectives
Gather and analyze business and application requirements
Use a systematic methodology to evaluate and document design decisions
VMware Horizon Design
Identify the design process to build a VMware Horizon solution
Identify the VMware Horizon reference architecture
Outline the process to define a use case
Determine use cases for a given business case study
Outline the process to define service definition
VMware Horizon Block and Pod Design
Identify the components of a typical VMware Horizon block and pod
Outline the relationships between VMware Horizon management block components
Design a VMware Horizon desktop block and pod configuration for a given use case
Configure cloud pod architecture for multisite pool access
Pool and Desktop Configuration
List the key considerations for sizing hardware for a desktop virtual machine
Identify key virtual desktop performance tuning and Windows optimizations and their effects on VMware Horizon performance
Map use cases to VMware Horizon instances and VMware Horizon pools
Design desktop pools for a given use case
VMware Infrastructure Design
Identify factors and design decisions that determine the sizing for VMware ESXi™ hosts
Estimate and size CPU and memory requirements
Determine cluster requirements for VMware vSphere® High Availability and VMware vSphere® Distributed Resource Scheduler™
Outline the privileges that are required by an administrative user account
Storage Design
Identify factors that determine the sizing for shared storage
Determine storage-sizing formulas for clone disks
Reduce storage requirements with instant clones
Identify use cases and benefits of using View Storage Accelerator
Identify use cases and benefits of using VMware vSAN™
Network and Security Design
Identify the design decisions related to bandwidth use
Identify use cases and benefits of using load balancing and traffic management
Identify the best practices for avoiding network congestion
Recognize the PCoIP and Blast Extreme optimization strategies
Describe the design considerations for sizing network capacity
Evaluate security features of the security server and VMware Unified Access Gateway™
Compare the security server and Unified Access Gateway
End-User Session Design
Configure Horizon Persona Management for end-user personalization
Discuss the use of VMware User Environment Manager™ for personalizing desktops
Identify VMware best practices for Active Directory containers, groups, and Group Policy object policies in a VMware Horizon solution
Identify VMware best practices for True SSO
Identify client device characteristics and requirements
Delivering and Managing Applications
Describe the importance of the application delivery mechanism
Determine which VMware Horizon application tool should be used to accomplish which business objectives
Design and create Remote Desktop Services farms and application pools to support the deployment of applications
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.