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Introduction:
VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage is a five-day combination course of VMware Horizon 8: Skills for Virtual Desktop Management & VMware Horizon 8: Infrastructure Administration. This training collection gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You will build on your skills in configuring and managing VMware Horizon 8 through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs. You learn how to configure and deploy pools of virtual machines and how to provide a customized desktop environment to end-users. Additionally, you will learn how to install and configure a virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You learn how to install and configure VMware Horizon Connection Server, VMware Unified Access Gateway, how to configure a load balancer for use with Horizon, and how to establish Cloud Pod Architecture
Audience profile:
Operators, administrators, and architects for VMware Horizon should enrol in this course. These individuals are responsible for the creation, maintenance, and or delivery of remote and virtual desktop services. Additional duties can include the implementation, support, and administration of an organization’s end-user computing infrastructure
Pre-requisites:
In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge and VMware infrastructure skills:
- Use VMware vSphere Web client to view the state of virtual machines, datastores, and networks
- Open a virtual machine console on VMware vCenter Server and access the guest operating system
- Create snapshots of virtual machines
- Configure guest customization specifications
- Modify virtual machine properties
- Convert a virtual machine into a template
- Deploy a virtual machine from a template
Learners should also have the following Microsoft Windows System Administration Experience:
- Configure active directory services, including DNS, DHCP, and time synchronization
- Restrict user’s activities by implementing group policy objects
- Configure Windows systems to allow remote desktop connections
- Build an ODBC connection to an SQL server database
Course objectives:
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon
- Use VMware vSphere® to create VMs to be used as desktops for Horizon
- Create and optimize Windows VMs to create Horizon desktops
- Install and configure Horizon Agent on Horizon desktop
- Configure and manage the VMware Horizon Client systems and connect the client to a VMware Horizon desktop
- Configure, manage, and entitle desktop pools of full VMs
- Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops
- Create and use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools
- Monitor the Horizon environment using Horizon Console Dashboard and Horizon Help Desk Tool
- Identify Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements.
- Describe the authentication and certification options for a Horizon environment
- Recognize the integration process and benefits of VMware Workspace ONE Access and Horizon 8
- Discuss performance and scalability options available in Horizon 8
- Describe different security options for the Horizon environment
Module 1: Introduction to VMware Horizon | |
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Module 2: Introduction To Use Case | |
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Module 3: vSphere For Horizon 8 | |
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Module 4: VMware Horizon Desktops | |
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Module 5: VMware Horizon Agents | |
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Module 6: VMware Horizon Pools | |
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Module 7: VMware Horizon Client Options | |
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Module 8: Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools | |
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Module 9: Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools | |
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Module 10: Monitoring VMware Horizon | |
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Module 11: Horizon Connection Server | |
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Module 12: VMware Horizon Authentication and Certificates | |
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Module 13: Workspace ONE Access & Virtual Application Management | |
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Module 14: VMware Horizon Performance & Scalability | |
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Module 15:Managing VMware Horizon Security | |
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Associated certifications and exam
This course guides students towards achieving VCP-DTM2020 certification.
Upon completion of this course, there are two exams that must be completed for VCP-DTM 2020 certification purposes,
- vSphere 6.7 Foundations Exam (2V0-01.19)
- VMware Professional Horizon 7.7 Exam 2019 (2V0-51.19)
VMware Desktop and Mobility certifications are designed to gauge your level of skill designing, installing, and managing a VMware Horizon with View environment deployed on a VMware vSphere implementation. The VCP-DTM 2020 certification validates a candidate’s skills in performing in-depth configuration and management of VMware Horizon environments. This industry leading certification proves that VCP-DTM 2020 earners can securely deliver personalized virtual desktops, applications, and online services to end-users.
On successful completion of this course, students will receive a Torque IT attendance certificate.

VMware Overview
VMware has been at the forefront with innovative software solutions that enable a software-defined enterprise. To take advantage, organizations need IT professionals who possess the cloud and virtualization skills required to support these environments.
For nearly 8 years, Torque IT has maintained the status of VMware Authorized Training Centre (VATC) in Africa. Torque IT is the first South African owned VMware Authorized Training Centre (VATC) that has locally available skills and resources to offer our clients the broadest range of scheduled authorized VMware training courses, across our national offices, or onsite at any of our customer’s offices across Africa.
Torque IT has been the proud recipient of the prestigious (VATC) of the year award in Africa for four consecutive years. These achievements reflect our commitment to providing you with the highest quality skills development, enablement, training, and certification solutions that demonstrate exceptional depth, breadth, and expertise across Data Center Virtualization, Cloud Infrastructure, Data Center & Cloud Management, Network Virtualization and End-User Computing.