VMware Horizon Cloud Service: Deploy and Manage on Microsoft Azure

This five-day, hands-on training provides you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence in deploying and managing VMware Horizon® Cloud Service™ on Microsoft Azure. This training increases your skills and competence in using the VMware Horizon® Cloud Administration Console and Microsoft Azure portal.

Who Can Benefit

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

Skills Gained

• 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 Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure networking concepts
• Discuss Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure AD requirements and integration best practices
• Determine the steps and requirements to deploy or upgrade Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
• Apply concepts relevant to primary VMs and a Windows 10 Enterprise multisession.
• Discuss and create Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) Farms
• Create VDI desktop assignments and entitlements
• Manage assignable images on Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
• Describe the integration of VMware Dynamic Environment Manager with Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
• Explain how App Volumes works with Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
• Discuss the integration of VMware Workspace ONE® Access™ with 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.

Prerequisites

• This course has no prerequisites.

Course Content

Outline

• Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

• Introduction to Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
• Identify Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure features, benefits, and licensing options.
• Interpret Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure architecture components to identify configuration prerequisites.
• Interpret Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure deployment models.
• Discuss concepts related to Virtual Machines in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure.

• Connectivity and Networking
• Summarize Horizon Cloud Service connectivity considerations and tasks.
• Discuss Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure networking concepts.
• Identify ports required for local connections, remote connections, and endpoint operating system firewall rules.

• Active Directory
• List the features and limitations of supported AD configurations.
• Discuss Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure AD integration best practices.
• Determine Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure AD requirements.

• Deployment and Upgrades
• Determine steps and requirements to deploy Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure.
• Discuss the features and benefits of using multiple tenant subnets for desktops and RDSH.
• Discuss the features and benefits of using Internal and External UAG.
• Discuss UAG Custom Deployment options in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure.
• Recognize Horizon Cloud Service console controls that are available for administrators.
• Identify Horizon Cloud Service upgrade features and benefits.

• Image Management
• List the steps and considerations to take when setting up a primary VM to be used as an assignable image.
• Explain Windows 10 Enterprise multisession for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure.

• Remote Desktop Session Host Farms
• List the steps and considerations to take when creating an RDSH farm.
• List the actions that can be performed on farms listed on the console’s farms page.
• List the actions to assign an application to a user or group.
• List the prerequisites and steps to create an RDSH session assignment.

• VDI Desktops
• Compare a dedicated assignment to floating assignment.
• Outline steps to create a VDI desktop assignment.
• Explain the entitlement of desktops.

• Managing Assignable Images
• Manage assignable images
• Update agent and images

• VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
• Identify the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager functional areas and their benefits.
• Prepare infrastructure for VMware Dynamic Environment Manager.
• Outline the steps that are required to install and configure VMware Dynamic Environment Manager components.
• Manage user personalization and application configurations using the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager management console and application profiler.

• 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.
• Install and configure App Volumes in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure.

• Workspace ONE Access
• Describe Workspace ONE and Workspace ONE Access.
• Identify the features and components.
• Integrate Horizon Cloud Service with Workspace ONE Access.
• Understand the Best Practices for using Workspace ONE Access.

• Scalability Considerations
• Define the Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure scalability options.
• Evaluate cost analysis and sizing considerations.
• Describe functions and features of Universal Broker.
• Identify limitations of Universal Broker.
• Configuring the Universal Broker with Horizon Cloud Service on Azure.

• Troubleshooting Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
• Discuss Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure troubleshooting basics.
• Summarize the analytics and monitoring capabilities in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure.
• Discuss Horizon Cloud Service troubleshooting basics.