course objectives

Upon completing this course, the delegates will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Understand the features and operation of View, View design principles and ThinApp operation

You should 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 virtualised
• 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
• Indentify information that is required for design decisions
• Recognise situations that benefit from best-practice recommendations
• Use the recommended design process
• Analyse 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

prerequisites

Completion of:

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
• Or equivalent experience with vSphere

course objectives

Upon completing this course, the delegates will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Install and configure View components
• Create persistent and non-persistent desktop pools
• Configure virtual desktops for printing, USB redirection and multimedia redirection
• Configure authentication using devices such as smart cards or cryptographic authentication fobs
• Use VMware View Composer to deploy and manage linked clone virtual desktops
• Package applications using VMware ThinApp for a VMware virtual desktop infrastructure

prerequisites

Required prerequisites:

• Experience in Microsoft Windows Active Directory (AD) administration
• VMware Infrastructure: Install and Configure

Delegates must also have these skills:

• Create a template in VMware vCenter Server and deploy a virtual machine from it
• Modify a template customisation file
• Open a virtual machine console on vCenter Server and access the guest operating system
• Modify a virtual machines hardware (add disk, add NIC)
• Configure Windows AD roaming profiles