Duration: 5 DaysThis hands-on training provides you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to
achieve competence in deploying and managing Horizon® Cloud Service on
Microsoft Azure. This training also teaches you how to use the Horizon Universal
Console and Microsoft Azure portal.
Through a combination of hands-on labs and interactive lectures, you learn how to
import and manage images for VDI and RDSH assignments. You also learn how to
configure and use the Horizon® Universal Broker™ function, App Volumes, Omnissa
Access, and Dynamic Environment Manager in the Horizon Cloud Service on
Microsoft Azure deployment.
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 Active Directory (AD)
requirements and integration best practices
• Discuss the integration of Omnissa Access with Horizon Cloud Service on
Microsoft Azure
• Discuss the requirement 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 for
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 and
multisession pools and pool groups
• Create Single-Session and Multi-Session desktop assignments and
entitlements
• Explain power management options in the single and multi-session pool
groups
• Manage assignable images on Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
• Describe how to use Horizon Image Management Service for Horizon
Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
• Identify how to access desktops and application from Horizon Cloud
Service on Microsoft Azure
• Describe the integration of Dynamic Environment Manager with Horizon
Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
• Manage user personalization and application configurations using the
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 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 Omnissa Access
Explain how a user obtains access to an entitled virtual desktop or application from the 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 Omnissa 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 a VDI desktop assignment
Explain the entitlement of desktops
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
List the steps for creating a multisession assignment
8 Accessing 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 Dynamic Environment Manager on Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
Identify the functional areas of Dynamic Environment Manager and their benefits
Explain how to use the Dynamic Environment Manager console and application profiler to manage user personalization and applic ation
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
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