VMware View: Install, Configure, Manage 4.5

Dates	upon group formation
Venue	OptiCom training centre (5 Rupniecibas Street, Riga, LV-1010)
Registration deadline	1 month in advance

Overview

This hands-on training course builds your skills in the VMware View suite of products: VMware View Manager, VMware View Composer, and VMware ThinApp. This course is based on the VMware View 4.5 release.

Objectives

At the end of the course, you should understand the features and operation of View and be able to:

• 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 Persona Management
• Configure secure access to desktops through a public network
• Use ThinApp to package applications

Audience

System administrators and system integrators who are experienced with VMware vSphereâÄ¢ and are responsible for their organization's deployment of VMware technology for virtual desktop infrastructure.

Prerequisites

System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems.

Required

• Experience in Microsoft Windows Active Directory administration
• Experience with vSphere

Recommended

• Completion of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage

Basic Skills Self-Assessment

You must already have these skills:

• Create a template in VMware vCenterâÄ¢ Server and deploy a virtual machine from it.
• Modify a template customization file.
• Open a virtual machine console in vCenter Server and access the guest operating system.
• Configure Active Directory services.

Detailed Course Outline

Course Introduction

Module 1: Course Introduction
Module 2: Introduction to VMware View

• VMware View features and components

Module 3: VMware View Connection Server

• Installation and configuration

Module 4: VMware View Virtual Desktops

• VMware View Agent
• PCoIP and other remote display protocols
• USB redirection and multimedia redirection

Module 5: VMware View Client Options

• VMware View Client and View Client with local mode
• Thin clients
• Virtual Printing

Module 6: VMware View Administrator

• Configuring pools of dedicated and floating desktops
• Persona Management for desktops
• Role-based delegated administration
• Managing ThinApp virtualized applications

Module 7: Configuring and Managing Linked Clones

• VMware View Composer configuration

Deploying and modifying linked clone desktops

Module 8: Managing VMware View Security

• Network configuration and authentication options

Module 9: View Manager Performance and Scalability

• Performance considerations and load balancing

Module 10: VMware ThinApp

• Using ThinApp to capture applications
• Deploying and updating ThinApp packages