Omnissa Horizon® 8: Install, Configure, and Manage (OH8ICM)

Module 1 Course introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Module 2 Horizon 8 overview and architecture

• Introduction to Horizon 8
• Horizon 8 components and architecture
• How an internal connection works
• How an external connection works

Module 3 Horizon Connection Server

• Planning and prerequisites
• Connection Server overview and installation
• Initial configuration of the Connection Server
• Register resource capacity
• Additional recommended configuration

Module 4 Horizon desktop pools

• About desktop pools
• Provisioning desktop pools
• Customizing clones
• Creating desktop pools
• User entitlements
• Updating desktop pools

Module 5 Horizon Client

• Horizon clients and their features
• Installing the Horizon Client
• Configuring the Horizon Client
• Upgrading the Horizon Client

Module 6 Horizon Agent for Windows

• Features of the Horizon Agent for Windows
• Installing and Configuring the Horizon Agent for Windows
• Applying policies to the Horizon Agent
• Horizon Integrated Printing
• Upgrading the Horizon Agent

Module 7 Building a golden image for Horizon

• Outlining the role of a golden image in VDI
• Implementing optimizations in a Windows image
• Building a Windows golden image

Module 8 Horizon 8 server farms and published apps

• Explain Horizon 8 farms
• Provision server farms
• Walkthrough of farm wizard
• Deploy and configure Horizon published applications
• Deploy and configure published apps on demand

Module 9 Linux on Horizon 8

• Explain and summarize the features of the Horizon Agent for Linux
• Install and configure the Horizon Agent for Linux
• Apply policies to the Horizon Agent for Linux
• Configure printing for Linux
• Perform upgrades of Horizon Agent for Linux
• Build a Linux golden image

Module 10 Unified Access Gateway for Horizon deployments

• What is Unified Access Gateway?
• Deploying Unified Access Gateway
• Configure two-factor authentication

Module 11 Monitor Horizon 8 and use the Helpdesk

• Monitor the infrastructure with the Horizon 8 console
• Manage and troubleshoot user sessions
• Collect Horizon log files

Module 12 Content and device redirection with Horizon 8

• Redirection functions and benefits
• Device redirection
• Client drive redirection
• Web content redirection

Module 13 Horizon 8 pod scaling, redundancy, and load balancing

• Recognize the design principles and best practices for scaling a Horizon 8 pod
• Implement multiple Connection Servers for scale and resilience
• Implement multiple Unified Access Gateways for scale and resilience

Module 14 Multiple Horizon 8 pods and multiple sites

• Configure Cloud Pod Architecture

Module 15 Backup, recovery, and upgrading Horizon 8

• Implement backup and recovery for Connection Servers
• Perform an upgrade of a Horizon 8 pod
• Perform an upgrade of Unified Access Gateways

Module 16 Additional authentication options with Horizon 8

• User authentication options on Connection Servers
• Configuring integration with Omnissa Access
• True SSO