Nth University Training Course

Target Audience

System administrators and system integrators experienced with VMware Infrastructure 3 who are responsible for their organizations deployment of VMware technology for virtual desktop infrastructure.

Prerequisites

Required:

• Experience in Microsoft Windows Active Directory (AD) administration
• Experience with VMware Infrastructure 3

Recommended:

Completion of VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure.

Basic Skills Self-Assessment

You must already have these skills:

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

Course Outline

• Module 1: Course Introduction
• Module 2: Introduction to VMware View
  • VMware View features and components
• Module 3: VMware View Connection Server
  • Installation and configuration
  • View Administrator
• Module 4: VMware View Virtual Desktops
  • VMware View Agent
  • USB redirection and multimedia redirection
• Module 5: VMware View Client Options
  • VMware View Client
  • VMware View Portal
  • Thin clients and Offline Desktop
• Module 6: View Administrator
  • Configuring automated desktop pools
  • Persistent and nonpersistent pools
• Module 7: Configuring and Managing Linked Clones
  • VMware View Composer configuration
  • Deploying and modifying linked clone desktops
• Module 8: Unified Access
  • Accessing physical systems, blade PCs, Terminal Services
• Module 9: Virtual Printing
  • Seamless printing from desktop to client printers
• Module 10: Managing View Security
  • Network configuration and authentication options
• Module 11: View Manager Performance and Scalability
  • Performance enhancements and load balancing
• Module 12: VMware ThinApp
  • Deploying applications using VMware ThinApp