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  • Course Introduction
    • Course Introduction
      • Course Introduction
      • Importance
      • Learner Objectives (1)
      • Learner Objectives (2)
      • Course Outline
      • Typographical Conventions
      • References
      • VMware Online Resources
      • VMware Education Overview
      • VMware Certification Overview
      • VMware Digital Badge Overview
  • Introduction to VMware Horizon
    • Introduction to VMware Horizon
      • Importance
      • Learner Objectives
      • About VMware Horizon
      • VMware Horizon Features
      • VMware Horizon Conceptual Architecture Layers
      • Desktops and Apps from Single Platforms
      • About JMP
      • Extensibility to Third-Party Management Tools
      • VMware Horizon Logical Reference Architecture
      • VMware Horizon Licensing
      • About Use Cases
      • Defining Use Cases
      • Workload Categories
      • Example of Use Case Attributes
      • Review of Learner Objectives
      • Key Points
  • View Connection Server
    • View Connection Server: Overview
      • Importance
      • Module Lessons
    • Installing View Connection Server
      • Installing View Connection Server
      • Learner Objectives
      • View Connection Server Features
      • View Connection Server Support
      • VMware Horizon Reference Architecture
      • View Connection Server: System Requirements
      • View Connection Server: Virtualization Requirements
      • VMware Horizon Connection Server Installer
      • Installing AD LDS and Active Directory Tools
      • Initial Access to Horizon Administrator
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Configuring View Connection Server
      • Configuring View Connection Server
      • Learner Objectives
      • Initial Login
      • Licensing View Connection Server and Components
      • Adding vCenter Server Systems
      • Installing View Composer
      • Storage Settings
      • About the Event Database
      • Overview of Event Database Configuration
      • Configuring the Event Database
      • Modifying Event Database Settings
      • Configuring Syslog Servers and Flat-File Shares
      • Lab: Installing and Configuring View Connection Server
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • View Connection Server Dashboard
      • View Connection Server Dashboard
      • Learner Objectives
      • Horizon Administrator Dashboard
      • About the Dashboard Page
      • Examining VMware Horizon Component Details
      • Examining the Desktop Status from the Dashboard
      • Events Page
      • Desktop Sessions
      • Monitoring Pools
      • Monitoring Specific Machines Using the Summary Tab
      • Monitoring Specific Machines Using the vCenter Settings Tab
      • About the Horizon Help Desk Tool
      • Logging In to the Horizon Help Desk Tool
      • Configuring the Horizon Help Desk Tool
      • Horizon Help Desk Tool: Basic User Information
      • Horizon Help Desk Tool: Entitlements
      • Horizon Help Desk Tool: Activities
      • Horizon Help Desk Tool: Session Details
      • Horizon Help Desk Tool: Session Processes
      • Horizon Help Desk Tool: Application Status
      • Horizon Help Desk Tool: Troubleshooting Desktop or Application Sessions
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Key Points
      • Key Points
  • VMware Horizon Desktops
    • Module Overview
      • Importance
      • Module Lessons
    • Preparing Virtual Machines as Desktops
      • Preparing Virtual Machines as Desktops
      • Learner Objectives
      • Desktop Build Process for VMware Horizon
      • About Multiple vCPUs
      • RAM Considerations
      • Installing a Guest OS from Media
      • Creating Windows VMs
      • Windows Volume Activation
      • Installing VMware Tools
      • Firewall Ports
      • Guest OS Optimization
      • VMware OS Optimization Tool
      • General Windows Performance Tuning
      • Creating Gold Masters
      • Lab: Optimizing a View Desktop
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Remote Display Protocols
      • Remote Display Protocols
      • Learner Objectives
      • About Blast
      • Using Blast in Poor Networking Conditions
      • Networking in Blast
      • Blast Protocol Internal Connection Flow (1)
      • Blast Protocol Internal Connection Flow (2)
      • Blast Protocol Internal Connection Flow (3)
      • Blast Protocol Internal Connection Flow (4)
      • Blast Protocol Internal Connection Flow (5)
      • Blast Protocol Internal Connection Flow (6)
      • Blast Protocol Internal Connection Flow (7)
      • Configuring Blast
      • Configuring VMware Blast Options: Client
      • Configuring VMware Blast Policy Settings
      • VMware Blast Administrative Template
      • VMware Blast Policy Settings (1)
      • VMware Blast Policy Settings (2)
      • VMware Blast Policy Settings (3)
      • Blast Bandwidth Profile Reference
      • PCoIP Remote Display Protocol
      • PCoIP Progressive Build
      • PCoIP Administrative Template
      • PCoIP Optimization Controls (1)
      • PCoIP Optimization Controls (2)
      • PCoIP Optimization Controls (3)
      • PCoIP Bandwidth Profile Reference
      • Remote Desktop Protocol
      • Remote-Enabled Users
      • Microsoft RDP Features
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Horizon Agent
      • Horizon Agent
      • Learner Objectives
      • Preparing to Install Horizon Agent
      • Installing Horizon Agent for Windows VMs
      • Horizon Agent Configuration
      • Horizon Agent for Linux Desktop Machines
      • Configuring Desktops for HTML Access
      • Real-Time Audio-Video Kernel-Mode Webcam Driver
      • System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
      • Horizon Skype for Business Virtualization Pack
      • Key Capabilities of Skype for Business Client
      • Horizon Skype for Business Architecture
      • Multimedia Redirection
      • Multimedia Redirection: Support for Windows
      • Session Collaboration Overview
      • Session Collaboration Features
      • Enabling and Configuring Session Collaboration
      • Inviting Users to a Collaboration
      • Session Collaboration Invitation Method
      • Joining Collaborative Sessions
      • Managing Collaborative Sessions
      • Session Collaboration Limitations
      • Using the Horizon Performance Tracker Feature
      • Lab: Installing Horizon Agent in Desktops
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Key Points
      • Key Points
  • VMware Horizon Pools
    • Module Overview
      • Importance
      • Module Lessons
    • Configuring Desktop Pools
      • Configuring Desktop Pools
      • Learner Objectives
      • Creating Templates and Customization Specifications
      • Testing Deployment and Customization
      • Creating a Pool: Pool Definition
      • Selecting vCenter Server Instances
      • Entering Pool Identification Parameters
      • Configuring Pool Settings: General and Remote Settings
      • Configuring Pool Settings: Remote Display Protocol
      • About 3D Renderer Options
      • 3D Renderer Options (1)
      • 3D Renderer Options (2)
      • Configuring 3D Rendering for Desktops
      • Soft 3D (Software-Accelerated Graphics)
      • vSGA Requirements
      • Configuring vSGA
      • vDGA Requirements
      • Shared GPU Hardware Acceleration (NVIDIA GRID vGPU) Requirements
      • Comparing Types of Graphics Acceleration (1)
      • Comparing Types of Graphics Acceleration (2)
      • Configuring 3D Graphic-Intensive Applications: Manage Using vSphere Client
      • Enabling View Storage Accelerator
      • About Native NFS Snapshots
      • Entitling Users and Groups
      • Troubleshooting Unavailable Desktops
      • Lab: Creating and Entitling a VMware Horizon Desktop
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Managing Users and Groups
      • Managing Users and Groups
      • Learner Objectives
      • About the Users and Groups Page
      • About the Sessions Tab
      • About Global Policies
      • Pool-Level Policies
      • Overriding Pool-Level Policies
      • Overriding User-Level Policies
      • Group Policy Administrative Templates
      • VMware Horizon ADMX Template Files (1)
      • VMware Horizon ADMX Template Files (2)
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Key Points
      • Key Points
  • VMware Horizon Client Options
    • Module Overview
      • Importance
      • Module Lessons
    • Horizon Client
      • Learner Objectives
      • Horizon Client to Server Interaction
      • Horizon Client 4.x
      • Characteristics of Thin Clients
      • Characteristics of Zero Clients
      • VMware Horizon Web Portal
      • HTML 5 Access to VMware Horizon Desktops
      • Configuring Secure HTML Access
      • Horizon Client Access to VMware Horizon Desktops
      • SSO Timeout Configuration
      • Horizon Client for macOS
      • SSL Certificate Behavior
      • Horizon Client SSL Configuration
      • Entering User Credentials
      • Selecting Desktops and Client Options
      • USB Redirection
      • URL Content Redirection
      • URL Content Redirection Configuration
      • Client Drive Redirection
      • Setting Up Client Drive Redirection
      • Disabling Client Drive Redirection
      • Serial Port Redirection
      • Flash Redirection
      • Installing Flash Redirection
      • Configuring Flash Redirection
      • Configuring Horizon Client
      • Client System Information Sent to Desktops
      • HTML5 Multimedia Redirection (1)
      • HTML5 Multimedia Redirection (2)
      • Lab: Installing and Using Horizon Client
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Virtual Printing with Horizon Client
      • Virtual Printing with Horizon Client
      • Learner Objectives
      • About the Virtual Printing Feature
      • Virtual Printing with VMware Horizon
      • Transparency for Users
      • Virtual Printing Functions
      • Additional Virtual Printing Functions
      • Installing the Virtual Printing Feature
      • Configuring the Virtual Printing Feature
      • Adjusting the Compression Level
      • Name-Translation Table
      • Location-Based Printing
      • VMware Advanced Printing
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Key Points
      • Key Points
  • Creating Automated Desktop Pools
    • Creating Automated Desktop Pools: Overview
      • Importance
      • Learner Objectives
      • Creating Automated Pools
      • Desktop Persistence
      • Deploying Cloned Full Virtual Machines with vCenter Server
      • Linked and Instant Clones
      • Desktop Pool Settings
      • Provisioning Settings: Desktop Pool Sizing
      • Provisioning Settings: Provisioning Timing
      • Provisioning Settings: Virtual Machines Naming
      • Provisioning Settings: Specifying Names Manually
      • vCenter Server Settings
      • Selecting Templates
      • Selecting Virtual Machine Folders
      • Selecting Hosts or Clusters
      • Selecting Resource Pools
      • Selecting Datastores
      • Selecting Guest Customization
      • Ready to Complete Summary
      • New Desktop Available to Horizon Client
      • Machine Deployment Problems
      • Cloning Automated Desktop Pools
      • Creating Cloned Automated Desktop Pools
      • Review of Learner Objectives
      • Key Points
  • Configuring and Managing Linked-Clone Desktop Pools
    • Module Overview
      • Importance
      • Module Lessons
    • View Composer Concepts
      • View Composer Concepts
      • Learner Objectives
      • View Composer
      • Managing View Composer Linked-Clone Desktops
      • How View Composer Works (1)
      • How View Composer Works (2)
      • vCenter Server Snapshots
      • Linked-Clone Disk Usage
      • Storage Overcommitment Levels
      • Storage Overcommitment Settings
      • VMware Horizon Pools and Datastores
      • Replica VM Files
      • Linked-Clone Files
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Installing View Composer
      • Installing View Composer
      • Learner Objectives
      • View Composer: Installation Requirements
      • View Composer and vCenter Server
      • View Composer Objects in the vCenter Server Inventory
      • View Composer Administration Accounts
      • View Composer: Installation Requirements
      • View Composer Database
      • Using the Existing View Composer Database
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Deploying Linked-Clone Virtual Machines
      • Deploying Linked-Clone Virtual Machines
      • Learner Objectives
      • Preparing Parent VMs
      • Optimizing Windows for Linked Clones
      • Dedicated and Floating Assignment Desktops
      • Configuring vCenter Server Provisioning
      • Configuring Automated Desktop Pools for Linked Clones
      • Desktop Pool Settings
      • View Composer Disks
      • Storage Performance Requirements
      • Storage Optimization: Tiered Storage for Linked-Clone Disks
      • Storage Optimization: vSAN Datastores Enabled
      • Selecting vCenter Server VMs and Resource Settings
      • Nontiered Storage
      • Tiered Storage
      • Advanced Storage Option: Native NFS Snapshots
      • Advanced Storage Option: View Storage Accelerator
      • Advanced Storage Option: Reclaiming VM Disk Space
      • Customization Settings
      • About QuickPrep
      • Comparing Sysprep and QuickPrep
      • Effect on SIDs During View Composer Operations
      • Lab: Deploying Linked-Clone Machines
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Managing Linked-Clone Virtual Machines
      • Managing Linked-Clone Virtual Machines
      • Learner Objectives
      • Recomposing, Refreshing, or Rebalancing VMs
      • Recomposing Linked Clones
      • Refreshing Linked Clones
      • Rebalancing Linked Clones
      • Rebalancing: Before and After
      • Lab: Modifying Linked-Clone Machines
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Managing Persistent Disks
      • Managing Persistent Disks
      • Learner Objectives
      • Managing Persistent Disks
      • Detaching Persistent Disks
      • Attaching Persistent Disks or Recreating VMs
      • Persistent Disks Attached as Secondary Disks
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Key Points
      • Key Points
  • Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
    • Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools: Overview
      • Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools: Overview
      • Importance
      • Module Lessons
    • Introducing Instant Clones
      • Introducing Instant Clones
      • Learner Objectives
      • About Instant Clones
      • VMware VMFork Technology
      • Advantages of Instant Clones
      • Comparing Linked Clones and Instant Clones
      • Differences in vCenter Server Load
      • Comparing View Composer and Instant Clone Provisioning
      • Instant Clone in VMware Horizon: Features
      • Instant Clone in VMware Horizon: Restrictions
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Anatomy of Instant Clones
      • Anatomy of Instant Clones
      • Learner Objectives
      • Overview of Instant Clone Components
      • Configuring the Master VM
      • Instant Clone Components in vCenter Server
      • Creating VM Templates
      • Template VM Files
      • Replica VMs
      • Replica VM Files
      • Parent VMs
      • Parent VM Files
      • Desktop VMs
      • Desktop VM Files
      • Troubleshooting Instant Clones
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Working with Instant Clones
      • Working with Instant Clones
      • Learner Objectives
      • Requirements for Instant Clones
      • Instant Clone Agents
      • Instant Clone Domain Admins
      • Creating Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
      • Initial Instant-Clone Pool Creation
      • About ClonePrep
      • About Desktop Placement
      • Instant Clone Maintenance Operation
      • Scheduling Push Images
      • Checking the Status of Push Images
      • Rescheduling or Canceling Push Images
      • Push Image: Tasks
      • Push Image: Events
      • Recovering Instant Clones
      • Recovery Scenarios for Host Failures
      • Lab: Deploying Instant-Clone Machines
      • Review of Learner Objectives
      • Key Points
  • VMware Horizon Authentication and Certificates
    • VMware Horizon Authentication and Certificates: Overview
      • Importance
      • Module Lessons
    • VMware Horizon Authentication
      • VMware Horizon Authentication
      • Learner Objectives
      • Authentication Options: SAML Authentication
      • Workspace ONE Mode
      • Using Smart Cards for Two-Factor Authentication
      • Connecting to View Connection Server with Smart Cards
      • Smart Card Requirements
      • Configuring Smart-Card Authentication
      • Checking Certificate Revocation
      • Smart-Card Removal Policy
      • RSA SecurID for Two-Factor Authentication
      • Configuring RSA SecurID Authentication
      • RADIUS for Two-Factor Authentication
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Role-Based Delegation Administration
      • Role-Based Delegation Administration
      • Learner Objectives
      • View Connection Server: Roles and Privileges
      • Adding or Removing VMware Horizon Administrators
      • Using Access Groups to Delegate Pool Administration
      • View Connection Server: Permissions
      • Example: Different Administrators for Different Access Groups
      • Predefined Roles (1)
      • Predefined Roles (2)
      • Adding Pools to a New Access Group (1)
      • Adding Pools to a New Access Group (2)
      • Adding Custom Roles
      • Selecting Privileges for Custom Roles
      • Best Practices for Administrator Users and Groups
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Configuring Certificates for VMware Horizon Servers
      • Configuring Certificates for VMware Horizon Servers
      • Learner Objectives
      • About Certificates
      • TLS Certificate Requirements for Horizon Administrator
      • Configuring TLS Certificates in Horizon
      • Private and Public Keys
      • About Certificate Authority
      • Benefits of Using Wildcard TLS Certificates Signed by a CA
      • Setting Up TLS Certificates
      • Review of Learner Objectives
      • Key Points
  • Managing VMware Horizon Security
    • Managing VMware Horizon Security: Overview
      • Managing VMware Horizon Security: Overview
      • Importance
      • Module Lessons
    • Secure VMware Horizon Connections
      • Secure VMware Horizon Connections
      • Learner Objectives
      • Secure Tunnel to View Connection Server
      • Enabling Tunneled Connections
      • Secure Tunnels with Unified Access Gateway
      • Tunnel Connection Limits
      • Direct Connections with View Connection Server
      • Direct Connections: Advantages and Disadvantages
      • Enabling Direct Connections
      • About Restricted Entitlements (1)
      • About Restricted Entitlements (2)
      • Restricted Entitlements: Example
      • Tagging a Pool
      • Tag-Matching Rules
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Unified Access Gateway
      • Unified Access Gateway
      • Learner Objectives
      • About Unified Access Gateway
      • Unified Access Gateway: Overview (1)
      • Unified Access Gateway: Overview (2)
      • Unified Access Gateway: System Requirements
      • Authentication Mechanisms
      • Smart-Card Support for Unified Access Gateway
      • Network Deployment Options
      • Unified Access Gateway: Edge Authentication
      • Unified Access Gateway: EUC Protocol Handling
      • Load-Balancing Examples: Remote and Local
      • Unified Access Gateway: Scale-Out Architecture
      • Firewall Rules: Front-End Firewall
      • Firewall Rules: Back-End Firewall
      • Lab: Configuring a Unified Access Gateway Appliance
      • Review of Learner Objectives
      • Key Points
  • Profile Management Using User Environment Manager
    • Profile Management Using User Environment Manager: Overview
      • Importance
      • Module Lessons
    • User Environment Manager: Introduction
      • User Environment Manager: Introduction
      • Learner Objectives
      • User Environment Manager
      • Consistent and Personalized Access Across Devices
      • Dynamic Policy Configuration Based on Conditions
      • Proven Enterprise-Grade Scalability
      • Just-in-Time Management Platform (JMP)
      • User Environment Manager: Components (1)
      • User Environment Manager: Components (2)
      • User Environment Manager: Architecture
      • User Environment Manager: Functional Areas
      • Application Configuration Management
      • Application Configuration: Key Benefits
      • Installation Prerequisites
      • Installation Procedure
      • Personalization and DirectFlex
      • Managing Application Personalization
      • Personalization: Tab Settings
      • Personalization: Key Benefits
      • Personalization: Windows Settings
      • User Environment: Tab Settings
      • User Environment: Creating Drive Mappings
      • User Environment: Creating Printer Mappings
      • User Environment: Import Templates
      • User Environment: Configure ADMX Template Settings
      • User Environment: Edit ADMX Template Settings
      • Application Migration
      • Configuring Application Migration
      • Dynamic Configuration
      • Benefits of Dynamic Configuration
      • Application Blocking
      • Application Blocking Precedence
      • Privilege Elevation
      • Privilege Elevation: Use Cases
      • Configuring Privilege Elevation for Elevated Applications
      • Configuring Privilege Elevation for User-Installed Applications
      • Enabling Privilege Elevation
      • User Environment Manager Self-Support Tool
      • User Environment Manager Helpdesk Support Tool
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • User Environment Manager Integration with VMware Horizon
      • User Environment Manager Integration with VMware Horizon
      • Learner Objectives
      • Leveraging Smart Policy on the VMware Horizon 7 Platform
      • VMware Horizon Smart Policy: Requirements
      • VMware Horizon Smart Policies settings: USB redirection
      • VMware Horizon Smart Policies settings: Printing
      • VMware Horizon Smart Policies settings: Clipboard
      • VMware Horizon Smart Policies settings: Client Drive Redirection
      • VMware Horizon Smart Policies settings: HTML Access File Transfer
      • VMware Horizon Smart Policies settings: Bandwidth profile
      • VMware Horizon Smart Policies: Scope
      • Smart Policy Conditions
      • Example: Restricting USB Access for External Users
      • Example: Blocking Apps to External Users
      • Example: Blocking Printing for a Pool
      • Smart Policy Workflow
      • Bandwidth Profiles: Blast Extreme and PCoIP
      • PCoIP Bandwidth Profile Reference
      • Using Triggered Task to Refresh Horizon Smart Policies
      • Lab: Controlling a User Environment Based on Conditions
      • Review of Learner Objectives
      • Key Points
  • Creating Remote Desktop Services Desktop and Application Pools
    • Creating Remote Desktop Services Desktop and Application Pools: Overview
      • Importance
      • Module Lessons
    • Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools
      • Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools
      • Learner Objectives
      • Any Application to Any Device Any Time
      • RDS: Key Concepts
      • About Farms
      • RDS Integration Options with VMware Horizon
      • Setting Up Applications in Horizon Client
      • About Workspace ONE
      • Prerequisites for RDSH Integration with VMware Horizon
      • RDSH in the VMware Horizon Environment
      • Deploying and Configuring Remote Applications
      • Installing and Configuring an RDSH (1)
      • Installing and Configuring an RDSH (2)
      • Installing Horizon Agent on the RDSH Gold Master
      • Installing Horizon Agent on RDSH Manual Pool
      • Creating a Manual Farm
      • Adding Application Pools
      • About Application Pools
      • Adding an Application Pool by Selecting Preinstalled Applications
      • Editing the ID and Display Names
      • Adding Applications Manually (1)
      • Adding Applications Manually (2)
      • Application Pool Inventory
      • Accessing Applications from Horizon Client
      • Starting Remote Applications
      • Start Menu Shortcuts
      • Session Pre-Launch (1)
      • Session Pre-Launch (2)
      • Session Pre-Launch (3)
      • Delivering Applications from Multiple Farms
      • RDS Architecture for Multiple Sessions
      • RDS Desktop Pools
      • Accessing All Services from Horizon Client
      • Lab: Creating and Using Remote Desktop Services Pools
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • RDSH Automated Farms
      • RDSH Automated Farms
      • Learner Objectives
      • Comparing Linked-Clone Features
      • Installing Horizon Agent for View Composer
      • Creating Automated Farms
      • Configuring Settings Unique to an Automated Farm
      • RDSH Recompose
      • RDSH Recompose Flow
      • Preparing an RDSH Parent VM
      • Activating Windows on a Linked-Clone RDSH
      • RDSH Instant Clones
      • Requirements for RDSH Instant Clones
      • Deploying RDSH Instant Clones
      • Creating a RDSH Instant-Clone Farm
      • Instantly Adding or Removing an RDSH from a Farm
      • RDSH Immediate Maintenance
      • RDSH: Recurring Maintenance
      • RDSH Image Choice
      • Farm Maintenance Warnings and Grace Periods
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Load Balancing RDSHs
      • Load Balancing RDSHs
      • Learner Objectives
      • Default Load Balancing Assignment for a New Session
      • Configuring Load Balancing for RDSH
      • Load Values and Mapped Load Preferences
      • RDS Load-Balancing Properties
      • RDS-Based Load Reporting
      • RDS Load-Balancing Scripts
      • Using Scripts
      • Configure Application Anti-Affinity
      • Horizon Administrator Reports RDSH Status (1)
      • Horizon Administrator Reports RDSH Status (2)
      • Horizon Administrator Reports RDSH Status (3)
      • Horizon Administrator Reports RDSH Status (4)
      • Horizon Administrator Reports RDSH Status (5)
      • Review of Learner Objectives
      • Key Points
  • Provisioning and Managing Applications Using App Volumes
    • Provisioning and Managing Applications Using App Volumes
      • Provisioning and Managing Applications Using App Volumes
      • Importance
      • Learner Objectives
      • About App Volumes
      • App Volumes: Architecture and Components
      • App Volumes: Installation Requirements
      • App Volumes: Benefits to VDI
      • App Volumes: Installation Prerequisites
      • App Volumes: Firewall Port Requirements
      • App Volumes: Installation
      • Installing App Volumes Manager
      • App Volumes Manager: Initial Configuration
      • App Volumes Agent: Installation Prerequisites
      • Installing App Volumes Agent
      • Preparing and Provisioning Virtual Machines
      • About the App Volumes Manager Console
      • App Volumes: Creating and Assigning AppStacks
      • Creating and Attaching AppStacks
      • Assigning AppStacks to AD Objects
      • Deleting AppStacks
      • Writable Volumes
      • Scaling the App Volumes Manager
      • App Volumes: Best Practices
      • Backup and Recovery Processes
      • Labs
      • Lab: Creating AppStacks with App Volumes
      • Lab: Deploying an Instant-Clone Machine with AppStacks
      • Review of Learner Objectives
      • Key Points
  • Just-in-Time Management Platform and VMware Horizon
    • Just-in-Time Management Platform and VMware Horizon
      • Importance
      • Learner Objectives
      • Overview of JMP and VMware Horizon
      • Benefits of JMP
      • Components of JMP Deployment
      • JMP Integrated Workflow
      • How JMP Works
      • Architecture of a JMP and VMware Horizon Deployment
      • Deployment Considerations
      • JMP Servers: Installation and Configuration Process
      • JMP Server Requirements
      • JMP Server Installation
      • Configuring Initial JMP Settings
      • Demo: JMP and VMware Horizon
      • Review of Learner Objectives
      • Key Points
  • Command-Line Tools and Backup Options
    • Command-Line Tools and Backup Options: Overview
      • Importance
      • Module Lessons
    • Command-Line Tools
      • Command-Line Tools
      • Learner Objectives
      • vdmadmin CLI for View Connection Server
      • Clients in Kiosk Mode
      • Configuring Clients in Kiosk Mode (1)
      • Configuring Clients in Kiosk Mode (2)
      • Configuring Clients in Kiosk Mode (3)
      • Domain Filtering
      • Domain-Filtering Rules
      • About the View Script Host Service
      • Log Locations
      • Collecting Horizon Client Log Files
      • Collecting Horizon Agent Log Files
      • About VMware PowerCLI
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Backing Up and Restoring VMware Horizon Databases
      • Backing Up and Restoring VMware Horizon Databases
      • Learner Objectives
      • View Connection Server: Backup and Restore
      • Backing Up View Composer
      • Database Backup Reporting
      • Database Backup Error Details
      • Restoring the View Composer Database
      • Reconciling Databases
      • Orphaned Linked Clones
      • Resolving Database Inconsistencies
      • About the ViewDbChk Command
      • Review of Learner Objectives
      • Key Points
  • VMware Horizon Performance and Scalability
    • VMware Horizon Performance and Scalability: Overview
      • Importance
      • Module Lessons
    • Single-Pod Performance and Scalability
      • Single-Pod Performance and Scalability
      • Learner Objectives
      • Multiserver Network Configuration in Pods
      • View Connection Server Capabilities
      • About Replica Servers
      • Horizon Data and AD Lightweight Directory Service
      • Replication Networking
      • View Connection Server and View Replica Servers
      • Load Balancing
      • Third-Party Load Balancers
      • VMware Horizon Desktop Blocks
      • VMware Horizon Pods
      • Review of Learner Objectives
    • Using the Cloud Pod Architecture Feature
      • Using the Cloud Pod Architecture Feature
      • Learner Objectives
      • Cloud Pod Architecture (1)
      • Cloud Pod Architecture (2)
      • Pod Federations
      • Cloud Pod Architecture: Requirements and Limits
      • About the Global Data Layer
      • LDAP in Cloud Pod Architecture
      • Initializing Cloud Pod Architecture
      • Global LDAP in the Initial Pod
      • Global LDAP Replication to Other Pods
      • About the VMware Interpod API
      • Global Entitlements
      • Global Entitlements: Scope
      • Global Entitlements: Search Order
      • Creating Global Entitlements for Desktops
      • Selecting Desktop Pools for Entitlement
      • Review of Learner Objectives
      • Key Points
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