This 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.

Target Audience

• Systems Integrators
• Systems Administrator
• Cloud Administrators
• Solutions Architects
• Solution Engineers
• Account Manager
• Sales Engineers
• Microsoft End-User Computing Specialists
• Consultants

Prerequisites

This course has no prerequisites.

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 Dynamic Environment Manager management console and application profiler
• Discuss the usage of App Volumes for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
• Interpret scalability considerations for Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure
• Apply troubleshooting techniques relevant to Horizon Cloud Service and Microsoft Azure
• Summarize the analytics and monitoring capabilities in Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure

Course Modules

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 application 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