VMware NTAI® 7 – Install, Configure, Manage plus App Volumes Fast Track V7.10

VMware NTAI® 7 - Install, Configure, Manage plus App Volumes Fast Track V7.10

This five-day, extended hour course gives you the skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. This course builds your skills in installing, configuring, and managing VMware NTAI® 7 through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs. You learn how to configure and deploy pools of virtual machines, how to manage the access and security of the machines, and how to provide a customized desktop environment to end users. Build your skills in application management using VMware App Volumes™ and VMware Dynamic Environment Manager™. You will learn how to use App Volumes to deliver applications and data to desktops and users in seconds and at scale. You will gain skills in managing application lifecycles from installation to update and replacement. You will also learn how to use Dynamic Environment Manager to provide personalization and dynamic policy configuration across virtual, physical, and cloud-based environments to simplify end-user profile management.

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

Recognize the features and benefits of VMware NTAI
Install and configure VMware NTAI® Connection ServerTM
Create and optimize Windows VMs to create VMware NTAI desktops
Describe the purpose of NTAI Agent
Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware NTAI
Configure and manage the VMware NTAI® ClientTM systems and connect the client to a VMware NTAI desktop
Configure, manage, and entitle automated pools of full VMs
Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops and linked-clone desktops
Install and configure View Composer
Outline the steps and benefits for using TLS CA signed certificates in VMware NTAI environments
Use the role-based delegation to administer a VMware NTAI environment
Configure secure access to VMware NTAI desktops
Understand and create Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools
Install and configure App Volumes to deliver and manage applications
Deploy VMware Dynamic Environment ManagerTM for user and application management
Install and configure a Just-in-Time Management Platform (JMP) server for managing JMP components
Describe VMware Dynamic Environment Manager Smart Policies
Use the command-line tools available in VMware NTAI to back up and restore the required VMware NTAI databases
Manage the performance and scalability of a VMware NTAI deployment
Identify the benefits of the Cloud Pod Architecture feature for large-scale VMware NTAI deployments
Describe the features and functions of App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager
Demonstrate the architectures of App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager
Install and configure App Volumes
Create and deploy Application Packages and writable volumes
Install and configure Dynamic Environment Manager
Manage application configurations, user environment settings, and personalization settings

Course Outline

1 - COURSE INTRODUCTION

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

2 - INTRODUCTION TO VMWARE NTAI

Recognize the features and benefits of VMware NTAI
Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of VMware NTAI
Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure
Convert customer requirements to use case attribute

3 - NTAI CONNECTION SERVE

Recognize VMware NTAI reference architecture
Identify the recommended system requirements for NTAI Connection Server
Identify the recommended virtualization requirements for a NTAI® Connection ServerTM instances

4 - VMWARE NTAI DESKTOPS

Outline the process and choices to set up Windows VMware NTAI VMs
Assign vCPUs and RAM to Windows VMs
Create Windows VMs
Configure VMware ESXiTM host virtual switches
Optimize the performance of Windows VMs

5 - VMWARE NTAI POOLS

Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment
List the steps to add desktops to the NTAI Connection Server inventory
Define user entitlement

6 - VMWARE NTAI CLIENT OPTIONS

Describe the requirements for a NTAI Client installation on a Windows system
Explain USB redirection and options
Describe the shared folders option
Describe the different clients and their benefits

7 - CREATING AUTOMATED DESKTOP POOLS

Describe how an automated pool operates
Compare dedicated-assignment and floating-assignment pools
Outline the steps to create an automated pool

8 - CONFIGURING AND MANAGING LINKED-CLONE DESKTOP POOLS

Describe VMware linked-clone technology
Explain why both a parent VM and a snapshot must be used to create linked clones
Outline the system requirements for View Composer

9 - CREATING AND MANAGING INSTANT-CLONE DESKTOP POOLS

Describe instant clones
List the advantages of instant clones
Differentiate between View Composer linked clones and instant clones

10 - VMWARE NTAI AUTHENTICATION AND CERTIFICATES

Compare the authentication options that NTAI Connection Server supports

11 - MANAGING VMWARE NTAI SECURITY

Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
Identify the benefits of using VMware Unified Access GatewayTM in the DMZ
Identify the tunnel endpoints when the security gateway is not used
Describe a direct connection in a VMware NTAI environment
List the advantages of direct connections
Describe how direct connections are enabled

12 - PROFILE MANAGEMENT USING DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT MANAGER

Identify the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager functional areas and their benefits
Prepare infrastructure for VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
Outline the steps that are required to install and configure VMware Dynamic Environment Manager components
Manage user personalization and application configurations using the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager management console and application profiler

13 - CREATING RDS DESKTOP AND APPLICATION POOLS

Explain the difference between an RDS Desktop pool and an automated pool
Access a single application by using the RDS Application pool
Compare and contrast an RD Session Host pool, a farm, and an application pool
Create an RDS Desktop pool and an application pool

14 - PROVISIONING AND MANAGING APPLICATION USING APP VOLUMES

Explain how App Volumes works
Identify the features and benefits of App Volumes
Identify the interface elements of App Volumes
Install and configure App Volumes

15 - JUST-IN-TIME MANAGEMENT PLATFORM AND VMWARE NTAI

Identify the benefits of Just-in-Time Management Platform (JMP)
List the JMP and NTAI 7 components
Install and configure a JMP server
Identify App Volumes deployment considerations
Identify VMware Dynamic Environment Manager deployment considerations

16 - COMMAND-LINE TOOLS AND BACKUP OPTIONS

Describe key NTAI Connection Server features that are available as command-line options with the vdmadmin command
Explain the purpose of kiosk mode for client systems and how it is configured
Explain why you limit the domains that NTAI Connection Server displays to users as they attempt to authenticate
Identify the log locations for each VMware NTAI component
Collect NTAI Client and NTAI Agent log files

17 - VMWARE NTAI PERFORMANCE AND SCALABILITY

Describe the purpose of a replica connection server
Compare a replica server to a standard connection server
Explain how multiple NTAI Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization
List several best practices for multiserver deployment in a pod
Describe how a load-balancing capability might improve VMware NTAI performance

18 - NTAI APPLICATION MANAGEMENT BUNDLE

App Volumes
Dynamic Environment Manager
VMware ThinApp®

19 - OVERVIEW OF APP VOLUMES

Describe the basic architecture and operations
Explain the function of App Volumes Manager
Explain the function of App Volumes Agent
Describe the principals of SAM
List the stages of application package lifecycle
Describe a writable volume
Identify the major requirements to deploy

20 - APP VOLUMES INSTALLATION OVERVIEW

Describe the installation sequence
Describe the App Volumes operation modes for packages and writable volumes
Describe the installation steps for the App Volumes Manager

21 - WORKING WITH APPLICATION PACKAGES

Explain the concept of simplified application packaging
List the steps of application package life cycle
Differentiate between an application, package, and program
Create an application package
Use markers to assign the new version of an application package
Edit an Application
Edit a package

22 - WORKING WITH WRITABLE VOLUMES

Describe what a writable volume is and where it is used
Compare AppStacks with writable volumes
Describe the operation of a writable volume
Explain how to assign a writable volume to a desktop
Create and assign a writable volume in a lab environment

23 - WORKING WITH APPSTACKS

Explain how applications in an AppStack are available to a user
Describe how to create an AppStack and populate it with applications
Describe how to update an application in an existing AppStack

24 - OVERVIEW OF DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT MANAGER

Describe Dynamic Environment Manager and its architecture
Describe the functional areas and benefits of Dynamic Environment Manager
Describe Dynamic Environment Manager profile management and its features

25 - INSTALLATION OF DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT MANAGER

Recognize considerations for planning a Dynamic Environment Manager deployment
Identify preconfiguration requirements before installing and starting the Dynamic Environment Manager - Management Console
Recognize key steps in the installation process of Dynamic Environment Manager
Describe the initial configuration process for the management console and FlexEngine

26 - MANAGEMENT CONSOLE USER INTERFACE

Describe the capabilities of the primary tabs in the Dynamic Environment Manager - Management Console
Associate conditions with Dynamic Environment Manager settings
Describe how Dynamic Environment Manager supports multiple environments

27 - APPLICATION CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

Explain how a user can use the Dynamic Environment Manager Self-Support tool to recover from application configuration mistakes
Explain how administrators and support staff can use the Dynamic Environment Manager Helpdesk Support Tool to troubleshoot profile problems
Describe how the Dynamic Environment Manager SyncTool enables and synchronizes the offline use of Dynamic Environment Manager
Describe how the Dynamic Environment Manager Application Profiler can be used to create predefined configurations for applications

28 - VMWARE NTAI 7 SMART POLICIES

Describe VMware NTAI Smart Policies
Describe VMware NTAI View Smart Policies Setting
Overview of VMware NTAI Smart Policies conditions
Examples of VMware NTAI Smart Policies

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