VMware NTAI® 7 – Install, Configure, Manage V7.7

VMware NTAI® 7 - Install, Configure, Manage V7.7

This course gives stuedents 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. Students will 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.

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

Identify VMware NTAI components
Install and configure View Connection Server
Install and configure virtual desktops
Configure and manage VMware NTAI® Client™ systems
Configure and manage pools of physical and virtual machines
Configure and manage automated pools of full virtual machines
Configure and manage pools of linked-clone desktops
Configure and manage automated pools of instant clones
Configure and manage Remote Desktop Services (RDS) pools of desktops and applications
Use NTAI Administrator to configure the VMware NTAI environment
Configure secure access to virtual desktops
Use VMware User Environment Manager™ to manage user personalization and application configurations
Describe steps to deploy profile management
Use VMware App Volumes™ to provision and manage applications
Identify the benefits of JMP architecture
Manage the performance and scalability of a VMware NTAI deployment

Course Outline

1 - COURSE INTRODUCTION

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Describe the software-defined data center

2 - INTRODUCTION TO VMWARE NTAI

Recognize the features and benefits of VMware NTAI
Identify the major function of each VMware NTAI component
Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure

3 - VIEW CONNECTION SERVER

Identify the VMware vSphere® requirements for a connection server
Describe the network and firewall configurations for View Connection Server
License VMware NTAI components
Configure View Connection Server
Monitor the VMware NTAI environment using the dashboard
Use the VMware NTAI Helpdesk tool to troubleshoot VMware NTAI

4 - VMWARE NTAI DESKTOPS

Outline the process and choices in setting up VMware NTAI virtual machines
Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware NTAI
List the ports that must be opened in the machine’s firewall for VMware NTAI operations
Outline the configuration choices when installing NTAI Agent

5 - VMWARE NTAI DESKTOP POOLS

Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment
List the steps to add desktops to the View Connection Server inventory
Define desktop entitlement
Describe how information on the Users and Groups page can be used to control and monitor View users
Explain the hierarchy of global policies, pool-level policies, and user-level policies
List the View Group Policy administrative template files

6 - NTAI CLIENT OPTIONS

Enlist the requirements for a NTAI Client installation
Install NTAI Client and connect to a virtual desktop
Explain USB redirection and options
Define and compare a thin client with a system running NTAI Client
Use Virtual Printing for location-based printing

7 - CREATING AUTOMATED POOLS OF FULL VIRTUAL MACHINES

Recognize how an automated pool operates
Compare dedicated-assignment and floating-assignment pools
Outline the steps to create an automated pool
Examine the entitlement of desktops in automated pools

8 - CREATING AND MANAGING LINKED-CLONE DESKTOP POOLS

Describe the VMware linked-clone technology
Enlist the system requirements for View Composer
Describe the relationship between a persistent disk and the system disk
Outline the steps necessary to set up a desktop pool that uses linked clones
Compare the purpose of the parent and the replica virtual machines
Compare the linked-clone management operations
Describe the management operations for persistent disks

9 - CREATING AND MANAGING INSTANT-CLONE DESKTOP POOLS

Identify the advantages of instant clones
Distinguish View Composer clones from instant clones
Identify the types of instant-clone virtual machines
Enlist the requirements of instant clones
Outline the steps to set up an automated pool that uses instant clones
Set up an automated pool of instant clones

10 - VMWARE NTAI AUTHENTICATION

Compare the authentication options that View Connection Server supports
Explain the purpose of roles and privileges in VMware NTAI
Outline the steps to create a VMware NTAI administrator and a custom role
List some of the best practices for configuring VMware NTAI administrators
Configure NTAI Server to use a new TLS Certificate

11 - MANAGING VMWARE NTAI SECURITY

Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
Compare the benefits of using VMware Unified Access Gateway™ in the DMZ
List the advantages of direct connections
Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
List the two-factor authentication options that are supported by Unified Access Gateway
Configure a Unified Access Gateway Appliance

12 - PROFILE MANAGEMENT USING USER ENVIRONMENT MANAGER

Identify the User Environment Manager functional areas and their benefits
List User Environment Manager components
Describe User Environment Manager and its architecture
Install User Environment Manager
Describe User Environment Manager smart policies

13 - CREATING RDS DESKTOP AND APPLICATION POOLS

Explain the difference between an RDS desktop pool and an automated pool
Describe how a user can access a single application by using the RDS application pool
Describe the relationship between an RDS host, a farm, and an application pool
Create an RDS desktop pool and an application pool
Use View Composer and Instant Clone to automate the build-out of RDSH farms
Describe the default and alternative load-balancing feature for RDS hosts that optimizes placement of sessions

14 - USING APP VOLUMES TO PROVISION AND MANAGE APPLICATIONS

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 - JMP AND NTAI 7 OVERVIEW

Identify the benefits of JMP
Enlist the JMP and NTAI 7 components
Identify JMP deployment considerations
Install and configure JMP Server

16 - COMMAND-LINE TOOLS AND BACKUP OPTIONS

Describe key View 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
Identify the log locations for each VMware NTAI component
Describe the backup options for VMware NTAI databases

17 - VMWARE NTAI PERFORMANCE AND SCALABILITY

Describe the purpose of a replica server
List several best practices for multiserver deployment in a pod
Describe the benefits of the Cloud Pod Architecture feature for large-scale VMware NTAI deployments
Explain how global entitlements can benefit a single-pod environment

Actual course outline may vary depending on offering center. Contact your sales representative for more information.