VMware NTAI® 7 – Skills for Public Sector Administrators v7.0

VMware NTAI® 7 - Skills for Public Sector Administrators v7.0

This course gives students the skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform.

By the end of the course, you 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 virtualmachines
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 andapplications
Use NTAI Administrator to configure the VMware NTAIenvironment
Configure secure access to virtual desktops
Manage the performance and scalability of a VMware NTAI deployment
Describe the features and functions of App Volumes and User Environment Manager
Install and configure App Volumes
Create and deploy AppStacks and writable volumes
Manage application configurations, user environment settings, and personalization settings

Course Outline

1 - 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

2 - 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

3 - VMWARE NTAI POOLS AND DESKTOPS

Outline the process and choices in setting up VMware NTAI 7 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 with installing NTAI Agent

4 - NTAI CLIENT OPTIONS

Describe the requirements for a NTAI Clients installation
Explain USB redirection and options
Describe the power states for desktops
Describe the configuration options for Virtual Printing

5 - CREATING AUTOMATED POOLS

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

6 - CONFIGURING AND MANAGING LINKED-CLONE DESKTOP POOLS

Describe the VMware linked-clone technology
Explain why both a parent virtual machine and a snapshot must be used to create linked clones
Outline the system requirements for View Composer
Setup an automated desktop pool that uses linked clones

7 - CREATING AND MANAGING INSTANT-CLONE DESKTOP POOLS

Identify the advantages of instant clones
Identify the requirements of instant clones
Describe the types of instant-clone virtual machines
Outline the steps to set up an automated pool that uses instant clones

8 - CREATING RDS DESKTOP AND APPLICATION POOLS

Describe how a user can access a single application by using the RDS application pool
Create an RDS desktop pool and an application pool
Explain how the View Composer linked-clone technology can automate the build-out of RDS server farms and load balance

9 - VMWARE NTAI 7 AUTHENTICATION

Compare the authentication options that View Connection Server supports
Describe the purpose of TrueSSO single sign-on
Identify TrueSSO single sign-on components

10 - MANAGING VMWARE NTAI SECURITY

Compare tunnels and direct connections for client access to desktops
Compare the benefits of using either VMware NTAI Security Server or Access Point in the DMZ
Identify where the tunnel endpoints are in a security server or an Access Point implementation
Identify the tunnel endpoints when the security gateway is not used
Explain a direct connection
List the advantages of direct connections

11 - PROFILE MANAGEMENT USING USER ENVIROMENT MANAGER

Identify the use cases and benefits of using User Environment Manager
Describe User Environment Manager and its architecture
Explain the User Environment Manager functional areas and their benefits
Explain User Environment Manager profile management and its features
Use the User Environment Manager management console and application profiler to manage user personalization and application configurations

12 - COMMAND-LINE TOOLS AND BACKUP OPTIONS

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

13 - VMWARE NTAI PERFORMANCE AND SCALABILITY

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

14 - OVERVIEW OF APP VOLUMES ENTERPRISE

App Volumes
User Enviroment Manager
VMware ThinApp

15 - OVERVIEW OF APP VOLUMES

Features and benefits
Scalability and limitations
Storage group distribution strategies
App Volumes components

16 - INSTALLATION OF APP VOLUMES

Infrastructure and system requirements
Installing and configuring App Volumes Manager
Installing the App Volumes agent

17 - WORKING WITH APPSTACKS

Creating and provisioning AppStacks
Managing and updating AppStacks
Using AppStacks in a virtual desktop
Using AppStacks in a Remote Desktop Services host
Best practices for AppStacks

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