VMware Horizon 7: What’s New [V6.x to V7.x]

• Course Introduction
• Evolution of VMware Horizon
• Upgrading to VMware Horizon 7
• Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
• Managing VMware Horizon Security
• Profile Management Using User Environment Manager
• Creating RDS Desktop and Application Pools
• Using App Volumes to Provision and Manage Applications
• Troubleshooting an Upgrade

This three-day, hands-on course gives you the skills to upgrade from VMware Horizon® 6 to VMware Horizon® 7. It also introduces the new features in VMware Horizon 7 that enable you to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. In addition to performing an upgrade, you will use many of the new features available in VMware Horizon 7 to instantly provision virtual and remote desktops and applications.

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

• Identify the versions of VMware Horizon components
• Upgrade View Connection Server to VMware Horizon 7
• Upgrade View Composer to VMware Horizon 7
• Upgrade VMware Horizon® Client™ systems to Horizon Client 4.6
• Upgrade Horizon Agent to Horizon Agent 7
• Describe the new features in VMware Horizon 7
• Configure and manage automated pools of instant clones
• Use VMware User Environment Manager™ to manage user personalization and application configurations
• Describe how to deploy profile management
• Use VMware App Volumes™ to provision and manage applications
• Troubleshoot upgrade issues

Customers attending this course should have attended the VMware Horizon (with View): Install, Configure, Manage course or have equivalent experience. Students must have experience managing a VMware Horizon deployment.

Technical IT personnel responsible for the delivery of remote or virtual desktops, applications, and services