VMware Virtual Desktop Manager

Course overview

This 4-day hands-on training course, aimed at experienced VMware Infrastructure 3 administrators, covers installation, configuration, and management of a VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) using VMware Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM). The course focuses on the delivery of virtual Windows® desktops using the VDM connection-server. This course is 50 percent lecture and 50 percent hands-on labs.

Prerequisites

Required:

• Achievement of a passing score on a short online pre-test. Click here to take the web-based, pre-class self-test to help you determine if you have the right background to attend the HB516S VMware Virtual Desktop Manager
• Comfort with fundamental Windows administration tasks such as adding users and computers to Active Directory domains

Recommended:

• Completion of VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure (HB513S)
• Basic experience in Microsoft Windows administration

Audience

Systems administrators and systems integrators experienced with VMware Infrastructure 3 who are responsible for their organization's deployment of VMware virtual desktop technology.

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Course objectives

At the end of the course, you should be able to do the following:

• Create an Active Directory infrastructure for virtual desktops
• Apply Group Policy Objects and roaming profiles in a VMware virtual desktop infrastructure
• Create and manage Windows XP and Vista virtual desktops using VMware VDM 2.0
• Administer a variety of client devices: PCs and thin clients

Course outline

VDI/VDM Overview

Configuring Active Directory for VDM

Group Policy Objects and Roaming Profiles for VDM

Best Practices for XP and Vista Virtual Machines

Remote Desktop Protocol

Installing VDM

Using VDM Clients

VDM Administration

VDM Persistent and Non-Persistent Pools

VDM Security Server

VDM Tunneled and Direct Connections

VDM Load-Balancing and Multi-Server

VDM Logs and Troubleshooting