Professional VMware Horizon 8.x Training and Certification

Course Overview

The Professional VMware Horizon 8.x training program is designed to equip IT professionals with the skills needed to deploy, configure, and manage virtual desktops and published applications through the VMware Horizon platform. Horizon 8.x brings enhanced performance, security, and integration features for delivering secure digital workspaces in modern enterprises.

This hands-on course covers all essential components of Horizon—including Connection Server, Instant Clones, Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM), App Volumes, Unified Access Gateway, and more. Participants will also prepare for the VMware Certified Professional – Desktop and Mobility (VCP-DTM) certification.

Why Choose This Course

  • Gain in-depth knowledge of VMware Horizon 8 architecture and components

  • Learn how to deliver and manage virtual desktops, RDSH apps, and pools

  • Understand zero trust access, Blast Extreme protocol, and remote user security

  • Master Instant Clone technology, App Volumes, and dynamic policy control

  • Prepare confidently for the VMware Horizon 8 certification and elevate your career

Who Should Enroll

  • System administrators and desktop infrastructure engineers

  • VMware professionals managing VDI solutions

  • Consultants designing Horizon environments for enterprise clients

  • Support engineers working in end-user computing and remote access environments

  • IT professionals preparing for VCP-DTM (Horizon 8) certification

Skills You Will Gain

  • Installing and configuring Horizon Connection Server, Agent, and Client Components

  • Creating and managing desktop pools, published apps, and RDS farms

  • Deploying Instant Clones, managing images, and configuring DEM for user settings

  • Integrating and managing App Volumes for on-demand application delivery

  • Securing access with Unified Access Gateway (UAG) and managing external connectivity

  • Monitoring and troubleshooting desktop sessions, performance, and infrastructure health

Career Opportunities

  • VMware Horizon Administrator

  • VDI Engineer / End-User Computing Specialist

  • Desktop Virtualization Consultant

  • IT Infrastructure Architect

  • Remote Access Systems Engineer

Ideal for industries such as banking, education, IT services, healthcare, telecom, and global enterprises moving toward hybrid work models and centralized desktop delivery.

Modernize Your IT Infrastructure with Horizon 8

VMware Horizon 8.x empowers organizations to securely deliver desktops and applications from any infrastructure. This training provides the hands-on expertise needed to build, manage, and optimize powerful digital workspaces.

Enroll in VMware Horizon 8.x Training at Linux Training Center, Coimbatore

Professional VMware Horizon 8.x Syllabus

Modules

Section 1 – IT Architectures, Technologies, Standards

Section 2 – VMware Solution

  • Objective 2.1 - Describe the features and benefits of a VMware Horizon solution
  • Objective 2.2 - Describe the various components in a VMware Horizon solution and their use
  • Objective 2.1.1 - Describe the purpose of Horizon Agent
  • Objective 2.1.2 - Explain VMware Tools
  • Objective 2.1.3 - Describe the Session Collaboration feature
  • Objective 2.1.4 - Describe VMware Integrated Printing
  • Objective 2.1.5- Describe 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8
  • Objective 2.1.6 - Discuss scalability options available in Horizon 8
  • Objective 2.1.7 - Describe different security options for the Horizon environment
  • Objective 2.1.8- Describe Horizon Connection Server features and function
  • Objective 2.1.9 - Describe the features and benefits of Workspace ONE Access when used with
  • Horizon 8
  • Objective 2.1.10 - Describe how a load-balancing capability improves VMware Horizon
  • performance
  • Objective 2.1.11 - Describe benefits of the Cloud Pod Architecture feature for a large-scale
  • VMware Horizon deployments
  • Objective 2.1.12 - Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway
  • Objective 2.1.13 - Describe RD Host on RDSH Farm and an application pool
  • Objective 2.1.14 - Compare remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon
  • Objective 2.3 - Describe conceptual and logical architecture of VMware Horizon

    • Section 3 – Plan and Design the VMware Solution

    Section 4 – Install, Configure, Administrate the VMware Solution

  • Objective 4.1 - Work with vSphere in a VMware Horizon solution
  • Objective 4.1.1 - Use the vSphere Client to access your vCenter Server system and ESXi hosts
  • Objective 4.1.2 - Recognize ESXi hosts communicate with vCenter Server
  • Objective 4.1.3 - Create and Provision a VM
  • Objective 4.2 - Work with VMware Horizon Desktops
  • Objective 4.2.1 - Create and optimize Windows VMs to create VMware Horizon desktops
  • Objective 4.2.2 - Configure, manage, and entitle desktop pools of full VMs
  • Objective 4.2.3 - Configure desktops for HTML Access
  • Objective 4.2.4 - Create Windows VMs
  • Objective 4.2.5 - Create Linux VMs
  • Objective 4.2.5 - Optimize the Horizon desktop using OSOT
  • Objective 4.3 - Work with Horizon Agent
  • Objective 4.3.1 - Create a golden image for VMware Horizon Windows desktops
  • Objective 4.3.2 - Add Application shortcuts to the Desktop and Start menu of Windows client devices
  • Objective 4.3.3 - Configure an application to start before a user opens the application in the Horizon Client
  • Objective 4.4 - Work with VMware Horizon Desktop Pools
  • Objective 4.4.1 - Set up a template for a desktop pool deployment
  • Objective 4.4.2 - Entitle user and groups to pools
  • Objective 4.4.3 - Access the setting and status of a pool
  • Objective 4.4.4 - Configure, manage and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops
  • Objective 4.4.5 - Push updated images to Instant Clone desktop pools
  • Objective 4.4.6 - Set up and automated pool of instant clones
  • Objective 4.5 - Work with VMware Horizon Clients
  • Objective 4.5.1 - Configure and manage the VMware Horizon Client systems and connect the
  • client to a VMware Horizon desktop
  • Objective 4.5.2 - Identify the steps to enable and configure Session Collaboration
  • Objective 4.5.3 - Configure VMware Integrated Printing
  • Objective 4.5.4 - List the management options for permissions and folders
  • Objective 4.5.5 - Use Group Policy Settings (and registry) to configure Horizon Client
  • Objective 4.6 - Work with a Published Application
  • Objective 4.6.1 - Create and use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools
  • Objective 4.6.2 - Create an application pool to give users access to an application that runs on a
  • Windows VM in a desktop pool
  • Objective 4.6.3 - Create an RDS Desktop pool and application pool and access desktops and
  • applications from Horizon Client
  • Objective 4.6.4 - Create application pools from installed applications in RDSH or Linux farms
  • Objective 4.6.5 - Describe default load-balancing procedure for RDSHs on a farm and configure
  • a load balancing script on RDSH
  • Objective 4.7 - Work with Horizon Connection Server
  • Objective 4.7.1 - Add desktops to the Horizon Connection Server inventory
  • Objective 4.7.2 - Configure a Horizon Event database
  • Objective 4.7.3 - Describe Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements
  • Objective 4.7.4 - Describe the structure of the AD LDS database and how it is navigated
  • Objective 4.7.5 - Describe how to apply/consume a Horizon license
  • Objective 4.8 - Work with authentication methods and certificates in a Horizon solution
  • Objective 4.8.1 - Describe the authentication and certification options for a Horizon environment
  • Objective 4.8.2 - Describe the authentication methods supported by Horizon Connection Server
  • (incl. smart card authentication)
  • Objective 4.8.3 - Outline the steps to create a Horizon administrator
  • Objective 4.8.4 - Outline the steps to create a custom role
  • Objective 4.8.5 - Describe the purpose of using Transport Layer Security certificates for VMware Horizon
  • Objective 4.8.6 - Integrate Horizon with Workspace ONE Access and other SAML providers
  • Objective 4.9 - Work with Horizon protocols
  • Objective 4.9.1 - Analyze the remote display protocols that are available in VMware horizon
  • Objective 4.9.2 - Describe BLAST Display protocol codecs and options
  • Objective 4.9.3 - List ideal applications for each BLAST codec
  • Objective 4.9.4 - Describe BLAST and PCoIP ADMX GPO common configurations
  • Objective 4.10 - Work with graphics cards in a Horizon solution
  • Objective 4.10.1 - Describe the 3D rendering settings available in VMware Horizon
  • Objective 4.10.2 - List the steps to configure graphics for use in A VMware environment
  • Objective 4.11 - Work with Horizon scalability options
  • Objective 4.11.1 - Configure load-balancing settings in Horizon Console
  • Objective 4.11.2 - Explain how multiple Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization
  • Objective 4.11.3- List several best practices for a multi-server deployment in a pod
  • Objective 4.11.4 - Describe the Cloud Pod Architecture LDAP replication
  • Objective 4.11.5 - Compare the purpose of the global LDAP instance and the local LDAP instance
  • Objective 4.11.6 - Describe the purpose of the interpod communication and the View Interpod
  • API(VIPA)
  • Objective 4.11.7 - Describe Cloud Pod Architecture Global Entitlements
  • Objective 4.11.8 - Initialize Cloud Pod Architecture
  • Objective 4.12 - Work with App Volumes (specific to 4.x)
  • Objective 4.12.1 - Create and assign packages, working with Writeables, etc
  • Objective 4.13 - Work with Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM)
  • Objective 4.13.1 - Work with Horizon Smart Policies
  • Objective 4.14 - Configure roles and privileges in VMware Horizon
  • Objective 4.15 - Work with Horizon security
  • Objective 4.15.1 - Identify the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway in the DMZ
  • Objective 4.15.2 - Identify the tunnel points when the security gateway is not used
  • Objective 4.15.3 - List the two-factor authentication methods that the Unified Access Gateway supports
  • Objective 4.15.4 - List Unified Access Gateway firewall rules
  • Objective 4.16 - Describe and use the capabilities of the VMware Horizon console
  • Objective 4.16.1 - Use the dashboard to perform day 2 operations
  • Objective 4.16.2 - Monitor performance of remote desktop/s using the Horizon Performance Tracker
  • Objective 4.16.3 - Monitor desktop sessions using the HelpDesk tool
  • Objective 4.16.4 - Describe how information found on the Users and Groups page is used to control and monitor VMware Horizon users

    • Section 5 – Troubleshoot and Optimize the VMware Solution

  • Objective 5.1 - Perform basic troubleshooting and repairing tasks
  • Objective 5.1.1 - Schedule maintenance of instant clones
  • Objective 5.1.2 - Resolve basic network troubleshooting (DHCP, NTP, DNS, AD)
  • Objective 5.1.3 - Awareness of log files (generation and location)

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