Module 1: Introduction to VMware View

• VMware View Features and Components

Module 2: VMware View Connection Server

• Installation and Configuration
• View Administrator

Module 3: VMware View Virtual Desktops

• VMware View Agent
• PCoIP and Other Remote Display Protocols
• USB Redirection and Multimedia Redirection

Module 4: VMware View Client Options

• VMware View Client
• VMware View Portal
• Thin Clients and Offline Desktop

Module 5: View Administrator

• Configuring Automated Desktop Pools
• Persistent and Nonpersistent Pools

Module 6: Configuring and Managing Linked Clones

• VMware View Composer Configuration
• Deploying and Modifying Linked Clone Desktops

Module 7: Unified Access

• Accessing Physical Systems, Blade PCs, Terminal Services

Module 8: Virtual Printing

• Seamless Printing from Desktop to Client Printers

Module 9: Managing View Security

• Network Configuration and Authentication Options

Module 10: View Manager Performance and Scalability

• Performance Enhancements and Load Balancing

Module 11: VMware ThinApp

• Deploying Applications using VMware ThinApp

Lab 1: Installing and Configuring the View Connection Server

• Add an ESXi host to the vCenter Server inventory
• Confirm setup of the virtual machine to be used as the connection server
• Install View Connection Server software
• License View Manager
• Associate a vCenter Server system with the View Connection Server
• Configure an event database

Lab 2: Installing the View Agent in Desktops

• Create a vCenter Server resource pool for View desktop pools
• Prepare the Windows XP desktop
• Install the View Agent
• Establish a Remote Desktop Connection to the virtual desktop

Lab 3: Creating and Entitling a View Desktop

• Clone a Windows XP virtual machine to a template
• Modify the customization specification that will be used to clone Windows XP desktops
• Deploy a second Windows XP desktop virtual machine from the template
• Confirm correct deployment of the virtual machine
• Create two manual pools, each with one desktop virtual machine
• Entitle the manual pool

Lab 4: Installing the View Client

• Install the View Client
• Connect to a virtual desktop
• Clone a second client virtual machine

Lab 5: Configuring and Using Virtual Printing

• Install and use a virtual printer
• Configure a virtual printer instance on the virtual desktop

Lab 6: Modifying Global View Settings

• Modify three global settings values
• Limit vCenter Server provisioning operations

Lab 7: Managing Users and Sessions

• Use View Administrator to disconnect a logged-in user and reset a virtual desktop
• Retrieve information about specific users
• Examine recent connection server events

Lab 8: Creating and Using Automated Pools

• Set up a vCenter Server folder for virtual desktops in a pool
• Create an automated pool with dedicated assignment desktops
• Verify the creation of the pool by connecting to a desktop
• Test a second concurrent connection to a desktop in the pool
• Delete the automated pool for dedicated desktops
• Create an automated pool with floating desktops
• Test the provisioning on the automated pool by connecting to a floating assignment desktop
• Test the destruction of the floating assignment desktop
• Delete the automated pool for floating desktops

Lab 9: Role-Based Delegated Administration

• Create a View Folder
• Move a pool into a new folder
• Modify permissions on a folder
• Verify permissions on a folder
• Use a global permission to allow a user or user group limited access to the View environment
• Remove all administrator permissions

Lab 10: Accessing VMware ThinApp Applications with View Desktops

• Configure the ThinApp application repository
• Scan and install ThinApp MSI packages on selected desktops
• Confirm the installation of the virtualized Foxit Reader application
• Remove the virtualized Foxit Reader from a desktop

Lab 11: Installing View Composer

• Prepare the vCenter Server system for View Composer
• Install View Composer on the vCenter Server system

Lab 12: Deploying Linked-Clone Desktops

• Take a baseline snapshot from the parent virtual machine
• Enable View Composer and authorize the View administrator for use by QuickPrep
• Create an automated pool of linked-clone desktops
• Test an individual linked-clone desktop

Lab 13: Modifying Linked-Clone Desktops

• Modify a single lined-clone desktop
• Make a global change for all linked-clone desktops

Lab 14: Managing Linked-Clone Persistent Desktops

• Detach a View Composer persistent disk from a linked-clone desktop
• Attach the detached persistent disk to another linked-clone desktop as a secondary disk
• Verify that the secondary disk is the persistent disk from the first linked-clone desktop

Lab 15: Configuring a View Security Server

• Install and configure a View security server
• Test the operation of the View security server
• Configure a View security server for client access over the Internet

Lab 16: Configuring a View Replica Server

• Install and configure a View replica server
• Test the View replica server

Lab 17: Installing VMware ThinApp

• Install ThinApp on a clean virtual machine

Lab 18: Capturing Applications with VMware ThinApp

• Perform a pre-installation scan
• Install and configure the application
• Perform a post-installation scan
• Package the configuration
• Build the virtual application package

Lab 19: Deploying an Application Captured with VMware ThinApp

• Deploy the Firefox package to a desktop
• Use the submerge.exr utility to update the Firefox package

Lab 20: Packaging Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) with VMware ThinApp

• Package IE6 with ThinApp
• Install the VirtIE6 package on the Windows 7 parent virtual machine and confirm that it operates correctly
• Recompose the linked-clone pool and verify the operation of the IE6 package on a desktop