VMware

VMware View 4 Ultimate Bootcamp

Chapter 1: Course Introduction and Methodology

Chapter 2: Overview of VMware View 4

1. Major components of VMware View 4 and their primary functions including:

• View Manager
• Composer
• Linked Clones
• ThinApp
• Limits and capabilities of VMware View 4

Chapter 3: Planning, Sizing and Design Considerations

1. Planning, Sizing Memory, Disk and CPU
2. Designing for usage spikes and storms

Chapter 4: Installation of VMware View4

1. Prerequisites and Licensing
2. Installation of View Connection Server and View Composer
3. Prerequisites and Licensing
4. HOL - Install VMware View 4 Connection Server and View Composer
5. HOL - Managing Connection Server

Chapter 5: Creating your First Virtual Machine

1. Creating and Optimizing Virtual Machines for View Deployment
2. Using nLite to optimize XP
3. Optimizing desktops for non-persistent use
4. HOL - Creating and Optimizing a Virtual Machine for Deployment 

Chapter 6: Deploying Virtual Desktops

1. View Composer configuration
2. Linked Clones
3. Configuring automated desktop pools
4. Persistent and non-persistent pools
5. Managing physical desktops via View: Unified Access
   - Physical Machines
   - Blades
   - Terminal Servers
6. HOL - Deploying a Single Virtual Desktop
7. HOL - Deploying Linked Clone Desktops
8. HOL - Updating Linked Clone Desktops
9. HOL - Deploying a Physical Desktop via View

Chapter 7: Client Configuration

1. View Client, View Portal, Thin Clients, Offline Desktop, USB and multimedia redirections, and Thin Print printing
2. HOL - Install, Configure, and connect via the View Client and the View Portal 

Chapter 8: Load Balancing and Replica Servers

1. Load balancing, replica servers, and performance monitoring tools
2. HOL - Implementing a Replica Connection Server

Chapter 9: Security and Remote Access

1. Security Server and Connection Server
2. Integration with RSA and Smart Card Authentication
3. HOL - Implementing a Replica Connection Server
4. HOL - Implementing a Security Server 

Chapter 10: VMware ThinApp

1. Creating and Deploying ThinApp Applications
2. HOL - Deploying an Application with VMware
3. HOL - Updating a ThinApp Application