Virtualizing Enterprise Desktops and Apps (M20694)

1. Overview of Desktop and Application Virtualization

• Overview of Virtualization Technologies
• Usage Scenarios for Virtualization
• Considerations for Implementing Virtualization

2. Planning and Implementing User State Virtualization

• Understanding and Planning for User State Virtualization
• Configuring Roaming User Profiles and Folder Redirection
• Configuring UE-V

3. Planning and Implementing Application Virtualization (App-V)

• Overview of Application Virtualization
• App-V Architecture
• Planning App-V Infrastructure
• Deploying App-V Infrastructure

4. Managing and Administering Application Virtualization

• Managing and Administering Application Virtualization
• Modifying Published Application and Configuration Upgrades
• App-V Reporting

5. Planning and Deploying App-V Clients

• Overview of App-V Client
• Installing and Configuring the App-V Client
• Managing App-V Client Properties

6. Application Sequencing

• Overview of Application Sequencing
• Planning for Application Sequencing
• Sequencing an Application
• Advanced Application Sequencing

7. Configuring Client Hyper-V

• Overview of Client Hyper-V
• Creating Virtual Machines
• Managing Virtual Hard Disks
• Managing Checkpoints

8. Planning and Deploying Session-Based Virtual Desktops

• Overview of Remote Desktop Services (RDS)
• Planning Infrastructure for Session-Based Desktops Deployments
• Deploying Session-Based Desktops
• RDS High Availability

9. Configuring and Managing RemoteApp Programs

• Publishing and Configuring RemoteApp Programs
• Working With RemoteApp Programs

10. Planning Personal and Pooled Desktops

• Overview of Personal and Pooled Desktops
• Planning and Optimizing Desktop Templates

11. Planning and Implementing Infrastructure for Pooled and Personal Desktops

• Planning Storage for Personal and Pooled Desktops
• Capacity Planning for Pooled and Personal Desktops
• Implementing Pooled and Personal Desktops
• Implementing RemoteApp for Hyper-V

12. Implementing Remote Access for Remote Desktop Services

• Extending Remote Desktop Services Outside the Organization
• Controlling RD Gateway Access

13. Performance and Health Monitoring of VDI Infrastructure

• Overview of Monitoring Desktop and Application Virtualization
• Monitoring Desktop Virtualization Infrastructure

• Desktop and application virtualization
• Plan and implement user state virtualization
• Plan and implement App-V
• Plan and deploy App-V clients
• Manage and administer application virtualization
• Application sequencing
• Configure Client Hyper-V
• Plan and deploy Remote Desktop Services (RDS) session-based desktop deployments
• Plan personal and pooled virtual desktops
• Plan and implement infrastructures for pooled and personal virtual desktops
• Implement remote access for RDS

Lab 1: Overview of Desktop and Application Virtualization

• Identifying Virtualization Technologies to Meet Business Needs

Lab 2: Planning and Implementing User State Virtualization

• Planning User State Virtualization
• Configuring Roaming User Profiles and Folder Redirection
• Implementing and Configuring UE-V

Lab 3: App-V Introduction and Architecture

• Examining Application Virtualization Packages
• Examining Standard Application Installations

Lab 4: Planning and Implementing App-V

• Planning the Deployment of App-V
• Deploying App-V Infrastructure

Lab 5: Managing and Administering Application Virtualization

• Configuring a New Application and Connection Group
• Configuring App-V Reporting on the Client
• Creating a Report for App-V

Lab 6: Planning and Deploying App-V Clients

• Planning the Deployment of App-V Clients
• Installing and Testing the App-V Client
• Configuring the App-V Client
• Configuring App-V Client by Using Group Policy

Lab 7: Application Sequencing

• Installing App-V Sequencer
• Deploying the sequenced application
• Updating a Sequenced Application

Lab 8: Configuring Client Hyper-V

• Installing and Configuring Client Hyper-V
• Creating Virtual Switches, Virtual Hard Disks, and Virtual Machines

Lab 9: Planning and Deploying Session-Based Desktops

• Planning the Session Based Desktop Deployment
• Performing Session-Based Desktop Deployment
• Configuring an RDS Deployment for High Availability

Lab 10: Configuring and Managing RemoteApp Programs

• Publishing RemoteApp Programs
• Accessing Published RemoteApp Programs
• Synchronizing Settings between Locally Installed and RemoteApp Programs

Lab 11: Planning Pooled and Personal Desktops

• Plan the Implementation and Optimization of Virtual Desktop Templates
• Configure a Virtual Desktop Template

Lab 12: Planning and Implementing Infrastructure for Pooled and Personal

• Planning the Implementation of Pooled and Personal Desktops
• Deploying an RD Virtualization Host
• Implementing Pooled Desktops
• Implementing Personal Desktops

Lab 13: Implementing Remote Access for RDS

• Installing and Configuring RD Gateway
• Configuring RD Gateway authorization policies

Lab 14: Performance and Health Monitoring of VDI Infrastructure

• Configuring Operation Manager to Monitor VDI
• Resolving and Alert for RDS in Operation Manager

System administrator-level working knowledge of:

• Networking fundamentals, including Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and Domain Name System (DNS)
• Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) principles and fundamentals of AD DS management
• Installation, configuration, and troubleshooting for Windows-based personal computers
• Basic understanding of scripting and Windows PowerShell syntax
• Desired: Basic understanding of Windows Server roles and services

Or attendance in for the following courses:

IT professionals who deploy, manage, and maintain PCs, devices, and apps across medium/large/enterprise organizations