Course Overview
This three-day course builds your skills in application management using VMware App Volumes™ and VMware Dynamic Environment Manager™. You will learn how to use App Volumes to deliver applications and data to desktops and users in seconds and at scale. You will gain skills in managing application lifecycles from installation to update and replacement. You will also learn how to use Dynamic Environment Manager to provide personalization and dynamic policy configuration across virtual, physical, and cloud-based environments to simplify end-user profile management. Product Alignment App Volumes 4 Dynamic Environment Manager 9.10 Objectives: By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe the features and functions of App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager Demonstrate the architectures of App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager Install and configure App Volumes Create and deploy Application Packages and writable volumes Install and configure Dynamic Environment Manager Manage application configurations, user environment settings, and personalization settings
Who Should Attend?
Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for implementing VMware Horizon®, Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop, and RDHS solutions
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Course Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Agenda
1 - Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
2 - Horizon Application Management Bundle
- App Volumes
- Dynamic Environment Manager
- VMware ThinApp®
3 - Overview of App Volumes
- Features and benefits
- Scalability and limitations
- Storage group distribution strategies
- App Volumes components
4 - Installation of App Volumes
- Infrastructure and system requirements
- Installing and configuring App Volumes Manager
- Installing the App Volumes agent
5 - Packaging Applications
- Differentiate Application, Package and Program
- Create an Application
- Packaging an Application
- Updating an Application with a new Package
- Set the CURRENT Marker on a Package
- Assign an Application to an Entity
- Package Stages
6 - working with Writable Volumes
- Default writable volume templates
- Writable volume policies at creation
- Updating and rescanning writable volumes
- Writable Volumes 2.x
7 - Working with AppStack
- Enabling AppStacks
- Creating and provisioning AppStacks
- Assigning and updating AppStacks
- Overriding Precedence in AppStacks
8 - Overview of Dynamic Environment Manage
- Features and benefits
- Dynamic Environment Manager terminology
- User environment settings and scope
- User profile scenarios
9 - Installation of Dynamic Environment Manage
- Infrastructure and system requirements
- Dynamic Environment Manager Agent (FlexEngine) requirements
- Group Policy configuration
- Management Console configuration