VMware View: Desktop Fast Track (VIEWFT)

• Solution architects
• System architects
• System administrators
• Application administrators
• IT managers

Completion of VMware vSphere 5: Install, Configure, Manage (VICM) or equivalent experience with vSphere

At the end of the course, you should understand the features and operation of View, View design principles, and ThinApp operation.

You should be able to do the following:

• Install and configure View components
• Create and manage dedicated and floating desktop pools
• Deploy and manage linked-clone virtual desktops
• Configure and manage desktops that run in local mode
• Configure secure access to desktops through a public network
• Use ThinApp to package applications
• Describe the major components of the ThinApp architecture
• Modify Package.ini parameters to increase the variety and complexity of applications that can be virtualized
• Use Application Link to dynamically link application components like Microsoft .NET to multiple applications
• Use Application Sync to update applications deployed from servers
• Troubleshoot problems with ThinApp packages
• Identify design goals, requirements, and constraints
• Identify information that is required for design decisions
• Recognize situations that benefit from best-practice recommendations
• Use the recommended design process
• Analyze design choices in the following areas:
  • View Manager infrastructure
  • View desktop options
  • vSphere infrastructure
  • Network infrastructure
  • Client access devices
  • End-user management
• Construct a comprehensive View solution

This fast-paced, extended-hour training course includes the content of the following courses:

• VMware View™: Install, Configure, Manage (VIEW)
• Application Virtualization with VMware ThinApp
• VMware View 5: Design Best Practices (VVD)