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VMware Horizon 8: Agents and Clients

Dive into the world of VMware Horizon 8. This course will teach you how to expertly configure and manage desktop pools, Horizon clients, and published applications.

Intermediate
1h 30m
(1)

Created by Kevin James

Last Updated Jan 05, 2024

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VMware Horizon 8: Agents and Clients

Dive into the world of VMware Horizon 8. This course will teach you how to expertly configure and manage desktop pools, Horizon clients, and published applications.

Intermediate
1h 30m
(1)

Created by Kevin James

Last Updated Jan 05, 2024

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Mastering desktop virtualization and client management is crucial in today’s remote work environments. In this course, VMware Horizon 8: Agents and Clients, you’ll learn to effectively configure and manage a robust VMware Horizon 8 environment. First, you’ll explore how to create and manage efficient desktop pools, including setup, user entitlement, and managing instant clones. Next, you’ll discover the intricacies of configuring and optimizing VMware Horizon Clients, ensuring seamless connectivity and an enhanced user experience. Finally, you’ll learn how to deploy and manage published applications, focusing on RDS desktops and application pools, and balancing loads on RDSH farms. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of VMware Horizon 8 needed to streamline and secure your organization’s virtual desktop infrastructure.

VMware Horizon 8: Agents and Clients
Intermediate
1h 30m
(1)
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Kevin James - Pluralsight course - VMware Horizon 8: Agents and Clients
Kevin James
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As a seasoned technologist with over 30 years of wide-ranging expertise in information technology roles across diverse industries, Kevin is passionate about finding effective and economical solutions to business problems. His passion for teaching technical subjects allows him to have a particular style that imparts information yet teaches at the same time. He enjoys working with Linux, Unix and Windows Operating Systems and combined with a deep knowledge of software platforms as varied as Apache, MySQL, and others, has enabled him to successfully manage and maintain server infrastructures of all sizes, with his largest project encompassing over 800 servers across 4 continents. He believes in leveraging technology as a tool to make lives better and business flow more efficiently.

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