VMware are releasing a 9 day VMware View Bootcamp Series covering all aspects of virtual desktops.
There will be 9 videos, each video released daily starting on the 19th July.
Topics covered over the 9 days are :-
Day 1 – Design Considerations Guidelines for VMware View – Overview
- Speaker – John Dodge, Sr. Manager PSO Services, VMware
- Overview of the technical considerations to keep in mind while you’re designing a View environment
Day 2 – Storage Deep Dive – Considerations and Best Practices
- Speaker – Jim Yanik, Sr. Systems Engineer, VMware
- How to design your storage infrastructure to fit your environment
- Sizing and workload considerations
Day 3 – Network Considerations and Best Practices
- Speaker – Shannon McFarland; Consulting Engineer for Data Center technologies and Enterprise IPv6 design on Cisco’s Consulting Engineering team in the Office of the CTO, Cisco
- Network requirements for LAN and WAN
- Bandwidth requirements deep dive
- Security considerations – Security Server, AV, Encryption, Authentication
Day 4 – Optimizing the Base Image for VMware View
- Speaker – Todd Dayton, Staff Product Manager, Desktop Product Management, VMware
- How to build and tune your desktop image
- User and workload considerations
- OS specific tips (XP, Win7)
Day 5 – Delivering Applications
- Speaker – Heath Doer, Sr Systems Engineer, VMware
- Packaging and updates (applink and appsync)
- Best practices-storage, image management and application deployment
- Application migration, application conflict and compatibility
Day 6 – PCoIP Implementation Overview and PCoIP Tuning Best Practices
- Speaker – Chuck Hirstius, PSO, WW Advanced Services, VMware
- How to optimize PCoIP for different types of workloads
- How to optimize for LAN, mobile and remote users
- Bandwidth requirements
Day 7 – Automating View 4.5 with Powershell
- Speaker – Tom Elliot, Sr. MTS, Enterprise Desktop, VMware
- Introduction to View PowerCLI
- Setting up an environment and basic tasks
- Creating your own scripts
- Integrating with vSphere
Day 8 – Leveraging Security Server for PCoIP
- Speaker – Mark Benson, View Architect, Enterprise Desktop, VMware
- Introduction to Security Server
Day 9 – VMware View’s Reference Architecture
- Speaker – Mac Binesh, Sr. Technical Marketing Manager, Enterprise Desktop, VMware
- Review of RA for stateless desktops
- Description of test environment, equipment and lab results
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