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Omnissa App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager 2025 (AVDEM)
Code: OMAVDEM
Duration: 3 Day
$2700 USD

OVERVIEW

This course builds your skills in application management with App Volumes™ and Dynamic Environment Manager™. You learn how to use App Volumes to deliver applications and data to desktops and users in seconds and at scale. You gain skills in managing application life cycles across installation, update, and replacement. You 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.

DELIVERY FORMAT

This course is available in the following formats:

Virtual Classroom

Duration: 3 Day
Classroom

Duration: 3 Day

CLASS SCHEDULE
Call 800-798-3901 to enroll in this class!

GOALS

This course builds your skills in application management with App Volumes™ and Dynamic Environment Manager™. You learn how to use App Volumes to deliver applications and data to desktops and users in seconds and at scale. You gain skills in managing application life cycles across installation, update, and replacement. You 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.

By the end of this session, attendees should be able to:

  • Describe the features, functions, and architecture of App Volumes
  • Create and deliver application packages in App Volumes
  • Deliver App Volumes published applications to virtual desktops and ondemand, using Horizon
  • Run the App Volumes Application Capture Command-Line Program using appcapture.exe
  • Perform advanced configuration of App Volumes
  • Scale App Volumes to multiple locations and sites
  • Describe the features, functions, and architecture of Dynamic Environment Manager
  • Manage application configurations, user environment settings, and personalization settings using Dynamic Environment Manager
  • Create predefined configurations for applications by using the Application Profiler
  • Create predefined configurations for applications by using the Application Profiler
  • Manage multiple environments using Dynamic Environment Manager.
  • Enable and synchronize the offline use of Dynamic Environment Manager by using SyncTool
  • Using Horizon Smart Policies on the Horizon platform.
OUTLINE

1. Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives

2. Overview of App Volumes Enterprise

  • Just-in-Time Management Platform
  • App Volumes
  • User Environment Manager
  • VMware Thin App

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
  • App Volumes in Horizon
  • Certificates in App Volumes

5. Working with App Stacks

  • Creating and provisioning App Stacks
  • Managing and updating App Stacks
  • Using App Stacks in virtual desktops
  • Using App Stacks in a Remote Desktop Services host
  • Using Microsoft Office Applications on App Stacks
  • Best practices for App Stacks

6. Working with Writable Volumes

  • Comparing App Stacks with Writable Volumes
  • Creating Writable Volumes
  • Assigning and attaching Writable Volumes
  • Default Writable Volume templates
  • Updating and rescanning Writable Volumes
  • Move, back pp and restore Writable Volumes

7. Overview of User Environment Manager

  • Features and benefits
  • User Environment Manager terminology
  • User environment settings and scope
  • User profile scenarios
  • Components of User Environment Manager

 8. Installation of User Environment Manager

  • Infrastructure and system requirements
  • User Environment Manager Agent (Flex Engine) requirements
  • Group Policy configuration
  • Management Console configuration
  • No AD Mode

9. User Environment Manager Settings

  • Personalization settings
  • User environment settings
  • Condition sets
  • Application migration
  • Application blocking
  • Privilege elevation

10. Application Configuration Management

  • Predefined and user-customized application settings
  • Using Application Profiler
  • Using the Self-Support Tool
  • Using the Helpdesk Support Tool 11 JMP and Horizon 7 Overview
  • Benefits of JMP
  • JMP and Horizon 7 Components
  • JMP Integrated Workflow
  • JMP Server installation and configuration
  • App Volumes and User Environment Manager deployment considerations
  • Leverage Smart Policy on the Horizon 7 platform

1. Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives

2. Overview of App Volumes Enterprise

  • Just-in-Time Management Platform
  • App Volumes
  • User Environment Manager
  • VMware Thin App

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
  • App Volumes in Horizon
  • Certificates in App Volumes

5. Working with App Stacks

  • Creating and provisioning App Stacks
  • Managing and updating App Stacks
  • Using App Stacks in virtual desktops
  • Using App Stacks in a Remote Desktop Services host
  • Using Microsoft Office Applications on App Stacks
  • Best practices for App Stacks

6. Working with Writable Volumes

  • Comparing App Stacks with Writable Volumes
  • Creating Writable Volumes
  • Assigning and attaching Writable Volumes
  • Default Writable Volume templates
  • Updating and rescanning Writable Volumes
  • Move, back pp and restore Writable Volumes

7. Overview of User Environment Manager

  • Features and benefits
  • User Environment Manager terminology
  • User environment settings and scope
  • User profile scenarios
  • Components of User Environment Manager

 8. Installation of User Environment Manager

  • Infrastructure and system requirements
  • User Environment Manager Agent (Flex Engine) requirements
  • Group Policy configuration
  • Management Console configuration
  • No AD Mode

9. User Environment Manager Settings

  • Personalization settings
  • User environment settings
  • Condition sets
  • Application migration
  • Application blocking
  • Privilege elevation

10. Application Configuration Management

  • Predefined and user-customized application settings
  • Using Application Profiler
  • Using the Self-Support Tool
  • Using the Helpdesk Support Tool 11 JMP and Horizon 7 Overview
  • Benefits of JMP
  • JMP and Horizon 7 Components
  • JMP Integrated Workflow
  • JMP Server installation and configuration
  • App Volumes and User Environment Manager deployment considerations
  • Leverage Smart Policy on the Horizon 7 platform
LABS

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Tier 1 Operators, administrators, and architects, responsible for the creation, maintenance, and or delivery of remote and virtual desktop services

PREREQUISITES

Before attending this course, you must have the following skills:

  • Use vSphere® Web Client
  • Create snapshots of virtual machines
  • Configure guest customization specifications
  • Modify virtual machine properties
  • Convert a virtual machine to a template
  • Microsoft Windows system administration experience:
    • Configure Active Directory services, including DNS, DHCP, and time synchronization
    • Restrict user activities by implementing Group Policy Objects
    • Configure Windows systems to enable Remote Desktop Connections