Today is one of my favorite release days! We are releasing the remainder of our Horizon and Challenge labs for the 2017 Hands-on Labs catalog.
There is some great new content we are releasing in the Mobility catalog for Horizon. These labs focus on Identity Manager and application management and delivery with App Volumes and ThinApp. We also have updated the F5 and Horizon integration lab.
What I am really excited to release are the new Challenge labs and yes, I am a bit biased towards them! Last year, we tested the waters with the vSphere 6 Challenge lab. We were not sure how it would be received, but it did end up being one of the top three labs and we received phenomenal feedback from those that took it.
So today I am pleased to present three new Challenge labs covering Horizon, vRealize Automation and vSphere. These are in addition to the two we have already released for vRealize Operations and Virtual SAN. If you are not familiar with Challenge labs, we work with our friends in Global Support Services to understand the most common issues customers contact them about. We then replicate those in the Hands-on Labs. So while these labs are a great way to test your skills, they may also save you a call to VMware Support in the future.
And finally, just for Mark Achtemichuk, we are releasing the vSphere 6 Performance and Optimization lab. This is another one of my favorites. If you are curious about optimizing your environment or how to troubleshoot performance issue, this is the lab for you! For this lab, we worked with Mark and our friends in the VMware Performance group to help create this one.
Here are the links to the new labs for today. If you don’t see your favorite lab listed, well, check back tomorrow! We will have everything in the 2017 catalog released. You can click on the lab SKU link to be taken directly to the lab entry and start taking the lab. Also, you can download any of the lab manuals from the Hands-on Labs Document site!
| Lab SKU | Description | Archived 2016 Lab |
|---|---|---|
| HOL-1704-SDC-1 | vSphere 6: Performance Optimization | HOL-SDC-1604 |
| HOL-1704-CHG-2 | vSphere 6: Challenge Lab | HOL-CHG-1695 |
| HOL-1753-MBL-1 | VMware Identity Manager 2.6: Application Management and Delivery | HOL-MBL-1653, HOL-MBL-1654 |
| HOL-1753-MBL-2 | User Applications: Delivery and Lifecycle Management | HOL-MBL-1653, HOL-MBL-1654 |
| HOL-1759-MBL-1 | F5 Integration with VMware Horizon Suite | HOL-MBL-1659 |
| HOL-1759-USE-3 | Horizon 7: Load Balancing | HOL-MBL-1659 |
| HOL-1759-USE-4 | Identity Manager, App Volumes and Mirage: Load Balancing | HOL-MBL-1659 |
| HOL-1790-CHG-1 | vRealize Automation: Challenge Lab | N/A |
| HOL-1791-CHG-1 | Horizon 7: Challenge Lab | N/A |
Be sure to check back tomorrow as we will be releasing the last few labs in the 2017 catalog!
