Nutanix End User Computing Certification Exam Syllabus

• Explain the optimal configuration for Nutanix essentials, such as Files, Flow, and Beam, in an EUC environment
• Understand the optimal configuration of Nutanix core components, such as Storage container options, for an EUC environment

- Describe the role of Nutanix technologies in an EUC implementation

• Identify use cases for Nutanix essentials, such as Files, Flow, and Beam, in an EUC environment
• Identify Nutanix core components, such as HCI, Xi Frame, Cloud, data locality, and shadow clones, that benefit EUC environments

• Given business requirements, interpret the optimal profile configuration, such as managed, roaming, mandatory, local profiles, including third-party utilities
• Given business requirements, interpret the optimal delivery environment, such as on-prem, cloud-based, or hybrid environments
• Interpret what should and shouldn’t be included in the gold image

- Demonstrate an understanding of the properties of Citrix, Horizon, and Nutanix Solutions

• Given business requirements, choose between on-prem and cloud-based EUC options
• Given requirements, infer the appropriate EUC solution(s)

• Given a scenario or use case, infer the appropriate gold image deployment option(s)
• Given a scenario or use case, explain application layering impact(s)
• Given a scenario or use case, infer what applications to include in a gold image
• Compare approaches for managing gold images across multiple sites and geographies
• Explain the positive and negative impacts of optimizing gold images
• Given a scenario or use case, explain how to appropriately optimize gold images

- Demonstrate an understanding of the components required for configuring a Nutanix EUC solution using third-party technologies

• Demonstrate an understanding of Citrix AHV plugins
• Demonstrate knowledge of hypervisor requirements of each solution
• Demonstrate an understanding of VMware ESXi and vCenter prerequisites

- Demonstrate an understanding of EUC profile store concepts

• Given a use case, select the appropriate user profile store solution
• Compare the behaviors of user profile store solutions
• Given a scenario, infer the appropriate profile management strategy
• Compare stateful and stateless user profile environments
• Assess the environment to determine the profile management strategy in use

• Identify Nutanix DaaS environment interfaces and features

- Demonstrate how to manage and configure a DaaS environment

• Configure and manage Launchpads
• Given a set of requirements, manage organizations and accounts
• Given a set of requirements, manage master images via the Sandbox
• Given a scenario, manage capacity utilization
• Demonstrate authentication methodologies in a DaaS environment
• Arrange a DaaS environment for multitenancy
• Interpret analytics and usage

- Describe the features and architecture of a DaaS environment

• Describe the Nutanix DaaS architecture
• Describe the features of Nutanix DaaS

• Determine if a Nutanix EUC environment is properly deployed
• Recommend the appropriate technologies/tools to optimize a Nutanix EUC environment
• Determine the appropriate resources for the optimal performance of a Nutanix EUC environment
• Determine if an optimization is appropriate for the given Nutanix EUC environment

- Given a scenario, determine resource utilization of a specific virtual desktop or groups of desktops

• Discuss Prism Central and other management tools
• Analyze data from Citrix/Horizon/Nutanix DaaS to evaluate the utilization of a Nutanix EUC environment
• Evaluate the statistics available to determine the status of resources

- Given a scenario, determine how to troubleshoot a Nutanix EUC environment

• Given a scenario, troubleshoot settings in a Nutanix VDI environment
• Given a set of requirements, manipulate settings in a Nutanix VDI environment