Nutanix End User Computing Certification Exam Syllabus

• Explain the optimal configuration for Nutanix essentials (AOS/Prism) in an EUC environment
• Understand the optimal configuration of Nutanix core components for an EUC environment

- Describe the role of Nutanix technologies in a EUC solution implementation

• Identify use cases for Nutanix essentials in an EUC environment
• Identify Nutanix core components that benefit EUC environments

- Identify security strategies on the Nutanix platform for an EUC solution implementation

• Identify VDI security policy use cases
• Recognize security and compliance best practices for an EUC environment
  - Security Configuration Management Automation (SCMA) framework
  - VLAN-based, data driven segmentation
  - Cluster access control
  - SSL certificate management
  - Data-at-rest (DARE) encryption
  - Hardening AHV
  - Hardening Controller VM
  - TCP Wrapper Integration
  - Secure boot (vTPM)
  - Nutanix Files hardening

• Given business requirements, interpret the optimal delivery environment (on-prem, cloud-based (NC2 vs cloud native), or hybrid (NC2))
• Given business requirements, interpret the VM optimal profile configuration

- Demonstrate an understanding of the properties of EUC solutions

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

• Given a scenario/use case, infer the appropriate gold image deployment option(s)
• Given a scenario/use case, explain application layering impact(s)
• Compare approaches for managing gold images across multiple sites and geographies
• Explain the positive and negative impacts of optimizing gold images
• Given a scenario/use case, explain how to appropriately optimize gold images
• Interpret what should and shouldn't be included in the gold image

- Demonstrate an understanding of the components required for configuring EUC solutions

• 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 solution 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

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

- Determine resource utilization of a specific virtual desktop or group of desktops

• Discuss Prism Central and other tools
• Analyze data from the EUC solution to evaluate the utilization of an environment
• Evaluate the statistics available to determine the status of resources

- Determine how to troubleshoot a Nutanix environment for an EUC solution

• Given a scenario, determine tools to resolve an issue
• Verify the suggested remedy for a given issue/scenario
• Differentiate between user configured settings and standard settings
• Given a scenario, resolve an issue related to end point devices such as:
  - Zero clients
  - Thin clients
  - Browsers
  - EUC third-party clients
  - Peripheral devices