Book description
Learn advanced desktop virtualization techniques and strategies and dive deeper into VMware Horizon 7, take responsibility for optimizing your end user experience
About This Book
Build better virtualized services for your users with VMware Horizon 7
Take full advantage of Horizon’s range of features for confidence and control in your virtualized solutions
Take responsibility for transforming your organization – this guide will get you started!
Who This Book Is For
Admins, architects… whatever your role, if you find virtualization a bit of a headache this book is for you. You’ll go deep into VMware Horizon and see just what its capable of. It will take you to an advanced level, but at a pace that ensures you’re always solving real-world problems. You’ll need some experience in desktop management using Windows and Microsoft Office, and familiarity with Active Directory, SQL, Windows Remote Desktop Session Hosting, and VMware vSphere technology.
What You Will Learn
Successfully configure Horizon 7 for the needs of your users
Find out how VMware is perfect for end-user computing delivering virtual desktops, session-based desktops, and hosted applications all from the same platform
Learn how to develop, and deploy a complete end-to-end solution
Discover how to optimize desktop OS images for virtual desktops
Build, optimize, and tune desktop operating systems to deliver a superior end-user experience
Explore the Horizon 7 infrastructure, so you can take full advantage of it!
In Detail
Desktop virtualization can be a bit of a headache. But VMware Horizon 7 changes all that. With a rich and adaptive UX, improved security and a range of useful features for storage and networking optimization, there’s plenty to love.
But to properly fall in love with it, you need to know how to use it. And that means venturing deeper into the software, taking advantage of its extensive range of features, many of which are underused and underpromoted. This guide will take you through everything you need to know to not only successfully virtualize your desktop infrastructure but also to maintain and optimize the infrastructure to keep all your users happy.
We’ll show you how to assess and analyze your infrastructure, and how to use that analysis to design a solution that meets your organizational and user needs. Once you’ve done that, you’ll find out how to build your virtualized environment, before deploying your virtualized solution. But more than that, we’ll also make sure you know everything you need to know about the full range of features on offer, including mobile cloud, so you can use them to take full control of your virtualized infrastructure.
Style and approach
Focusing on an end-user project, this useful, yet comprehensive guide will show you how to take full advantage of VMware’s Horizon 7 solution and how to successfully implement it for your organization.
Table of contents
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Mastering VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition
- Mastering VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition
- Credits
- Foreword
- About the Authors
- About the Reviewer
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Introduction to VDI and VMware Horizon 7
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2. An Overview of Horizon View Architecture and Components
- Introducing the key Horizon components
- High-level architectural overview
- Persistent or non-persistent desktops
- Horizon View Composer and Linked Clones
- Instant Clones
- View Persona Management
- VMware User Environment Manager (UEM)
- Printing from a Virtual Desktop Machine
- Managing USB devices
- ThinApp application virtualization
- Antivirus software for virtual desktops
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PCoIP - delivering the desktop experience
- Introducing PCoIP
- PCoIP host rendering
- Multi-codec support with PCoIP
- Controlling the image quality
- Dynamic networking capabilities
- Other display protocols
- Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
- Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) protocol
- PCoIP offloading with the Teradici Apex 2800
- Teradici host card for physical PCs
- Blast Extreme
- Which Protocol - Blast Extreme, PCoIP, or RDP?
- Hardware-accelerated graphics for Horizon View
- Unified communications support
- Real-Time Audio Video (RTAV)
- URL Content Redirection
- View Clients
- Summary
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3. Design and Deployment Considerations
- Phase I - Project Definition
- Phase II - Proving the Technology
- Phase III - designing a production environment
- Technology choices
- Horizon View Pod and Block Architecture
- Cloud Pod Architecture
- vSphere design for Horizon View
- Horizon View design specifics
- Supporting infrastructure design
- Desktop design considerations
- Disaster recovery and backup
- Example solution scenario
- Summary
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4. Installing and Configuring Horizon View
- Welcome to the lab environment
- Preparing Active Directory
- Installing View Composer
- Installing the View Connection Server
- Initial configuration of the View Connection Server
- Installing the View Replica Server
- Installing the View Security Server
- Installing the View Enrollment Server
- Configuring View for GPU-enabled Virtual Desktops
- Configuring the Cloud Pod Architecture
- Summary
- 5. Securing Horizon View with SSL Certificates and True SSO
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6. Building and Optimizing the Virtual Desktop OS
- Virtual desktop hardware requirements
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Creating a Windows 7 virtual desktop machine
- Creating the virtual desktop machine container
- Updating the virtual desktop machine BIOS
- Operating system installation options
- Installing the guest operating system
- Installing VMware Tools
- Installing applications for the parent image
- Installing the Horizon View Agent
- Optimizing the guest operating system
- Post-optimization tasks
- Creating a Windows 10 virtual desktop machine
- Creating a GPU-enabled virtual desktop machine
- Linux virtual desktop machines
- Preparing virtual desktops for delivery
- Summary
- 7. Managing and Configuring Desktop Pools
- 8. Delivering Remote Applications with View Hosted Apps
- 9. Delivering Session-Based Desktops with Horizon View
- 10. Horizon View Client Options
- 11. Upgrading to a New Version of Horizon View
- 12. Troubleshooting Tips
Product information
- Title: Mastering VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2016
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781786466396
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