Chapter 4
Virtualizing Your Desktops
In This Chapter
Considering the possibility of virtualizing desktops instead of servers
Looking at two approaches to virtualizing desktops
Working with VMware’s Horizon View
Using Citrix XenApp
Virtualization is most often applied to server computers. However, more and more organizations are also applying virtualization to desktops, replacing traditional Windows desktop computers with virtual desktops that are accessed from a nontraditional type of device.
In this chapter, I present a basic overview of desktop virtualization and its benefits and introduce you to some of the technologies that can be used to implement virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).
Introducing Desktop Virtualization
The term desktop virtualization refers to any software that separates an end-user’s Windows desktop environment from the hardware that the environment runs on. Desktop virtualization is meant to address some of the fundamental weaknesses of the traditional practice of giving each user his or her own Windows workstation.
Here are just a few of the problems ...
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