In this section, we are going to discuss the core Horizon View features and functionality for brokering virtual desktop machines that are hosted on the VMware vSphere platform.
The Horizon architecture is straightforward to understand, as its foundations lie in the standard VMware vSphere products (ESXi and vCenter). So, if you have the skills and experience of working with this platform, then you are already halfway there.
Horizon View builds on the vSphere infrastructure, taking advantage of some of the features of the ESXi hypervisor and vCenter Server, adding a number of virtual server machines to perform the various View roles and functions.
An overview of the View architecture for delivering virtual desktops is shown in the following diagram:
Horizon View infrastructure components run as applications that are installed on the Microsoft...