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Implementing VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition

By : Jason Ventresco
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Implementing VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition

By: Jason Ventresco

Overview of this book

VMware Horizon 7 has been a buzz since it was announced. One of the major reasons is the introduction of the new Instant Clones feature. This book will complement the product documentation by providing real-life examples of how it is implemented along with the latest features and components of the platform. We'll explore the latest features of the platform, including those added through product acquisitions such as User Environment Manager and App Volumes. Further on, you will also be introduced to the new capabilities added to the core product such Linked-Clone RDS pools. Upon completion of this book, you will have an understanding of the capabilities and benefits VMware Horizon can provide to your organization, and how each of its components are implemented.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Implementing VMware Horizon 7 Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
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Preface

Horizon desktop pool options


There are multiple decisions that must be made prior to configuring your first desktop pool. These choices will have an impact on your infrastructure and how your virtual desktops work, which is why they must be considered in advance.

Horizon can provision three different desktop types: Horizon Composer linked clones, Instant Clones, and full clones. From the perspective of an end user, each of these desktop types look exactly the same, although their underlying configuration is quite different. The master image for both is prepared using the same tuning techniques discussed in Chapter 13, Creating a Master Horizon Desktop Image , but how that image is used differs greatly based on the type of desktop you choose to deploy.

Deciding on what type of clone type to use is not an easy task. While instant and linked clones have some definite advantages, which I will describe in detail, to maintain that advantage you must adopt new ways of performing desktop maintenance...