In Chapter 1, VMware Horizon Infrastructure Overview, we discussed some of the roles of the Horizon Connection Server. These roles include:
Managing connections between Horizon clients and Horizon-managed resources including Horizon desktops and Microsoft RDS servers
Authenticating user connection requests and providing access to assigned resources
Hosting the Horizon Administrator console for the VMware Horizon infrastructure
Working in tandem with VMware vCenter and Horizon Composer to manage, deploy, and maintain virtual desktops
The following diagram shows the placement of the Horizon Connection Server in a simple Horizon environment. For now, only the Horizon Connection Server is displayed; later chapters will add respective Horizon Servers to this diagram.
The Horizon Connection Server authenticates the clients and provides them with access to the appropriate resources. Depending on the configuration of the Horizon Connection Server, the clients...