VMware Horizon Composer is a feature of Horizon that enables the rapid provisioning of linked clone virtual desktops. A pool of linked clone desktops shares the same master image and writes any changes to a dedicated virtual hard disk, also known as a delta disk. This drastically reduces the amount of per-virtual desktop storage required compared to full clone virtual desktops, as each of those requires its own copy of the master image. In addition, linked clone desktops can be provisioned much more quickly than full clone desktops, which is beneficial in and of itself and also enables new ways of managing desktops throughout their lifecycle.

This chapter will discuss benefits, installation, configuration, backup, and recovery of the Horizon Composer component of VMware Horizon.

In this chapter, we will learn: