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Implementing VMware Horizon 7.7 - Third Edition

By : Jason Ventresco
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Implementing VMware Horizon 7.7 - Third Edition

By: Jason Ventresco

Overview of this book

This third edition of Implementing VMware Horizon 7.7 has been updated to get you up to speed with VMware Horizon 7.7 by showing you how to use its key features and deploying an end-user computing infrastructure for your own organization. The book begins by guiding you on how to deploy all the core requirements for a VMware Horizon infrastructure. It then moves on to show you how to provision and administer end-user computing resources using VMware Horizon. You’ll not only be able to deploy the core VMware Horizon features, but you’ll also be able to implement new features, such as the Just-in-Time Management Platform (JMP) and the Horizon Console. You’ll also focus on the latest features and components of the Horizon platform and learn when and how they are used. By the end of the book, you will have developed a solid understanding of how your organization can benefit from the capabilities VMware Horizon offers and how each of its components is implemented.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Implementing a Horizon Cloud Pod

This chapter discusses how to enable, configure, and administer a VMware Horizon Cloud Pod. The Cloud Pod feature enables Horizon administrators to deploy multi-site, multi-pod view environments that support cross-Horizon pod user entitlements. Additionally, when deployed in a multi-pod configuration Horizon is capable of supporting up to 200,000 active sessions, or 20 times as many as a single Horizon pod. In this chapter, we will review the concepts behind a VMware Horizon Cloud Pod and cover key areas related to the Horizon Cloud Pod functionality.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • VMware Horizon Cloud Pod overview
  • Cloud Pod port requirements and topology limits
  • Configuring a Cloud Pod
  • Configuring and associating users and groups to Horizon sites
  • Creating Global Entitlements for Horizon desktop and application pools
  • Updating...