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Implementing VMware Horizon 7.7 - Third Edition

By : Jason Ventresco
Book Image

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)

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 looks 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 10, Creating a Master Virtual 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...