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Mastering VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition

By : Barry Coombs
Book Image

Mastering VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition

By: Barry Coombs

Overview of this book

Desktop virtualization can be a bit of a headache. But VMware Horizon 7 changes all that. With a rich and adaptive UX, improved security and a range of useful features for storage and networking optimization, there’s plenty to love. But to properly fall in love with it, you need to know how to use it. And that means venturing deeper into the software, taking advantage of its extensive range of features, many of which are underused and underpromoted. This guide will take you through everything you need to know to not only successfully virtualize your desktop infrastructure but also to maintain and optimize the infrastructure to keep all your users happy. We’ll show you how to assess and analyze your infrastructure, and how to use that analysis to design a solution that meets your organizational and user needs. Once you’ve done that, you’ll find out how to build your virtualized environment, before deploying your virtualized solution. But more than that, we’ll also make sure you know everything you need to know about the full range of features on offer, including mobile cloud, so you can use them to take full control of your virtualized infrastructure.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Mastering VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Summary


In this chapter, we have walked you through installing and configuring the key server components of your Horizon View Environment, including the View Composer Server, the View Connection Server, the Replica Server, the Security Server, and the Enrollment Server.

We have discussed the initial configuration items that you will need to undertake, such as licensing your environment, connecting your vCenter and View Composer Servers, and configuring the View Security Server for external connections. We have also looked at the configuration items needed to prepare your environment for advanced graphics with NVIDIA GRID.

The final part of this chapter covered how to initialize and configure the Cloud Pod Architecture feature.

Having completed this chapter, you should now have built a fully functioning View deployment, which is ready to deliver virtual desktop machines to your end users. The next steps are to start building the virtual desktops, preparing them for delivery before configuring...