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VMware Horizon 6 Desktop Virtualization Solutions

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VMware Horizon 6 Desktop Virtualization Solutions

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (21 chapters)
VMware Horizon 6 Desktop Virtualization Solutions
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Summary


VMware View is an extremely flexible solution that can support a wide variety of end devices. This helps increase the overall success of a VDI initiative because it allows users to bring the device that works best for them in a given situation or state of connectivity. For example, a user can simply travel with an Apple iPad and use the VMware View Client to connect into their corporate vDesktop to perform lighter tasks such as Internet browsing, file management, and so on. When the user is back at their home office or their desk at work, they may have a full-blown desktop with the View Client to work from, allowing faster input.

From our collective experience, PCoIP zero clients are often the best way to move forward for an organization as it removes an unnecessary variable from the overall VDI solution. PCoIP zero clients are dependable, predictable, affordable, and secure.

The next chapter discusses how to properly size the VMware View solution, which is important to ensure a positive...