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Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2

By : Jason Ventresco
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Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2

By: Jason Ventresco

Overview of this book

VMware Horizon View helps you simplify desktop and application management while increasing security and control. This book will introduce you to all of the components of the VMware Horizon View suite, walk you through their deployment, and show how they are used. We will also discuss how to assess your virtual desktop resource requirements, and build an optimized virtual desktop. "Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2" will provide you the information needed to deploy and administer your own end-user computing infrastructure. This includes not only the View components themselves, but key topics such as assessing virtual desktop resource needs, and how to optimize your virtual desktop master image. You will learn how to design and deploy a performant, flexible and powerful desktop virtualization solution using VMware Horizon View. You will implement important components and features, such as VMware View Connection Server, VMware View Composer, VMware View Transfer Server, and VMware View Security Server."Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2" will take you through application virtualization with VMware ThinApp, the implementation of Persona Management, and creation of Desktop Pools. We then cover View Client options, Desktop maintenance, and Virtual Desktop Master Image. Finally we discuss View SSL certificates management, Group Policies, PowerCLI, and VMware View Design and Maintenance to help you get the most out of VMware View.If you want to learn how to design, implement and administrate a complex, optimized desktop virtualization solution with VMware View, then this book is for you.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

VMware Horizon View Security Server overview


The View Security Server is a type of View Connection Server that is designed to add an additional layer of security between remote View Clients and View resources that are located on a private network. Rather than provide remote View Clients with direct access to the View Connection Server, organizations can deploy a View Security Server within a DMZ or other secure network to provide secure remote access to View-managed resources. Some of the functions and features of the View Security Server include:

  • Provides remote View Clients with their own dedicated View connection broker, ensuring an optimal user experience

  • Brokers connections between remote View Clients and internal View-managed resources

  • Authenticates user connection requests

  • Supports RSA SecurID and RADIUS for enabling optional two-factor user authentication

  • Can be placed in a DMZ to further isolate the Security Server from the private network

  • Does not need to be a member of an Active Directory...