There are multiple decisions that must be made prior to configuring your first desktop pool. These choices will impact your infrastructure and how your Virtual Desktops work, which is why they must be considered in advance.
View can provision two different desktop types: View Composer linked clones and full clones. Before we discuss the differences, let's consider what it is about them that is the same:
From the perspective of an end user, a linked-clone and full-clone desktop look exactly the same.
The master image for both is prepared using the same tuning techniques, discussed in Chapter 11, Creating a Master Virtual Desktop Image.
Deciding on what type of clone type to use is not an easy task. While linked clones have some definite advantages, which I will describe in detail, to maintain that advantage you must adopt new ways of performing desktop maintenance.