Mastering VMware Horizon 6 : Unlock the Advanced Features and Full Power of VMware Horizon 6 to Deliver the Industry's Most Comprehensive End-to-end User Experience

Horizon 6 is VMware's latest end-user computing solution, designed not only to centralize and virtualize desktop environments but also to deliver individual applications securely to any device by means of a virtual workspace. Your journey starts by investigating an end-user computing project including assessment, pilot, and production. Next, we move into the design phase where we will first take a deeper look at the Horizon 6 solution and its components and how to plan their use in a successful project. Once we have our design and have identified our use cases, we will start to install and configure the core solution. With that in place, we will fine-tune the best end-user experience. Finally, we examine the advanced and enterprise features of Horizon 6, such as VSAN, vCOPS for View, and Horizon Mirage. About This BookLearn why a EUC strategy is important, what it can deliver, and the approach you should take when starting out with your own projectUnderstand the key architecture components, new capabilities, and how to build, install, and configure an optimized delivery platform for end-user computing servicesBuild your own environment for VDI and hosted applications with the help of screenshots, real-life scenarios, and best practicesWho This Book Is ForIf you are working as a desktop admin, part of a EUC team, an architect, or a consultant on a desktop virtualization project and you are looking to use VMware's Horizon solution, this book is for you. This book will demonstrate the new capabilities of Horizon 6. You should have experience in desktop management using Windows and Microsoft Office, and be familiar with Active Directory, SQL, Windows Remote Desktop Session Hosting, and VMware vSphere infrastructure (ESXi and vCenter Server) technology. The Teradici host card for physical workstationsHardware-accelerated graphics for Horizon View; Virtual Shared Graphics Acceleration - vSGA; vSGA-supported configurations; How many virtual desktops are supported with vSGA?; Virtual Dedicated Graphics Acceleration - vDGA; How many virtual desktops are supported with vDGA?; vDGA-supported configurations; Unified communications support; How does unified communications work now?; Support for Microsoft Lync 2013; Real-Time Audio Video; The issue; How does RTAV fix this issue?; View Clients; Summary; Chapter 3: Design and Deployment Considerations Understanding the linked clone processCreating and provisioning a new desktop; Customizing the desktop; Additional features and functions of linked clones; Recomposing a linked clone; Refreshing a linked clone; Rebalancing operations with View Composer; View Persona Management; What is View Persona Management?; Why do we need to manage user profiles differently in VDI?; The benefits of Persona Management; Printing from a Horizon View Virtual Desktop; Installing the virtual printing components; Managing USB devices; USB Device support in Horizon View; Filtering supported USB devices Managing multifunction USB devicesThinApp application virtualization; How does application virtualization work?; Antivirus software for virtual desktops; VMware vShield Endpoint architecture; PCoIP Protocol - delivering the desktop experience; An introduction to PCoIP; PCoIP host rendering; Multi-codec support with PCoIP; Controlling the image quality; Dynamic networking capabilities; Other display protocols; The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP); The Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) protocol; Which protocol to use - PCoIP or RDP?; PCoIP offload with the Teradici Apex 2800 Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Acknowledgments; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction to VMware Horizon 6; What is Virtual Desktop Infrastructure?; The benefits of deploying VDI; A brief history of VMware and VDI; VMware Horizon 6; The VMware Horizon 6 product family; Horizon View Standard Edition; Horizon Advanced Edition; Horizon Enterprise Edition; Summary; Chapter 2: An Overview of Horizon View Architecture and its Components; Introducing the key Horizon components A high-level architectural overviewThe Horizon View Connection Server; How does the Connection Server work?; Minimum requirements for the Connection Server; The Horizon View Security Server; How does the Security Server work?; The Horizon View Replica Server; How does the Replica Server work?; Persistent or nonpersistent desktops; Horizon View Composer and linked clones; Linked clone technology; Full clones; Linked clones; How do linked clones work?; What does View Composer build?; Linked clone disk; Persistent disk or user data disk; Disposable disk; Internal disk