Introduction
The VMware Horizon Mirage license is included with the VMware Horizon View Advanced and Enterprise editions and adds a number of different capabilities to the VMware Horizon platform. In this chapter, we will focus primarily on those features of Mirage that benefit and enhance VMware Horizon View; however, as you learn about these features, you will come to realize that Horizon View is but one of the many potential use cases for Mirage.
The following are some of the ways in which Mirage can enhance an organization's end user computing offerings:
- Dynamic layering for endpoints and applications: Mirage enables organizations to manage their desktop image as a set of logical layers, enabling them to add, remove, or upgrade individual layers as required. With Mirage, we can update individual layers, irrespective of whether they are application layers or the underlying system layer itself, while maintaining end user files and personalization. The following screenshot is a graphical...
