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Mastering VMware Horizon 7.8: Master desktop virtualization to optimize your end user experience , Third Edition

Peter von Oven

Barry Coombs

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eBook Mar 2019 772 pages 3rd Edition

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Peter von Oven

Barry Coombs

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Key benefits

Leverage advanced desktop virtualization techniques and strategies to transform your organization
Build better virtualized services for your users with VMware Horizon 7.8
Develop and deploy end-to-end virtualized solutions

Description

Desktop virtualization can be tough, but VMware Horizon 7.8 changes all that. With a rich and adaptive UX, improved security,and a range of useful features for storage and networking optimization, there's plenty to love. But to properly fall in love with it, you need to know how to use it, and that means venturing deeper into the software and taking advantage of its extensive range of features, many of which are underused and underpromoted. This guide will take you through everything you need to know to not only successfully virtualize your desktop infrastructure, but also to maintain and optimize it to keep all your users happy. We'll show you how to assess and analyze your infrastructure, and how to use that analysis to design a solution that meets your organizational and user needs. Once you've done that, you'll find out how to build your virtualized environment, before deploying your virtualized solution. But more than that,we'll also make sure you know everything you need to know about the full range of features on offer, including the mobile cloud, so that you can use them to take full control of your virtualized infrastructure.

Who is this book for?

This book is ideal for system admins, and solution architects interested in gaining hands-on experience with virtualization. It will take you to an advanced level, but at a pace that ensures you are always solving real-world problems. Some experience in desktop management using Windows and Microsoft Office (and familiarity with Active Directory, SQL, Windows Remote Desktop Session Hosting, and VMware vSphere technology) is necessary.

What you will learn

Successfully configure Horizon 7.8 for the needs of your users
Deliver virtual desktops, session-based desktops, and hosted applications
Become familiar with how to develop, and deploy, a complete, end-to-end solution
Discover how to optimize desktop OS images for virtual desktops
Build, optimize, and tune desktop operating systems to deliver a superior end user experience
Explore the Horizon 7.8 infrastructure so that you can take full advantage of it

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Product Details

Publication date : Mar 28, 2019

Length: 772 pages

Edition : 3rd

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781789806724

Vendor :

VMware

Category :

Cloud & Networking

Concepts :

Cloud Computing

Tools :

VMware Horizon

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20 Chapters

Section 1: Installation and Configuration

Introducing VDI and VMware Horizon 7

What is VDI?

The benefits of deploying Horizon

The history of VMware and VDI

VMware Horizon 7

VMware Horizon 7 product editions

Summary

Understanding Horizon 7 Architecture and Components

Introducing the key Horizon components

High-level architectural overview

Persistent or non-persistent desktops?

Horizon View Composer and linked clones

Instant Clones

View Persona Management

VMware UEM

Printing from a virtual desktop machine

Managing USB devices

ThinApp application virtualization

Antivirus software for virtual desktops

Protocols – Delivering the virtual desktop experience

Horizon View Hardware-accelerated graphics

Unified communications support

Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV)

URL Content Redirection

Horizon clients

Summary

Design and Deployment Considerations

Phase I – Project definition

Phase II – Proving the technology

Phase III – Designing a production environment

Technology choices

Horizon View pod and block architecture

Cloud Pod Architecture

vSphere design for Horizon View

Horizon View design specifics

Supporting infrastructure design

Printing

Thin clients and other endpoint devices

Desktop design considerations

Disaster recovery and backup

Example solution scenario

Summary

Installing and Configuring Horizon 7 - Part 1

Welcome to the lab environment

Preparing AD

Installing Horizon View Composer Server

Installing the Horizon View Connection Server

Initial configuration of the Horizon View Connection Server

Summary

Installing and Configuring Horizon 7 - Part 2

Installing a Horizon View Replica Server

Installing a Security Server

Installing an Enrollment Server

Configuring Cloud Pod Architecture

Configuring View for GPU-enabled virtual desktops

Summary

Section 2: Building and Delivering the Virtual Desktop Experience

Securing Horizon View with SSL Certificates

Horizon View and SSL certificates

Installing SSL certificates for Horizon View

Horizon View True SSO

Summary

Building and Optimizing the Virtual Desktop OS

Best practices for building virtual desktop images

Technical requirements

Creating a Windows 7 virtual desktop machine

Creating a Windows 10 virtual desktop machine

Creating a GPU-enabled virtual desktop machine

Creating a Linux virtual desktop machine

Preparing virtual desktops for delivery

Summary

Configuring and Managing Desktop Pools - Part 1

Types of desktop pools

Automated desktop pools

Summary

Configuring and Managing Desktop Pools - Part 2

Creating floating, Linked Clone desktop pools

Creating floating, Full Clone desktop pools

Creating floating, Instant Clone desktop pools

Creating a manual desktop pool

Adding end user entitlements

Managing Linked Clone desktop pools

Reviewing the infrastructure post-deployment

Summary

Fine-Tuning the End User Experience

Configuring and preparing AD

Configuring Horizon View policy settings

PCoIP tuning tool

Monitoring the end user experience

Summary

Section 3: Advanced Features, Troubleshooting, and Upgrading an Environment

Delivering Published Apps with Horizon 7

Architectural overview

RDSH sizing guidelines

Installing and configuring View-hosted apps

Installing the Horizon Agent for RDSH

Configuring published apps in the View Administrator

Load-balancing published apps in Horizon View

Summary

Horizon Client Options

VMware Horizon Clients

Hardware clients

Accessing the desktop using a browser

Summary

Upgrading to a New Version of Horizon

Upgrading compatibility

Upgrading Horizon Composer

Upgrading the Horizon View Connection Server

Upgrading the View Security Server

Upgrading group policy templates

Upgrading the VMware Horizon Agent

Upgrading the Horizon Client

Summary

JMP and VMware Horizon 7 Deployment Considerations

How does JMP work?

VMware Workspace ONE

VMware App Volumes

Installing and configuring JMP

Summary

Troubleshooting

General troubleshooting tips

Troubleshooting Horizon View issues

vRealize Operations for Horizon

Liquidware Stratusphere UX

Getting further help

Summary

What is New in Horizon 7

Operating system and infrastructure updates

Horizon management updates

Scalability

Enhancements to the end user experience

Linux virtual desktop machine updates

Platform updates

Horizon Console updates

Scalability

RDSH improvements

Horizon with VMware Cloud on AWS

Horizon Agent updates

Horizon Client

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Dmytro Jun 14, 2019

Always read books from this author. With each new book, I find something new for yourself. Technology stack is described perfectly. Like that the book is written under the latest release at the time of publication. The best books from the series about Horizon.

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fredrick c May 16, 2019

This does go into a great deal of detail about the Horizon stack and explains many concepts quite well. However, there are a number of incomplete sentences and typographical errors that require correction. For instance a number of these are in Section 2, Item 13, the description of GPU sharing and the illustration do not reinforce one another. There are a few sentences that were clearly placeholders as they are incomplete. But the data itself is good. Proofing evidently was not done well with this edition, awaiting the errata to update the content and fill in a few mysterious sentences.

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About the authors

Peter von Oven

Peter von Oven is an experienced technical consultant and has spent the past 25 years working with customers and partners designing technology solutions. During his career, Peter has presented at key IT events, such as VMworld, IP EXPO, and various VMUGs and CCUG events. He has also worked in senior presales roles and presales management roles for Fujitsu, HP, Citrix, and VMware, and has been awarded VMware vExpert four years running. In 2016, Peter founded his own company, Droplet Computing, where he works today as the Founder and Chief Technology Officer.Peter got his first taste for writing when assisting with some of the chapters in Building End-User Computing Solutions with VMware View, which then lead to five other Packt titles.

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Barry Coombs

Barry Coombs is the Operations and Pre Sales Director for ComputerWorld by day and an avid Blogger following everything to do with the virtualisation, storage and cloud industries.

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