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Mastering VMware Horizon 7.8

You're reading from   Mastering VMware Horizon 7.8 Master desktop virtualization to optimize your end user experience

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2019
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ISBN-13 9781789802375
Length 772 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Installation and Configuration FREE CHAPTER
2. Introducing VDI and VMware Horizon 7 3. Understanding Horizon 7 Architecture and Components 4. Design and Deployment Considerations 5. Installing and Configuring Horizon 7 - Part 1 6. Installing and Configuring Horizon 7 - Part 2 7. Section 2: Building and Delivering the Virtual Desktop Experience
8. Securing Horizon View with SSL Certificates 9. Building and Optimizing the Virtual Desktop OS 10. Configuring and Managing Desktop Pools - Part 1 11. Configuring and Managing Desktop Pools - Part 2 12. Fine-Tuning the End User Experience 13. Section 3: Advanced Features, Troubleshooting, and Upgrading an Environment
14. Delivering Published Apps with Horizon 7 15. Horizon Client Options 16. Upgrading to a New Version of Horizon 17. JMP and VMware Horizon 7 Deployment Considerations 18. Troubleshooting 19. What is New in Horizon 7 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Technical requirements

Before we get into the build process, we need to look at the specifications of the virtual desktop machine from a virtual hardware perspective and what we need to configure it. The following screenshot lists the virtual desktop machine requirements:

You should be able to work out the requirements for your particular environment by using the assessment data that you captured at the start of the project. One thing to bear in mind is that you can quite easily change the configuration should you need to when fine-tuning the performance and the end user experience.

Another important factor when configuring the size of virtual desktop machines is not to fall into the trap of over-sizing. For example, if you only need one CPU, then only give the virtual desktop machine one CPU. Don't be tempted to add unnecessary resources, as you will ultimately end up lowering...

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