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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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Preface 1. Section 1: Installation and Configuration
2. Introducing VDI and VMware Horizon 7 FREE CHAPTER 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

Enhancements to the end user experience

The end user experience is the key to a successful Horizon environment, and in this latest release VMware has added more features to improve the overall experience for the end user. These features are as follows:

  • Physical PCs now support the Blast Extreme protocol.
  • Blast Extreme HEVC (H.265) video encoding support. This doubles the data compression rate but maintains the quality. NVIDIA GRID is not a requirement for this feature.
  • Support for copying and dragging and dropping files and folders for Client Drive Redirection.
  • Virtual Print feature added. This allows printing to any printer on the end user's Windows client. This feature also supports client printer redirection and location-based printing.
  • Administrators can specify whether users can open multiple instances of the same application.
  • Users can assign RDSH-published apps when...
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