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Table Of Contents
- VMware Horizon View Architecture Planning
- Contents
- VMware Horizon View Architecture Planning
- Introduction to Horizon View
- Planning a Rich User Experience
- Feature Support Matrix
- Choosing a Display Protocol
- Using View Persona Management to Retain User Data and Settings
- Benefits of Using View Desktops in Local Mode
- Accessing USB Devices Connected to a Local Computer
- Printing from a View Desktop
- Streaming Multimedia to a View Desktop
- Using Single Sign-On for Logging In to a View Desktop
- Using Multiple Monitors with a View Desktop
- Managing Desktop Pools from a Central Location
- Architecture Design Elements and Planning Guidelines
- Virtual Machine Requirements
- Horizon View ESX/ESXi Node
- Desktop Pools for Specific Types of Workers
- Desktop Virtual Machine Configuration
- vCenter Server and View Composer Virtual Machine Configuration
- View Connection Server Maximums and Virtual Machine Configuration
- View Transfer Server Virtual Machine Configuration and Storage
- vSphere Clusters
- Storage and Bandwidth Requirements
- Horizon View Building Blocks
- Horizon View Pods
- Advantages of Using Multiple vCenter Servers in a Pod
- Planning for Security Features
- Understanding Client Connections
- Choosing a User Authentication Method
- Restricting View Desktop Access
- Using Group Policy Settings to Secure View Desktops
- Implementing Best Practices to Secure Client Systems
- Assigning Administrator Roles
- Preparing to Use a Security Server
- Understanding Horizon View Communications Protocols
- Overview of Steps to Setting Up a Horizon View Environment
- Index
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MMR is not supported on all versions of Windows clients and virtual desktops. To find out whether this
feature is supported on a particular type of client, see the feature support matrix included in the "Using
VMware Horizon View Client" document for the specific type of desktop or mobile client device. Go to
https://www.vmware.com/support/viewclients/doc/viewclients_pubs.html.
Using Single Sign-On for Logging In to a View Desktop
The single-sign-on (SSO) feature allows you to configure View Manager so that end users are prompted to log
in only once.
If you do not use the single-sign-on feature, end users must log in twice. They are first prompted to log in to
View Connection Server and then are prompted log in to their View desktop. If smart cards are also used, end
users must sign in three times because users must also log in when the smart card reader prompts them for a
PIN.
For View desktops, this feature includes the Graphical Identification and Authentication (GINA) dynamic-link
library for Windows XP and a credential provider dynamic-link library for Windows Vista, Windows 7, and
Windows 8.
Using Multiple Monitors with a View Desktop
Regardless of the display protocol, you can use multiple monitors with a View desktop.
If you use PCoIP, the display protocol from VMware, you can adjust the display resolution and rotation
separately for each monitor. PCoIP allows a true multiple-monitor session rather than a span mode session.
A span mode remote session is actually a single-monitor session. The monitors must be the same size and
resolution, and the monitor layout must fit within a bounding box. If you maximize an application window,
the window spans across all monitors. Microsoft RDP 6 uses span mode.
In a true multiple-monitor session, monitors can have different resolutions and sizes, and a monitor can be
pivoted. If you maximize an application window, the window expands to the full screen of only the monitor
that contains it.
This feature has the following limitations:
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If you use PCoIP, the maximum number of monitors that you can use to display a View desktop is 4. When
3D feature is enabled, up to 2 monitors are supported with a resolution of up to 1920 X 1200. Pivoted
monitors are supported, but stacked monitors are not.
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If you use Microsoft RDP 7, the maximum number of monitors that you can use to display a View desktop
is 16.
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If you use Microsoft RDP display protocol, you must have Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDC)
6.0 or higher installed in the View desktop.
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If you use a View desktop in local mode, no remote display protocol is used. You can use up to 2 monitors
in span mode.
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