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Table Of Contents
Contents
View Architecture Planning 5
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Introduction to View 7
Advantages of Using View 7
View Features 9
How the Components Fit Together 11
Integrating and Customizing View 14
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Planning a Rich User Experience 19
Feature Support Matrix for View Agent 19
Choosing a Display Protocol 21
Using Hosted Applications 23
Using View Persona Management to Retain User Data and Settings 24
Using USB Devices with Remote Desktops 26
Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones 26
Using 3D Graphics Applications 27
Streaming Multimedia to a Remote Desktop 27
Printing from a Remote Desktop 28
Using Single Sign-On for Logging In to a Remote Desktop 28
Using Multiple Monitors 28
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Managing Desktop and Application Pools from a Central Location 31
Advantages of Desktop Pools 31
Advantages of Application Pools 32
Reducing and Managing Storage Requirements 33
Application Provisioning 37
Using Active Directory GPOs to Manage Users and Desktops 39
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Architecture Design Elements and Planning Guidelines for Remote Desktop
Deployments 41
Virtual Machine Requirements for Remote Desktops 42
View ESXi Node 46
Desktop Pools for Specific Types of Workers 47
Desktop Virtual Machine Configuration 50
RDS Host Virtual Machine Configuration 52
vCenter Server and View Composer Virtual Machine Configuration 52
View Connection Server Maximums and Virtual Machine Configuration 54
vSphere Clusters 55
Storage and Bandwidth Requirements 57
View Building Blocks 65
View Pods 65
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