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Table Of Contents
- View Architecture Planning
- Contents
- View Architecture Planning
- Introduction to View
- Planning a Rich User Experience
- Feature Support Matrix for Horizon Agent
- Choosing a Display Protocol
- Using Hosted Applications
- Using View Persona Management to Retain User Data and Settings
- Using USB Devices with Remote Desktops and Applications
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Using 3D Graphics Applications
- Streaming Multimedia to a Remote Desktop
- Printing from a Remote Desktop
- Using Single Sign-On for Logging In
- Monitors and Screen Resolution
- Managing Desktop and Application Pools from a Central Location
- Advantages of Desktop Pools
- Advantages of Application Pools
- Reducing and Managing Storage Requirements
- Application Provisioning
- Deploying Individual Applications Using an RDS Host
- Deploying Applications and System Updates with View Composer
- Deploying Applications and System Updates with Instant Clones
- Managing VMware ThinApp Applications in View Administrator
- Deploying and Managing Applications Using App Volumes
- Using Existing Processes or VMware Mirage for Application Provisioning
- Using Active Directory GPOs to Manage Users and Desktops
- Architecture Design Elements and Planning Guidelines for Remote Desktop Deployments
- Virtual Machine Requirements for Remote Desktops
- View ESXi Node
- Desktop Pools for Specific Types of Workers
- Desktop Virtual Machine Configuration
- RDS Host Virtual Machine Configuration
- vCenter Server and View Composer Virtual Machine Configuration
- View Connection Server Maximums and Virtual Machine Configuration
- vSphere Clusters
- Storage and Bandwidth Requirements
- View Building Blocks
- View Pods
- Advantages of Using Multiple vCenter Servers in a Pod
- Planning for Security Features
- Understanding Client Connections
- Choosing a User Authentication Method
- Restricting Remote Desktop Access
- Using Group Policy Settings to Secure Remote Desktops and Applications
- Using Smart Policies
- Implementing Best Practices to Secure Client Systems
- Assigning Administrator Roles
- Preparing to Use a Security Server
- Understanding View Communications Protocols
- Overview of Steps to Setting Up a View Environment
- Index
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Use the Instant Clone feature, introduced in Horizon 7, to quickly create desktop images that share
virtual disks and memory with a parent image. Instant Clones not only have the space efficiency of
View Composer linked clones, they also eliminate the need to refresh, recompose, rebalance, thus
further simplifying management of patches and updates to the operating system. Instant clones
eliminate the desktop maintenance window altogether.
The following features provide centralized administration and management:
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Use Microsoft Active Directory to manage access to remote desktops and applications and to manage
policies.
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Use View Persona Management to simplify and streamline migration from physical to virtual desktops.
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Use the Web-based administrative console to manage remote desktops and applications from any
location.
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Use View Administrator to distribute and manage applications packaged with VMware ThinApp™.
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Use a template, or master image, to quickly create and provision pools of desktops.
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Send updates and patches to virtual desktops without affecting user settings, data, or preferences.
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Integrate with VMware Identity Manager so that end users can access remote desktops through the user
portal on the Web, as well as use VMware Identity Manager from a browser inside a remote desktop.
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Integrate with Mirage™ and Horizon FLEX™ to manage locally installed virtual machine desktops and
to deploy and update applications on dedicated full-clone remote desktops without overwriting user-
installed applications.
How the Components Fit Together
End users start Horizon Client to log in to View Connection Server. This server, which integrates with
Windows Active Directory, provides access to remote desktops hosted on a VMware vSphere server, a
physical PC, or a Microsoft RDS host. Horizon Client also provides access to remote applications on a
Microsoft RDS host.
NOTE View supports the following Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain functional levels:
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Windows Server 2003
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Windows Server 2008
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Windows Server 2008 R2
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Windows Server 2012
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Windows Server 2012 R2
View does not support Novell DSFW (Domain Services For Windows).
Figure 1-2 shows the relationship between the major components of a View deployment.
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