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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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Details about the HTML Access Web client, which allows you to open a remote desktop inside a
browser. No Horizon Client application is installed on the client system or device. See the
Horizon Client documentation at
https://www.vmware.com/support/viewclients/doc/viewclients_pubs.html.
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Various third-party thin clients and zero clients, available only through certified partners.
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View Open Client, which supports the VMware partner certification program. View Open Client is not
an official client application and is not supported as such.
VMware Horizon User Web Portal
From a Web browser on a client device, end users can connect to remote desktops and applications through
the browser, automatically start Horizon Client if it is installed, or download the Horizon Client installer.
When you open a browser and enter the URL of a View Connection Server instance, the Web page that
appears contains links to the VMware Downloads site for downloading Horizon Client. The links on the
Web page are configurable, however. For example, you can configure the links to point to an internal Web
server, or you can limit which client versions are available on your own View Connection Server.
If you use the HTML Access feature, the Web page also displays a link for accessing remote desktops and
applications inside a supported browser. With this feature, no Horizon Client application is installed on the
client system or device. For more information, see the Horizon Client documentation at
https://www.vmware.com/support/viewclients/doc/viewclients_pubs.html.
Horizon Agent
You install the Horizon Agent service on all virtual machines, physical systems, and Microsoft RDS hosts
that you use as sources for remote desktops and applications. On virtual machines, this agent communicates
with Horizon Client to provide features such as connection monitoring, virtual printing, View Persona
Management, and access to locally connected USB devices.
If the desktop source is a virtual machine, you first install the Horizon Agent service on that virtual machine
and then use the virtual machine as a template or as a parent of linked clones. When you create a pool from
this virtual machine, the agent is automatically installed on every remote desktop.
You can install the agent with an option for single sign-on. With single sign-on, users are prompted to log in
only when they connect to View Connection Server and are not prompted a second time to connect to a
remote desktop or application.
View Administrator
This Web-based application allows administrators to configure View Connection Server, deploy and
manage remote desktops and applications, control user authentication, and troubleshoot end user issues.
When you install a View Connection Server instance, the View Administrator application is also installed.
This application allows administrators to manage View Connection Server instances from anywhere
without having to install an application on their local computer.
NOTE In Horizon 7, View Administrator is named Horizon Administrator. This document refers to Horizon
Administrator as View Administrator.
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