7.0

Table Of Contents
Contents
View Architecture Planning 5
1
Introduction to View 7
Advantages of Using View 7
View Features 10
How the Components Fit Together 11
Integrating and Customizing View 15
2
Planning a Rich User Experience 21
Feature Support Matrix for Horizon Agent 21
Choosing a Display Protocol 23
Using Hosted Applications 27
Using View Persona Management to Retain User Data and Settings 28
Using USB Devices with Remote Desktops and Applications 29
Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones 30
Using 3D Graphics Applications 30
Streaming Multimedia to a Remote Desktop 31
Printing from a Remote Desktop 31
Using Single Sign-On for Logging In 32
Monitors and Screen Resolution 32
3
Managing Desktop and Application Pools from a Central Location 35
Advantages of Desktop Pools 35
Advantages of Application Pools 36
Reducing and Managing Storage Requirements 37
Application Provisioning 43
Using Active Directory GPOs to Manage Users and Desktops 46
4
Architecture Design Elements and Planning Guidelines for Remote Desktop
Deployments 49
Virtual Machine Requirements for Remote Desktops 50
View ESXi Node 54
Desktop Pools for Specific Types of Workers 55
Desktop Virtual Machine Configuration 59
RDS Host Virtual Machine Configuration 59
vCenter Server and View Composer Virtual Machine Configuration 60
View Connection Server Maximums and Virtual Machine Configuration 61
vSphere Clusters 63
Storage and Bandwidth Requirements 65
View Building Blocks 73
View Pods 73
VMware, Inc.
3