Mastering VMware Horizon 7.8 : master desktop virtualization to optimize your end user experience /: master desktop virtualization to optimize your end user experience. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Mastering VMware Horizon seven point eight
• Further Information: Note: Peter von Oven, Barry Coombs.
• Authors: Oven, Peter von; Coombs, Barry
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright and Credits; About Packt; Contributors; Table of Contents; Preface; Section 1: Installation and Configuration; Chapter 1: Introducing VDI and VMware Horizon 7; What is VDI?; VDI high-level architecture -- how does it work?; VDI versus server-based computing (SBC) -- what are the differences?; The benefits of deploying Horizon; The history of VMware and VDI; VMware Horizon 7; VMware Horizon 7 timeline; VMware Horizon 7 product editions; Horizon for Linux; Horizon Standard Edition; Horizon Advanced Edition; Horizon Enterprise Edition; Horizon Apps Standard Horizon Apps AdvancedHorizon editions overview and comparison; Horizon user licensing models; Summary; Chapter 2: Understanding Horizon 7 Architecture and Components; Introducing the key Horizon components; High-level architectural overview; The Horizon View Connection Server; How does the connection server work?; Minimum requirements for the connection server; Hardware requirements; Supported OS; The Horizon View security server; How does the security server work?; The Horizon View replica server; How does the replica server work?; The Horizon View enrolment server and True SSO VMware Unified Access GatewayPersistent or non-persistent desktops?; Horizon View Composer and linked clones; What is cloning?; What is a full clone?; What are linked clones?; How do linked clones work?; Creating linked clones; Linked clone disk; Persistent disk or user data disk; Disposable disk; Internal disk; Understanding how the linked clone process works; Creating and provisioning a new virtual desktop; Customizing the desktop; Linked clone features and functionality; Recomposing a linked clone; Refreshing a linked clone; Rebalancing operations with View Composer; Instant Clones Instant clone build processInstant clone benefits; View Persona Management; Why do we need to manage user profiles differently in VDI?; The benefits of View Persona Management; VMware UEM; UEM or Persona Management?; Printing from a virtual desktop machine; Managing USB devices; Filtering supported USB devices; Managing multi-function USB devices; ThinApp application virtualization; How does application virtualization work?; Antivirus software for virtual desktops; Protocols -- Delivering the virtual desktop experience; PCoIP; PCoIP host rendering; Multi-codec support with PCoIP Controlling the image qualityDynamic networking capabilities; PCoIP offloading with the Teradici PCoIP Hardware Accelerator; Teradici host card for physical PCs; How the PCoIP connection process works; Blast Extreme; How the Blast Extreme connection process works; Alternative display protocols; RDP; ICA protocol; Which protocol should you use -- Blast Extreme, PCoIP, or RDP?; Horizon View Hardware-accelerated graphics; vSGA; vSGA-supported graphics cards; How many virtual desktops are supported by vSGA?; vDGA; How many virtual desktops are supported with vDGA?; vDGA-supported graphics cards
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 005.43; Virtual computer systems; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789806724; 1789806720
• Related ISBNs: 9781789802375
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed May 8, 2019).
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