Install VMware Horizon 6 View Composer Server
View Composer server is an optional component of VMware Horizon 6. It is used to deploy linked clone virtual desktops which can greatly reduce storage costs. The linked clone is based on parent base snapshot of virtual machine. We will use Windows 8 as base OS. You can install View Composer server in same instance where […]
Install VMware Horizon 6 View Connection Server
There are various components of VMware Horizon 6 all working together to construct virtual desktop infrastructure. View Connection server is the core and is the first server in Horizon (View) infrastructure. It acts as broker and authenticates users via Active Directory, associates virtual desktops to users, enables single-sign on, provides web-based View administrator portal, holds copy of […]
Understanding VMware Horizon 6 Components
VMware Horizon 6 comes into VMware’s end-user computing portfolio. VMware Horizon works on top of existing vSphere environment to create virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). VMware Horizon 6 is desktop and application virtualization solution that provides virtual desktops and application to users. This technology leverages the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) concept, where employees bring their own […]
Understanding VMware View Components
VMware View is VMware’s desktop virtualization software. There are many peices of this software that works together to achieve the goal. Today I will discuss about understanding VMware View components. Before designing and implementing the view desktop environment, understanding VMware View components is very important step. You can download trial version of VMware View software. […]