Mastering VMware Horizon 8: An Advanced Guide to Delivering Virtual Desktops and Virtual Apps

This book provides a comprehensive guide to designing, installing, configuring, and managing VMware Horizon, with a focus on delivering virtual desktops. It covers remote solutions, architecture, installation, configuration, optimization, published applications, end-user experience, complementary solutions, and management. It is designed for VMware professionals, system integrators, IT professionals, and consultants.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 1021 pages
Publication date: 09 November 2021
Publisher: APress

This comprehensive guide delves into the world of designing, installing, configuring, and managing VMware Horizon, with a primary emphasis on delivering virtual desktops. Written in a clear and concise manner, this book walks you through the entire process of deploying VMware Horizon, covering every aspect from design to deployment and management.

Beginning with a review of remote solutions, including virtual desktops and published applications, you will gain an understanding of the benefits and capabilities of each solution. Moving on, you will delve into the VMware Horizon solution, exploring its architecture and components. You will learn how to design a production-ready environment that incorporates other VMware EUC technologies seamlessly.

Armed with the knowledge of solution design, you will embark on the installation phase, creating a test lab environment to experiment with. Once your lab is set up, you will proceed to the configuration stage, where you will learn how to build, configure, and optimize virtual desktops and desktop pools, ensuring they are ready for end-users to utilize. Additionally, you will explore the delivery of published applications using Horizon Apps.

With your resources built and configured, you will focus on optimizing the end-user experience through Horizon clients. The final sections of the book will introduce you to complementary solutions such as VMware App Volumes and VMware Dynamic Environment Manager, providing you with the tools to manage and maintain your VMware Horizon deployment effectively.

By the end of this guide, you will have a thorough understanding of VMware Horizon and its core components, as well as the skills necessary to design, install, configure, and manage a successful virtual desktop environment. Whether you are a virtualization administrator, IT professional, or aspiring to pursue a career in the field, this book is an invaluable resource for your journey.

Weight: 1860g
Dimension: 184 x 261 x 58 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781484272602
Edition number: 1st ed.