Windows Desktops and Applications in Horizon 8
Windows Desktops and Applications in Horizon 8
Introduction to Virtual Desktops
Creating Desktop Pools in Horizon
Deploying Applications that Run on Desktop Pools with VM Hosted Applications
Creating Desktop Pools for Specific Types of Workers
Creating and Preparing a Virtual Machine for Cloning
Creating a Virtual Machine for Cloning
Create a Virtual Machine in vSphere
Virtual Machine Custom Configuration Parameters
Create a Virtual Machine with Virtualization-Based Security
Install a Guest Operating System
Prepare a Guest Operating System for Remote Desktop Deployment
Optimize Guest Operating System Performance
Prepare Windows Server Operating Systems for Desktop Use
Install Desktop Experience on Windows Server
Install Horizon Agent on a Virtual Machine
Horizon Agent Custom Setup Options
Modify Installed Components with theHorizon Agent Installer
Install a Horizon Agent Patch
Uninstall a Horizon Agent Patch
Installing Horizon Agent Silently
Microsoft Windows Installer Command-Line Options
Silent Installation Properties for Horizon Agent
Install or Uninstall a Horizon Agent Patch Silently
Configure a Virtual Machine with Multiple NICs for Horizon Agent
Preparing a Golden Image Virtual Machine for Instant-Clones
Configure a Golden Image Virtual Machine
Activating Windows on Instant Clones
Disable Windows Hibernation in the Golden Image
Choosing ClonePrep or Sysprep for Customizing Your Virtual Desktops
Increase the Timeout Limit for ClonePrep Customization Scripts
Compute Profiles and Golden Image
Creating Customization Specifications When Using Sysprep for Desktop Customization
Creating Virtual Machine Templates for Full-Clone Virtual Desktops
Using VMware Horizon Recording
Horizon Recording Settings
Horizon Recording Guidelines and Best Practices
Using Horizon Recording with Load Balancer
Creating and Managing Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
Instant Clone Desktop Pools
Instant Clone Image Publishing and Creation Workflow
Worksheet for Creating an Instant-Clone Desktop Pool
Create an Instant-Clone Desktop Pool
Forensics Select Hold for Dedicated and Floating Instant Clone Desktops
Configure Instant Clones with vSphere Virtual Machine Encryption
Guest Customization for Instant Clones in VMware Horizon
Enabling VBS and vTPM for an Instant-Clone Desktop Pool
Configuring 3D Rendering Options for Instant-Clone Pools
Enable NVIDIA GRID vGPU for Instant-Clone Pools
Enable Soft 3D for Instant-Clone Pools
Enable vSGA for Instant-Clone Pools
Configure Number of Monitors and Screen Resolution
Allow Reuse of Existing Computer Accounts
Manually Customizing Machines
Customize Machines by Placing Them in Maintenance Mode After Pool Creation
Customize Machines by Starting Them in Maintenance Mode During Pool Creation
Patching an Instant-Clone Desktop Pool
Selective Patching of Virtual Machines
Monitor a Push-Image Operation
Reschedule or Cancel a Push-Image Operation
Perform Maintenance on Instant-Clone Hosts
Instant-Clone Maintenance Utilities
Creating and Managing Automated Full-Clone Desktop Pools
Worksheet for Creating an Automated Full-Clone Desktop Pool
Create an Automated Full-Clone Desktop Pool
Manually Customizing Machines
Customize Machines by Placing Them in Maintenance Mode After Pool Creation
Customize Machines by Starting Them in Maintenance Mode During Pool Creation
Desktop Settings for Automated Full-Clone Desktop Pools
Configuring 3D Rendering for Full-Clone Virtual Machine Pools
3D Renderer Options for Full-Clone Virtual Machine Pools
Best Practices for Configuring 3D Rendering For Full-Clone Virtual Machine Pools
Preparing for NVIDIA GRID vGPU Capabilities for Full-Clone Virtual Machines
Preparing for vDGA Capabilities for Full-Clone Virtual Machines
Preparing for AMD MxGPU for Full-Clone Virtual Machines
Configuring AMD MxGPU
Preparing to Use vSGA for Full-Clone Virtual Machines
Preparing to Use Soft 3D for Full-Clone Virtual Machines
Video RAM Configuration Options for the 3D Renderer
Configure Full Clones with vSphere Virtual Machine Encryption
Rebuild a Virtual Machine in a Full-Clone Desktop Pool
Creating and Managing Manual Desktop Pools
Manual Pool of vSphere Virtual Machines
Manual Pool of Registered Non-vSphere Virtual Machines
Manual Pool of Registered Physical Machines
Prepare a non-vSphere Machine For Horizon 8 Management
Install Horizon Agent on a Non-vSphere Machine
Horizon Agent Custom Setup Options for Non-vSphere Machines
Worksheet for Creating a Manual Desktop Pool
Desktop Pool Settings for Manual Pools in Horizon Console
Running Virtual Machines on Hyper-V
Create a Manual Desktop Pool
Managing non-vSphere Registered Machines
Remove a Registered Machine from a Manual Desktop Pool
Remove Registered Machines From Horizon 8
Configuring All Virtual Desktop Pool Types
Using a Naming Pattern for Desktop Pools
Machine-Naming Example
Change the Size of a Desktop Pool Provisioned by a Naming Pattern
Naming Machines Manually or Providing a Naming Pattern in Horizon Console
Specify a List of Machine Names
Add Machines to an Automated Pool Provisioned by a List of Names
Assign a Machine to a User in a Dedicated-Assignment Pool
Unassign a User from a Dedicated Machine in Horizon Console
Update Machine Aliases for Assigned Users
Setting Power Policies for Desktop Pools
Power Policies for Desktop Pools
Configure Dedicated Machines To Be Suspended After Users Disconnect
How Power Policies Affect Automated Desktop Pools
Power Policy Examples for Automated Pools with Floating Assignments
Power Policy Example for Automated Pools with Dedicated Assignments
Preventing Horizon 8 Power Policy Conflicts
Configure Desktop Session Timeouts in Horizon Console
Managing Desktop Pools
Edit a Desktop Pool
Fixed Settings in an Existing Desktop Pool
Disable or Enable a Desktop Pool
Disable or Enable Provisioning in a Desktop Pool
Duplicate an Automated Desktop Pool
Delete a Desktop Pool
Delete Virtual-Machine Desktops in a Pool
Export Horizon 8 Information to External Files
Examining GPU Resources on an ESXi Host
Creating Desktop Pools on a Single Host SDDC on VMware Cloud on AWS
Prevent Access to VMware Horizon Desktops Through RDP
Managing Storage for Virtual Desktops
Managing Storage with vSphere
Using VMware vSAN for High-Performance Storage and Policy-Based Management
Default Storage Policy Profiles for vSAN Datastores
Using Virtual Volumes for Virtual-Machine-Centric Storage and Policy-Based Management
Reducing Storage Requirements with Instant Clones
Storage Sizing for Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
Storage Sizing Guidelines for Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
Storage Sizing Formulas for Instant-Clone Desktop Pools
Storage Sizing Formulas for Creating Instant Clones When You Edit a Pool or Store Replicas on a Separate Datastore
Storing Instant Clones on Local Datastores (non-vSAN)
Configure View Storage Accelerator for Desktop Pools
Reclaim Disk Space on Instant Clones
Enable Periodic Space Reclamation for vSphere 6.7 and Earlier on Non-vSAN Datastores
Reclaiming Disk Space for vSphere 6.7 and Later On Non-vSAN Datastores
Reclaim Disk Space for vSphere 6.7U1 and later on vSAN datastores
Set Storage Accelerator and Space Reclamation Blackout Times
Monitoring Virtual Desktops and Desktop Pools
Monitor Virtual-Machine Desktop Status
Status of vCenter Server Virtual Machines
Recover Instant-Clone Desktops
Status of Unmanaged Machines
Troubleshooting Machines and Desktop Pools
Display Problem Machines in Horizon Console
Verify User Assignment for Desktop Pools
Restart Desktops and Reset Virtual Machines in Horizon Console
Send Messages to Desktop Users in Horizon Console
Manage Machines and Policies for Unentitled Users in Horizon Console
Setting Up Published Desktops and Applications in Horizon
Introduction to Published Desktops and Applications
Farms, RDS Hosts, and Published Desktops and Applications
Configure Horizon 8 for Published Desktops Delivery
Configure Horizon 8 for Published Applications Delivery
Configure Horizon 8 for Published Applications on Demand Delivery
Setting Up Remote Desktop Services Hosts
Remote Desktop Services Hosts
Prepare Windows Server Operating Systems for Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Host Use
Install Remote Desktop Services on Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, or 2022
Install Desktop Experience on Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, or 2019
Restrict Users to a Single Session
Install Horizon Agent on a Remote Desktop Services Host
Horizon Agent Custom Setup Options for an RDS Host
Modify Installed Components with theHorizon Agent Installer
Silent Installation Properties for Horizon Agent
Enable Time Zone Redirection for Published Desktop and Application Sessions
Enable Windows Basic Theme for Applications
Configure Group Policy to Start Runonce.exe
RDS Host Performance Options
RDS Host Printing Options
Configuring 3D Graphics for RDS Hosts
Understanding RDS Per-Device Client Access Licensing in Horizon
Creating and Managing Farms
Creating an Automated Instant-Clone Farm
Instant Clone Image Publishing and Creation Workflow for Farms
Preparing a Golden Image Virtual Machine for an Automated Farm
Prepare an RDS Host Golden Image Virtual Machine
Disable Windows Hibernation in the Golden Image
Worksheet for Creating an Automated Instant-Clone Farm in Horizon
Create an Automated Instant-Clone Farm in Horizon
Configuring 3D Rendering for Automated Instant Clone Farms
Creating a Manual Farm
Worksheet for Creating a Manual Farm in Horizon
Create a Manual Farm in Horizon
Associate App Volumes Manager with a Farm
Unassociate App Volumes Manager
3D Graphics Options for Manual Farms
Managing Farms
Edit a Farm
Delete a Farm
Disable or Enable a Farm
Schedule Maintenance for an Automated Instant-Clone Farm in Horizon
Creating Published Desktop Pools
Understanding Published Desktop Pools
Published Desktop Pools Settings
Create a Published Desktop Pool
Troubleshooting Instant Clones in the Internal VM Debug Mode
Creating Application Pools
Worksheet for Creating an Application Pool
Create an Application Pool
Managing Application Pools
Edit an Application Pool
Delete an Application Pool
Duplicate an Application Pool
Change the Icon of a Published Application
Remove the Icon of a Published Application
Enable or Disable an Application Pool
Configure an Anti-Affinity Rule for an Application Pool in Horizon Console
Anti-Affinity Feature Constraints
Managing RDS Hosts and Sessions
Managing RDS Hosts in Horizon Console
Edit an RDS Host in a Manual Farm
Add an RDS Host to a Manual Farm
Remove an RDS Host from a Manual or Automated Farm
Remove a Registered RDS Host from Horizon
Disable or Enable an RDS Host in a Manual or Automated Farm
Status of RDS Hosts in Horizon Console
Monitor RDS Hosts in Horizon Console
Manage Published Desktop and Application Sessions in Horizon Console
Configuring Load Balancing for RDS Hosts in Horizon Console
Configure Load Balancing Settings on an RDS Host in Horizon Console
Load Balancing Settings
Writing a Load Balancing Script for an RDS Host
Sample Load Balancing Scripts for RDS Hosts
Enable the VMware Horizon View Script Host Service on an RDS Host
Configure a Load Balancing Script on an RDS Host
Verify a Load Balancing Script