Mastering VMware Horizon 8, 1st ed.
An Advanced Guide to Delivering Virtual Desktops and Virtual Apps

Learn all about designing, installing, configuring, and managing VMware Horizon, with a core focus on how to deliver virtual desktops using Horizon. This book allows you to follow the complete process for deploying VMware Horizon and covers the design, deployment, and management of solutions. 

You'll start by reviewing remote solutions, from virtual desktops to published applications, including the benefits and what the different solutions deliver. Once through the high-level technology you'll then look at the VMware Horizon solution focusing on the architecture and the components that make up the solution and how to design a production-ready environment.  Other VMware EUC technologies that complement the core Horizon solution will also be incorporate into it. 

Armed with the knowledge of how to design a solution, you'll move onto the installation phase and start to build a test lab environment. Once your lab is installed, you'll move onto the configuration stage where you will understand how to build, configure, and optimize virtual desktops, and desktop pools ready for end-users to use. As part of this you will also look at delivering published applications with Horizon Apps.

With resources built and configured you can optimize the end-user experience with Horizon clients. The final sections of the book will focus on the other complementary solutions introducing you to VMware App Volumes and VMware Dynamic Environment Manager before finishing with how to manage the solution where we will look at some advanced configuration options and troubleshooting techniques.

What You Will Learn

• See the core components of VMware Horizon and their functionality
• Design and install a Horizon environment
• Deliver the best end-user experience
• Manage the deployed solution
• Use VMware reference architectures to create real-life scenario examples
  
• Review the minimum requirements for designing a solution 
  

Who This Book Is For

VMware professionals, system integrators, IT professionals, and consultants.

Chapter 1: What Are Remote Desktop Solutions?.- Chapter 2:  Getting Started With VMware Horizon.- Chapter 3: Plan, Design, And Deploy VMware Horizon.- Chapter 4: Installation – Setting Up And Configuring Your Horizon Environment.- Chapter 5: Creating Virtual Desktop Images For Deployment.- Chapter 6: Building And Configuring Virtual Desktop Pool Resources.- Chapter 7: Optimizing The End User Experience.- Chapter 8: User Environment Management For Remote Desktop Environments.- Chapter 9: Delivering Published Apps With Horizon Apps.- Chapter 10: Delivering Published Desktop Sessions With VMware Horizon  .- Chapter 11: Connecting end users.- Chapter 12: Horizon Enterprise Edition.- Chapter 13: Upgrading Horizon.- Chapter 14: Running Horizon in the Cloud.- Chapter 15: Horizon Troubleshooting.- Chapter 16: Advanced configuration and management.

Peter von Oven is an experienced technical consultant working closely with customers and partners designing technology solutions, to meet business needs. During his career, Peter has presented at key IT events such as VMworld, IP EXPO, and various VMUGs and CCUG events. He has also worked in senior presales roles and presales management roles for Fujitsu, HP, Citrix, and VMware, and has been awarded VMware vExpert for the last six years in a row. In 2016, Peter founded his own company, Droplet Computing, where he works today as the founder and chief executive officer, helping redefine the way applications are delivered today. He is also an avid author, having now written 13 books and made videos about VMware end-user computing solutions. In his spare time, Peter volunteers as a STEM Ambassador, helping the next generation develop the skills and confidence in building careers in technology.