VMware horizon workspace essentials : manage and deliver a secure, unified workspace to embrace any time, any place, anywhere access to corporate apps, data, and virtual desktops securely from any device / Peter von Oven, Peter Björk, Joel Lindberg ; Tony Shi, cover image.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oven, Peter von, author.

Björk, Peter, author.

Lindberg Joel, author.

Contributor:

Shi, Tony, cover designer.

Series:

Professional expertise distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

VMware.

Operating systems (Computers).

Virtual computer systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book uses a step-by-step approach to teach you how to design, deploy, and manage a Horizon Workspace based on real world experience. Written in an easy-to-follow style, this book explains the terminology in a clear and concise manner. Each feature is explained starting at a high level and then drilling down into the technical detail, using diagrams and screenshots.This book is perfect for IT administrators who want to deploy a solution to centrally manage access to corporate applications, data, and virtual desktops using Horizon Workspace. You need to have some experience in delivering BY

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Started with VMware Horizon Workspace; Introduction to VMware Horizon Workspace; Ease of deployment; Proving the technology; Prerequisites; Infrastructure requirements for an initial test setup; Infrastructure requirements for production deployment; Network, DNS, and Active Directory requirements; vCenter Server requirements; External access; Certificates; Horizon Workspace vApp; The vApp overview; Users; Downloading the software; Summary

Chapter 2: Design, Install, and ConfigureThe Horizon Workspace architecture; The Horizon Workspace sizing guide; Sizing the Horizon Workspace virtual appliances; Sizing for Preview services; The Horizon Workspace database; External access and load balancing considerations; Deploying and configuring the vApp; Configuring an IP pool; Deploying the vApp; The command-line configuration process; Web-based configuration; Summary; Chapter 3: Horizon Files; An introduction to Horizon Workspace Files; Horizon data appliance architecture; Configuring storage on the data-va virtual machine

Calculating user storage requirementsAdding a new VMDK; Adding a new NFS data store; Enabling Horizon Files and entitling users; Enabling the Horizon Files module; Entitling users to Horizon Files; Configuring a Class of Service; COS configuration options; User accounts; Domain users; Virtual users; Document preview; LibreOffice; Microsoft Windows Preview; Managing files and folders; Uploading a file; Sharing a file; Version control; Comments; Creating a new folder; Sharing a folder; History; Synchronizing Horizon Files and offline access; Multi-device access; The Android app; The iOS app

SummaryChapter 4: Integrating SaaS Applications; Configuring SAML-based SaaS apps; Configuring Horizon Workspace for SaaS apps; Configuring the SaaS app for Horizon Workspace; Summary; Chapter 5: Mobile Management; An overview of Horizon Workspace on mobile; Configuring Mobile Management; Horizon Mobile Workspace policies; Mobile device enrolment; Enrolling an Android device; Enrolling an iOS device; Summary; Chapter 6: Integrating ThinApp Packages; An overview of ThinApp integration; Enabling Horizon management in your ThinApp packages; Enabling ThinApp integration in Horizon Workspace

ThinApp configuration in Horizon WorkspaceEntitling a user to the ThinApp-packaged application; Updating ThinApp packages; Summary; Chapter 7: Horizon View Integration; Configuring Horizon Workspace for view access; Configuring user accounts for Horizon View; Enabling and configuring Horizon View pools; Configuring the Horizon View Workspace integration; Configuring SAML authentication; Configuring HTML5 desktop access; Accessing your desktop; Summary; Chapter 8: Troubleshooting; Installation troubleshooting; Networking; Configuring the IP pool; DNS errors; Web-based setup wizard issues

Troubleshooting AD errors

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 3, 2014).

ISBN:

9781782172383

1782172386

OCLC:

874968406