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Mastering VMware Horizon 7.8

You're reading from Mastering VMware Horizon 7.8 Master desktop virtualization to optimize your end user experience

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2019

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781789802375

Length 772 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Tools

VMware Horizon

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Peter von Oven

Barry Coombs

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

About Packt

Contributors

Preface

1. Introducing VDI and VMware Horizon 7 FREE CHAPTER

2. Understanding Horizon 7 Architecture and Components

3. Design and Deployment Considerations

4. Installing and Configuring Horizon 7 - Part 1

5. Installing and Configuring Horizon 7 - Part 2

6. Securing Horizon View with SSL Certificates

7. Building and Optimizing the Virtual Desktop OS

8. Configuring and Managing Desktop Pools - Part 1

9. Configuring and Managing Desktop Pools - Part 2

10. Fine-Tuning the End User Experience

11. Delivering Published Apps with Horizon 7

12. Horizon Client Options

13. Upgrading to a New Version of Horizon

14. JMP and VMware Horizon 7 Deployment Considerations

15. Troubleshooting

16. What is New in Horizon 7

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Authors (2)

Peter von Oven

Peter von Oven

Peter von Oven is an experienced technical consultant and has spent the past 25 years working with customers and partners designing technology solutions. 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 four years running. In 2016, Peter founded his own company, Droplet Computing, where he works today as the Founder and Chief Technology Officer.Peter got his first taste for writing when assisting with some of the chapters in Building End-User Computing Solutions with VMware View, which then lead to five other Packt titles.

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Barry Coombs

Barry Coombs

Barry Coombs is the Operations and Pre Sales Director for ComputerWorld by day and an avid Blogger following everything to do with the virtualisation, storage and cloud industries.

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