Architecture Planning
Table Of Contents
- View Architecture Planning
- Contents
- View Architecture Planning
- Introduction to View
- Planning a Rich User Experience
- Feature Support Matrix for View Agent
- Choosing a Display Protocol
- Using Hosted Applications
- Using View Persona Management to Retain User Data and Settings
- Using USB Devices with Remote Desktops and Applications
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Using 3D Graphics Applications
- Streaming Multimedia to a Remote Desktop
- Printing from a Remote Desktop
- Using Single Sign-On for Logging In to a Remote Desktop
- Using Multiple Monitors
- Managing Desktop and Application Pools from a Central Location
- Architecture Design Elements and Planning Guidelines for Remote Desktop Deployments
- Virtual Machine Requirements for Remote Desktops
- View ESXi Node
- Desktop Pools for Specific Types of Workers
- Desktop Virtual Machine Configuration
- RDS Host Virtual Machine Configuration
- vCenter Server and View Composer Virtual Machine Configuration
- View Connection Server Maximums and Virtual Machine Configuration
- vSphere Clusters
- Storage and Bandwidth Requirements
- View Building Blocks
- View Pods
- Advantages of Using Multiple vCenter Servers in a Pod
- Planning for Security Features
- Understanding Client Connections
- Choosing a User Authentication Method
- Restricting Remote Desktop Access
- Using Group Policy Settings to Secure Remote Desktops and Applications
- Implementing Best Practices to Secure Client Systems
- Assigning Administrator Roles
- Preparing to Use a Security Server
- Understanding View Communications Protocols
- Overview of Steps to Setting Up a View Environment
- Index
You can also use View Composer to create automated farms of linked-clone Microsoft RDS hosts, which
provide hosted applications to end users.
Although you can install View Composer on its own server host, a View Composer service can operate with
only one vCenter Server instance. Similarly, a vCenter Server instance can be associated with only one View
Composer service.
vCenter Server
This service acts as a central administrator for VMware ESXi servers that are connected on a network.
vCenter Server provides the central point for configuring, provisioning, and managing virtual machines in
the datacenter.
In addition to using these virtual machines as sources for virtual machine desktop pools, you can use virtual
machines to host the server components of View, including View Connection Server instances, Active
Directory servers, Microsoft RDS hosts, and vCenter Server instances.
You can install View Composer on the same server as vCenter Server or on a different server.
vCenter Server then manages the assignment of the virtual machines to physical servers and storage and
manages the assignment of CPU and memory resources to virtual machines.
You can install vCenter Server either as a VMware virtual appliance or install vCenter Server in a Windows
Server 2008 R2 server or a Windows Server 2012 R2 server, preferably on a VMware virtual machine.
Integrating and Customizing View
To enhance the effectiveness of View in your organization, you can use several interfaces to integrate View
with external applications or to create administration scripts that you can run from the command line or in
batch mode.
Integrating with Other Components
VMware Workspace
Portal
You can integrate Workspace Portal with View to provide the following
benefits to IT managers and end users:
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End users have on-demand access to remote desktops and applications
through the same user portal on the Web that they use to access SaaS,
Web, and Windows applications, with the same single sign-on
convenience.
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End users can access Workspace Portal on the Web from inside a remote
desktop for applications they need.
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If you also use HTML Access, end users can open a remote desktop
inside a browser, without having to install any client application on the
client system or device.
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IT managers can use the browser-based administration console of
Workspace Portal to monitor user and group entitlements to remote
desktops.
VMware Mirage and
Horizon FLEX
You can use Mirage and Horizon FLEX to deploy and update applications on
dedicated full-clone remote desktops without overwriting user-installed
applications or data.
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