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Mastering VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition 2nd Edition
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Learn advanced desktop virtualization techniques and strategies and dive deeper into VMware Horizon 7, take responsibility for optimizing your end user experience
About This Book
- Build better virtualized services for your users with VMware Horizon 7
- Take full advantage of Horizon’s range of features for confidence and control in your virtualized solutions
- Take responsibility for transforming your organization – this guide will get you started!
Who This Book Is For
Admins, architects… whatever your role, if you find virtualization a bit of a headache this book is for you. You’ll go deep into VMware Horizon and see just what its capable of. It will take you to an advanced level, but at a pace that ensures you’re always solving real-world problems. You’ll need some experience in desktop management using Windows and Microsoft Office, and familiarity with Active Directory, SQL, Windows Remote Desktop Session Hosting, and VMware vSphere technology.
What You Will Learn
- Successfully configure Horizon 7 for the needs of your users
- Find out how VMware is perfect for end-user computing delivering virtual desktops, session-based desktops, and hosted applications all from the same platform
- Learn how to develop, and deploy a complete end-to-end solution
- Discover how to optimize desktop OS images for virtual desktops
- Build, optimize, and tune desktop operating systems to deliver a superior end-user experience
- Explore the Horizon 7 infrastructure, so you can take full advantage of it!
In Detail
Desktop virtualization can be a bit of a headache. But VMware Horizon 7 changes all that. With a rich and adaptive UX, improved security and a range of useful features for storage and networking optimization, there’s plenty to love.
But to properly fall in love with it, you need to know how to use it. And that means venturing deeper into the software, taking advantage of its extensive range of features, many of which are underused and underpromoted. This guide will take you through everything you need to know to not only successfully virtualize your desktop infrastructure but also to maintain and optimize the infrastructure to keep all your users happy.
We’ll show you how to assess and analyze your infrastructure, and how to use that analysis to design a solution that meets your organizational and user needs. Once you’ve done that, you’ll find out how to build your virtualized environment, before deploying your virtualized solution. But more than that, we’ll also make sure you know everything you need to know about the full range of features on offer, including mobile cloud, so you can use them to take full control of your virtualized infrastructure.
Style and approach
Focusing on an end-user project, this useful, yet comprehensive guide will show you how to take full advantage of VMware’s Horizon 7 solution and how to successfully implement it for your organization.
- ISBN-101786466392
- ISBN-13978-1786466396
- Edition2nd
- PublisherPackt Publishing
- Publication dateOctober 14, 2016
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions7.5 x 1.53 x 9.25 inches
- Print length676 pages
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About the Author
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. Barry's responsibilities range from identifying new technologies and architecting solutions for customers to speaking and hosting customer focused events surrounding virtualisation, end user computing, storage and cloud computing. Barry blogs at VirtualisedReality.com and DefineTomorrow.co.uk and is co-host of the EUCPodcast.com podcast. Outside of work Barry is a proud father and husband who enjoys spending time with his family, cycling (Although needs to find more time), photography and yet again more tech! Barry enjoys talking about technology and sharing his findings with others in the community. Barry was awarded VMware's vExpert award for contributions to the VMware Community in 2010 through to 2016 Barry can usually be found on twitter (@VirtualisedReal) chatting about virtualisation and technology in general. This is Barry s third book on end-user computing technologies, after previously being a coauthor for Building End-User Computing Solutions with VMware View in 2012, and Mastering VMware Horizon 6 in 2015.
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- Publisher : Packt Publishing; 2nd edition (October 14, 2016)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 676 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1786466392
- ISBN-13 : 978-1786466396
- Item Weight : 2.52 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.5 x 1.53 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,132,932 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #551 in Computer Operating Systems (Books)
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- #1,353 in Computer Network Administration
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Peter von Oven is an experienced technical consultant and has spent the past 25 years working with customers and partners designing technology solutions that deliver business outcomes. During this time Peter has presented at key IT events such as VMworld, IP EXPO, and various VMUGs and CCUG events across the UK, EMEA, and the US.
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 seven years running. More recently Peter has also been awarded VMware vExpert EUC for the last two years, and more recently, VMware vExpert Desktop Hypervisor.
In 2016, Peter founded his own company, Droplet Computing, where he worked as CEO/CTO before leaving in late 2020 to return to consulting, delivering pre-sales as a service and project consultancy for a number of partners and customers.
When it comes to writing, Peter got his first taste for writing when assisting with some of the chapters in Building End-User Computing Solutions with VMware View, which has led to him authoring 16 more books and courses focused on VMware digital workspace solutions.
In his spare time, Peter volunteers as a STEM Ambassador, helping the next generation realize careers in IT, providing mentoring, coaching, and support.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2019
This book takes more of a bird eye's view and includes many high-level and design-oriented aspects and can provide a valuable guidance towards implementing a sound Horizon View infrastructure. I recommend this book (ideally in conjunction with Jason's more step-by-step-based book) for anyone dealing with VMware Horizon 7. With more than 650 pages packed with implementation guidance and knowledge, it's definitely a must-read book on Horizon 7.
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日本語版がないのが非常に残念ですが、読みやすい英語なので必要な部分をかいつまんで読んでもよいと思います。
ハイレベルな設計から実装までカバーしています。
