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My truth on EUC, with a touch of #DevOps
This post was originally posted on my blog at https://www.cloudsparkle.be/2020-10-19-EUC-DevOps/ on October 19, 2020. See what I did there? Some sneaky clickbait. But just keep reading; I promise th
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How 10ZiG Technology Endpoint Hardware & Management Software is Supporting Remote Communications (Advertiser Post)
October 28, 2020
How 10ZiG Technology Endpoint Hardware & Management Software is Supporting Remote Communications Who is 10ZiG? SOLE Thin & Zero Client Hardware & Software FOCUS for 17+ Years OPTIMIZED
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A Look Inside Webster’s Lab and Memories of Sir Simon, The Keeper of Webster’s Lab – October 2020
October 11, 2020
October 2020 This is the 9th major update to Webster’s Lab since I started this website in November 2008. As of October 2020, there are now four physical servers running XenServer 8.2 and six r
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Notice of Site Cleanup
October 7, 2020
Recently I came across a broken link in one of my articles. I then found a Broken Link Checker tool for WordPress and ran it. The results left me speechless. After running for over 48 hours, the tool
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Learning the Basics of VMware Horizon 7.12 – Part 16 – Tearing Down the Horizon Lab
June 23, 2020
Whew, that was a lot to cover in almost 600 screenshots and 450 pages. After completing your Horizon testing, there is a step-by-step process to undo all the work done in Parts 1 through 15. Others ma
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Learning the Basics of VMware Horizon 7.12 – Part 15 – DEM Helpdesk Support Tool
June 19, 2020
With the DEM Management Console installed and configured, you tested accessing the various published applications for multiple users. In this Part, we learn how to use the DEM Helpdesk Support Tool.
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Learning the Basics of VMware Horizon 7.12 – Part 14 – Dynamic Environment Manager Installation and Configuration
June 18, 2020
With the preparations out of the way, it’s time to install the DEM FlexEngine, install the DEM Management Console, configure DEM, and test with users accessing the published applications. Inst
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Learning the Basics of VMware Horizon 7.12 – Part 13 -Dynamic Environment Manager Prep Work
June 17, 2020
VMware Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM) is a multiple purpose product. DEM can manage profiles and policies across virtual, physical, and cloud-based Windows desktops. DEM can also handle mappings s
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Learning the Basics of VMware Horizon 7.12 – Part 12 – Using Update Manager with Instant Clones and Creating Additional Machines
June 16, 2020
Shortly after starting to learn VMware Horizon, I went to use Update Manager to apply VMware updates to my cluster. I was shocked when my hosts would never enter Maintenance Mode. I asked a question
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Learning the Basics of VMware Horizon 7.12 – Part 11 – Image Updating
June 15, 2020
In this article, we will update the Server 2019 RDS and Windows 10 master image, shut down the machines, take a snapshot, and roll out the updated snapshots to the desktop pools. We will also make t
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Learning the Basics of VMware Horizon 7.12 – Part 10 – Accessing Published Resources
June 12, 2020
We now have three desktop pools and four published applications, There is nothing else in the Connection Server we need to configure to allow us to access the published resources. Let’s look at
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Learning the Basics of VMware Horizon 7.12 – Part 9 – Farm and Pool Creation
June 11, 2020
Now that we have two master images and a physical computer installed with the Horizon agent, it is time to create the Farm, three Pools, take a quick look at vCenter, and then publish Applications.
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Learning the Basics of VMware Horizon 7.12 – Part 8 – Physical Computer
June 10, 2020
With the Connection Server installed and configured, it is time to build master images. The third image is not really an image but a physical computer. For this article, I used Windows 10 1909 Ent
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Learning the Basics of VMware Horizon 7.12 – Part 7 – Windows Server 2019 Master Image
June 9, 2020
With the Connection Server installed and configured, it is time to build master images. The second image is Windows Server 2019. For this article, I used Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition. Note: E
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Learning the Basics of VMware Horizon 7.12 – Part 6 – Windows 10 Master Image
June 8, 2020
With the Connection Server installed and configured, it is time to build master images. The first image is Windows 10. For this article, I used Windows 10 1909 Enterprise Edition. UPDATED 15-Jun-20
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Learning the Basics of VMware Horizon 7.12 – Part 5 – Horizon Connection Server
June 5, 2020
There are several steps needed to have a completely installed and configured Horizon Connection Server. In this article, the following steps are completed: SQL preparation vCenter setup SSL Certific
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Learning the Basics of VMware Horizon 7.12 – Part 4 – ControlUp and IGEL Overview
June 4, 2020
I use ControlUp for monitoring what goes on in the lab, and I use two IGEL devices to test accessing published resources. I am part of the ControlUPExpert Program, which gives me an unlimited license
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Learning the Basics of VMware Horizon 7.12 – Part 3 – Virtual Machine and Computer Details
June 3, 2020
With an overview of the Horizon lab and the required software downloaded, it is time to go over the VM details. From Part 1, here is the list of computers built for this lab. Server 2019 domain con
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Learning the Basics of VMware Horizon 7.12 – Part 2 – Evaluation Software
June 2, 2020
As stated in Part 1, all the software used for this Horizon lab has free evaluation software and licenses available. Let’s start with VMware. Note: For VMware product licenses, there is also V
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Learning the Basics of VMware Horizon 7.12 – Part 1 – Introduction
June 1, 2020
Recently, my employer asked me to learn Horizon 7 for potential projects. The last time I looked at VMware Horizon (Horizon) was in the summer of 2015 for a vendor project. Horizon has changed a lot,
October 30, 2020
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