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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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Manage Citrix & VMware Horizon Deployments Stacy Leidwinger, CMO, Goliath Technologies Why do most IT departments struggle to manage Citrix & VMware Horizon deployments effectively? IT

Now that you have installed the XenServer host, the host’s configuration can begin. As stated in the Introduction article, Citrix uses XenCenter to manage one or more XenServer hosts. The first