To manage OS patches and software updates with instant clones, you can use the push-image operation for the patching process with zero downtime. You start by preparing a new virtual machine and snapshot and then scheduling a push-image. Horizon deletes old desktops that are unused and quickly create new desktops, for other desktops, it waits until the user logs off and then recreates those desktops. This approach eliminates boot storms, reduces storage […]
In the last post, I configured the desktop-based pool and now I will show you how to set up a session-based pool to provide desktop sessions and deliver applications to many users. Horizon uses Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS) to provide desktop and application sessions to users. Horizon 8 Series: Create RDS Farm To deploy published applications and desktops, the following […]
In the last post, I configured the Horizon Connection Server and it is ready to publish and deploy new desktops. In this post, I’ll walk through deploying a windows 11 desktop pool. Horizon 8 Series: When we talk about a virtual desktop infrastructure, there are usually two ways to provide a desktop to a user: either you provide a single virtual […]
In the last post, I installed Horizon Connection Server and now I want to configure the Connection Server to be able to create pools of desktops and RDSH-published applications. This configuration includes the following tasks: Horizon 8 Series: Creating appropriate domain users and OUs 1- Log in to the Active Directory and open Active Directory Users and Computers from Server Manager. […]
In this step, you have to fulfill some requirements to be able to install the Connection Server. If you already have an Active Directory or a SQL Server, you can skip installing a new one. One design principle is to eliminate a single point of failure, however, since this is a lab environment, we are not considering this at the […]
Since I am preparing myself for a new virtual desktop experience and on the other hand, I have not dealt with this product for two years professionally, I thought it would be useful to document and publish each step I take in installing a complete Virtual Desktop Infrastructure based on Horizon 8. Each post contains a summary of the solution […]
