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Paolo Valsecchi
  • Paolo Valsecchi
  • February 6, 2024

FSLogix configuration in VMware Horizon

Dive into the world of seamless user profile management with FSLogix in VMware Horizon! Learn how to provide a persistent area for machines like Instant Clones while managing user profiles efficiently.
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • January 31, 2023

VMware Horizon 8 version 2212: Apps on Demand Technology For Published Apps

VMware App Volumes is a part of the VMware Horizon‘s Apps on Demand feature, which allows delivering apps to virtual desktops on demand. Instead of mounting VMDK with apps, dynamic mounting of the volumes starts only when you use an application. Now, Apps on Demand for published app environments extends this functionality to the apps published by Horizon Apps, Citrix Virtual Apps, and Microsoft Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH)/terminal.
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Paolo Valsecchi
  • Paolo Valsecchi
  • December 20, 2022

Join a Linux VM to Active Directory using SSSD

It is recommended to use SSSD (System Security Services Daemon) as the authentication method of choice for joining Linux VMs (in the newer OS versions) to Active Directory. SSSD allows you to connect local systems to external ones, as well as access remote directories and authentication mechanisms safely.
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • May 17, 2022

7 Interesting Features in latest releases of VMware Horizon 8

Desktop and app virtualization and delivery platform VMware Horizon is one of the top products of VMware, and just recently it got even better with the latest release. If you’re looking for more interesting details than there are in the Release Notes, take a look at a few enhancements that might have not gotten much spotlight.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • May 3, 2022

What is VMware Dynamic Environment Manager and How it helps with OS configuration?

The software provides the ability to configure the entirety of a user’s profile at scale. It’s designated for cloud desktops, physical desktops, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) with VMware Horizon, and remote desktop services (RDS). You can configure the entirety of the user’s experience as well as the desired relevant OS settings.
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Paolo Valsecchi
  • Paolo Valsecchi
  • April 5, 2022

VMware DEM configure default applications

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM) is used to manage profile settings for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) users. The tool is designed for VMware Horizon and has a wide range of functions, among which there’s a handy ability to retain customizations and files of a user in their VD profile while storing them in a File Server.
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • March 17, 2022

VMware App Volumes On-Demand Applications: How Does It Work?

VMware App Volumes is a software solution meant to deliver ready-to-use apps right to the users’ VMs, providing them with instant access to the required application. Formerly belonging to the CloudVolumes, it was released as the part of VMware Horizon line to decouple package management and delivery. Packaging once and deploying everywhere, VMware App Volumes brings the user experience to the whole new level.
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • April 13, 2021

Cloning Technology in VMware vSphere / Horizon: Full, Linked, and Instant Clones

Virtualization machines (VMs) have various use cases, each defined by the IT resources at hand and respective end-goals. VMware vSphere and Horizon offer three types of cloning when it comes to VM interoperability: full, linked, and instant cloning. Each type has its benefits but also takes its own toll on the system.
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Paolo Valsecchi
  • Paolo Valsecchi
  • March 11, 2021

VMware Horizon: grant permissions in Active Directory

Having a controlled minimum set of permissions in your Active Directory (AD) will ensure nothing will slip during clone publishing. Otherwise, VMware Horizon, when instant clones are published, can make unwanted corrections in the AD service account while creating computer objects in the target organizational unit. You don’t want that.
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