Lab Guidance .......................................................................................................... 3Introduction............................................................................................................. 4Overview of Desktop Pools...................................................................................... 6Create a Desktop Pool............................................................................................. 8Add Entitlement to a Desktop Pool........................................................................ 32Desktop Pool Settings ........................................................................................... 36Drag and Drop Feature.......................................................................................... 39VM Hosted Applications ........................................................................................ 51Conclusion............................................................................................................. 67Appendix - Lab Guidance ...................................................................................... 69
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Lab Overview -HOL-2051-91-VWS -VMware Horizon 7
Lightning Lab
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Lab GuidanceWelcome to the VMware Horizon 7 Lightning Lab.
We have developed Lightning Labs to help you learn about VMware products in smallsegments of time. In this lab, you will be guided through the steps of creating aninstant-clone desktop pool and testing.
This lab manual can be downloaded from the Hands-on Labs Document site found here:
http://docs.hol.vmware.com
This lab may be available in other languages. To set your language preference and havea localized manual deployed with your lab, you may utilize this document to help guideyou through the process:
IntroductionThis Module contains the following lessons:
• Overview of Desktop Pools will have a quick introduction to desktop pools• Create a Desktop Pool will walk through the process of setting up a desktop pool• Entitlement for a Desktop Pool will add a user to access a desktop pool• Desktop Pool Settings will walk through some new features like Longer-lived
Instant Clone• Drag and Drop Feature will show the latest feature where you can drag and drop
files and folders between client system and remote desktop• VM Hosted Apps. This lesson will edit an existing desktop pool and make it a
desktop and application pool
Horizon 7
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) products, such as VMware Horizon 7, enable ITdepartments to run virtual machine (VM) desktops and applications in the data centerand remotely deliver these desktops and applications to users as a managed service.This computer-within-a-computer strategy enables multiple VMs to be run per physicalserver core.
For administrators, this means desktop and application management can be simplifiedand automated. Admins can quickly create virtual desktops on demand based onlocation and profile, and securely deliver desktops as a service from a central location.
End users can access their personalized virtual desktops or remote applications fromcompany laptops, their home PCs, thin client devices, Macs, tablets, or smartphones.Horizon 7 is the leading platform for Windows desktop and application virtualization,providing a consistent user experience across devices and locations while keepingorganizations data compliant and securely stored in the data center.
When VDI solutions first started appearing, about a decade ago, the strategy was totake a Windows desktop system, virtualize it, and place it in the data center. Unlike thistraditional VDI, Horizon 7 is built on technologies that allow components of a desktop orapplication to be decoupled and managed independently in a centralized manner, yetreconstituted on demand to deliver a personalized user workspace. For example, whenthe user logs in, a virtual desktop can assemble itself on the fly by combining an instantclone of a master image (VM) with a user environment profile and one or morecontainerized applications that attach themselves to (but are not installed in) the VM.
In addition, Horizon 7 integrates with VMware Workspace ONE on a common identityframework to provide a single catalog for accessing Windows applications and desktops,as well as software-as-a-service (SaaS), web, cloud, and native mobile applications.
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If you are not familiar with Horizon 7 you can read more on our Digital Workspace TechZone at
Horizon 7 is a complete solution that delivers, manages, and protects virtual desktops,RDSH-published desktops, and applications across devices and locations. Fromprovisioning to management and monitoring, Horizon 7 offers an integrated stack ofenterprise-class technologies that can deploy hundreds of customized desktops andRDSH servers in a few minutes from centralized single images.
Horizon 7 can be integrated with Workspace ONE through VMware Identity Manager(either on-premises or as part of the Workspace ONE service). VMware Identity Manageris provided with Horizon 7 Enterprise Edition or Workspace ONE when purchased.
Overview of Desktop PoolsWith Horizon 7, you can create desktop pools that include thousands of virtual desktops.You can deploy desktops that run on virtual machines (VMs) and physical machines.Create one VM as a master image, and Horizon 7 can generate a pool of virtualdesktops from that image. The master image is also known as a base image or a goldenimage.
There are two main types of virtual desktop pools: automated and manual. Automateddesktop pools use a vCenter Server virtual machine template or snapshot to create apool of identical virtual machines. Manual desktop pools are a collection of Server virtualmachines, physical computers, or third-party virtual machines. In automated or manualpools, each machine is available for one user to access remotely at a time.
Advantages of Desktop Pools
Horizon 7 offers the ability to create and provision pools of desktops as its basis ofcentralized management. If you use a vSphere virtual machine as a desktop source, youcan automate the process of making as many identical virtual desktops as you need.You can set a minimum and maximum number of virtual desktops to be generated forthe pool. Setting these parameters ensures that you always have enough remotedesktops available for immediate use but not so many that you overuse availableresources.
Using pools to manage desktops allows you to apply settings or deploy applications toall remote desktops in a pool. You can also specify how users are assigned desktops in apool.
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Desktop Pools
With single-user desktops, each virtual machine allows a single end-user connection at atime. In contrast, with session-based desktops, one RDSH server can accommodatemany concurrent user connections.
We will walk through the process of creating an Instant Clone Desktop Pool. A clone is acopy of a master VM with a unique identity of its own, including a MAC address, UUID,and other system information. The VMware Instant Clone Technology improves andaccelerates the process of creating cloned VMs over the previous View Composer linked-clone technology. In addition, instant clones require less storage and less expense tomanage and update because the desktop is deleted when the user logs out, and a newdesktop is created using the latest master image.
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Create a Desktop PoolWhen you create a desktop pool, you select configuration options that determine howthe pool is managed and how users interact with the desktops.
We will walk through the steps to create an Instant Clone Desktop Pool but because oftime and resources in the lab environment, we will cancel out before completing. We willuse an existing Desktop Pool to complete the remaining lab lessons.
Instant Clone Desktop Pool
An instant-clone desktop pool is an automated desktop pool. vCenter Server creates thedesktop VMs based on the settings that you specify when you create the pool. Instantclones share a virtual disk of the master image and therefore consume less storage thanfull VMs. In addition, instant clones share the memory of the master image. Instantclones are created using the vmFork technology.
Before you can deploy a pool of desktops, you must create an optimized master image,which includes installing and configuring a Windows or Linux operating system in a VM,optimizing the OS, and installing the various VMware agents required for desktop pooldeployment.
We will not be creating the optimized master image in this lab as it has already been setup for us in the interest of time. For step-by-step instructions, see the guide Creating anOptimized Windows Image for a VMware Horizon Virtual Desktop.
To perform desktop or application pool deployment tasks, troubleshooting tasks, ormanage JMP workflows, you must log in to Horizon Console. You can access HorizonConsole through the Horizon Administrator Web interface. We will use the new HTML 5Horizon Console for this lab. With the latest version of Horizon Console, it is in featureparity with almost everything that you can do in the Horizon Administrator Flex console.We will launch the Horizon Console using the URL https://horizon-01.corp.local/
newadmin
1. Click on the Horizon favorites bookmark bar at the top of the Chrome browserand Click on Horizon-01-NewAdminConsole
2. Enter administrator as the Username3. Password is VMware1!4. Click on Sign In
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Horizon Console
The Horizon Console
The Horizon Console is the newest HTML5 based web interface to manage Horizon 7Environments. Horizon Console is used to create and manage virtual desktops andpublished desktops and applications. Horizon Console also integrates VMware HorizonJust-in-Time Management Platform (JMP) Integrated Workflow features for managingworkspaces.
Horizon Console is available after you install and configure Horizon Connection Server.
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Add a Desktop Pool
The Add Desktop Pool wizards guides you through the steps of creating an instant-clonedesktop pool. We will not go over the steps to clone or configure a desktop image butwill use one already created for this lab. For more information on how to clone a desktopor create a new virtual machine to use, please consult the documentation athttps://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Horizon-7/7.9/horizon-virtual-desktops/GUID-C875E8BE-20C9-4845-96DC-70F125BCA907.html
1. Click on Desktops in the left navigation pain under Inventory2. Notice the existing Instant Clone Pool - IC-Pool1. Do not click on the existing pool
at this time.3. Click on Add in the Desktop Pools pain to add a new desktop pool
• Automated : Desktops are created when pool is created or on demand based onpool usage
• Manual : Select existing virtual machines, physical machines or 3rd Party VirtualMachines
• RDS Desktop pool
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Instant Clone on vCenter Server
1. Choose the Instant Clone option from the vCenter Server screen.2. Click on the vCenter Server: vcsa-01a.corp.local
View Storage Accelerator Ignore
Click on Ignore for View Storage Accelerator pop up
With the vCenter Server selected, Click on Next
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User Assignment
1. From the User Assignment screen, Click on Dedicated2. Click Next to continue
With Dedicated, each user is assigned a particular remote desktop and returns to thesame desktop at each login. This is a one-to-one desktop-to-user relationship. WithFloating assignment users log in to any available desktop. This reduces the number ofdesktops required if everyone does not need to be logged in at the same time. We willpick Dedicated for this pool so that we can see the new feature of Longer-lived InstantClones. We will explain more on this feature shortly.
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Storage Optimization - Storage Policy Management
From the Storage Optimization page:
1. Click on Next as we do not use vSAN in this lab.
Desktop Pool Identification
On the Desktop pool identification screen,
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1. Enter IC-TestPool1 as the pool ID2. Display name is IC-TestPool13. Keep access group as is with the /4. You can enter anything in the Description field like Test pool created for HOL5. Click on Next
Provisioning Settings
Provision Settings:
1. Make sure Enable Provisioning is checked as this will provision the desktoppool after completion.
2. For the Virtual Machine Naming, use the naming convention: Test-{n}. Using atoken n is replaced with a unique number. You can also add a fixed length withnumber of digits.
3. Click on Provision machines on demand.
We will only provision machines as we need them with a minimum number of 1 and maxnumber set to 2.
4. Min number of machines is set to 1
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Note the warning message "Minimum number of ready/(provisioned) machines must beless than maximum and minimum number of machines. Be sure to edit the Max numberof machines below to 2.
5. Desktop Pool Sizing: Max number of machines set to 2.6. Number of spare (powered on) machines set to 17. Click Next
vCenter Settings
For vCenter Settings, we have already created the master image in the environmentthat we will be using so we will enter the information here.
1. Parent VM in vCenter, click on Browse... and select /RegionA01/vm/base-w10-1709-x64-01, click Submit
2. Snapshot, click on Browse....select /IC Desktop Base HOL 2019, click Submit3. VM Folder Location, click on Browse....select Discovered virtual machine, click
Submit4. Resource settings, Cluster, click on Browse....select RegionA01-IC01, click
Submit
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5. Resource Pool, click on Browse....select RegionA01-IC01, click Submit6. Datastores, click on Browse....select the ESX04a-Local datastore, click Submit
Warning
Click OK on the warning pop up.
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Click Next on the Desktop Pool
Click on Next
Longer Lived Instant Clones
With the latest version of Horizon, we introduce the feature of Longer Lived InstantClones. Longer Lived Instant Clones have functionality similar to Linked Clones. Thisfeatures is only available for dedicated pools. It supports the same refresh options aslinked clones:
• Never (not recommended since this would be a full clone)• Refresh every X days• At X% disk utilization• Always
Longer Lived Instant Clones supports disk reclamation.
You would use Longer Lived Instant Clones in the following use cases:
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• Collection of log files• Auditing of the Desktops• Compliance/Regulatory• Anywhere you used linked clones
We will show you the settings in the next lesson.
Desktop Pool Settings
1. Scroll down to the bottom.2. This is where you set the Longer Lived Instant Clones setting for Refresh OS disk
after logoff, set to Every3. Enter 30 for days4. We would click on Reclaim VM disk space but this is not available in this lab
environment and is disabled. But here is where you would enter the value for theInitiate reclamation when unused space on VM exceeds. Leave as is and don'tmodify.
5. Click on Next to continue.
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Remote Display Settings
You can set the Remote Display protocol for the desktop pool to be either: Blast, PCoIPor RDP. Keep as Blast.
Click on Next.
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Guest Customization
Guest Customization options, we will keep the defaults, click Next.
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Ready to Complete
The Ready to Complete screen lets you review the resettings. You can also click on theEntitle Users after this wizard finishes to go to the entitle screen. We will cancel out ofthis and will look at entitlements for an existing Instant Clone pool.
1. CLICK on Cancel as we do not have the resources or time to continue thecreation of the Instant Clone Desktop Pool.
Due to limited resources and time in this lab environment, we will cancel out of Creatingan Instant Clone Desktop Pool and instead look at an existing Instant Clone pool alreadyprovisioned.
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Confirm cancel of Creation
Click Ok to confirm.
Existing Desktop Pool
The lab has an existing Instant Clone Desktop Pool created for users named IC-Pool1. Inthe next step we will connect into that Desktop Pool through VMware Horizon HTMLAccess.
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Open a New Tab in Chrome
1. Open a new tab in Chrome by clicking on the tab.2. Click on VMware Horizon from the bookmark bar3. Click on VMware Horizon HTML Access to login to Horizon
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Open VMware Horizon HTML Access
1. Enter Username: user1mod12. Enter Password: VMware1!3. Click on Login
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Click on Instant Clone Pool
Click on the Instant Clone Pool to launch the Desktop.
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Confirm Instant Clone Desktop
1. If "Enable Copy and Paste" window present, you can click on OK to dismiss it. Thisis from another part of this lab.
2. Desktop opens in the Horizon tab. Notice Host Name and User. You are loggedinto one of the Instant Clone Desktops named WIN10IC-# desktop with theUsername user1mod1.
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Sign Out of Desktop
We will disconnect from the desktop.
1. Click on the Window's Icon for the Desktop only2. Click on person icon3. Click Sign out
This will sign out from that Instant Clone Window's desktop and disconnect.
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Confirm Disconnected
Click Close in the Disconnected popup.
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Close VMware Horizon tab in Chrome
1. Click on X on the VMware Horizon tab to close it2. NOTE: Do NOT close the VMware Horizon 7 tab as you will use it in the
next step
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Add Entitlement to a Desktop PoolYou configure entitlements to control which remote desktops and applications yourusers can access. Before users can access remote desktops or applications, they mustbe entitled to use a desktop or application pool.
VMware Horizon 7 Console
1. Click on the VMware Horizon 7 tab in the Chrome Browser2. Click on Desktop Pools if not already open
Edit Entitlement in the IC-Pool1
1. Click on the check box next to the existing IC-Pool12. Click on Entitlements to see options of either add or remove entitlements for
this desktop pool3. Click on Add Entitlements
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Add Entitlements
Click on Add
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Find User or Group
1. Enter domain user in the Name/user name contains field2. Click on Find3. Select the Domain Users by clicking on the check box4. Click OK
Note you may need to scroll down or resize the window to be able to select the DomainUsers. You can also click the box next to Name to select all, then click ok.
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OK Add Entitlement
Click OK again to accept the User in the Add Entitlements
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Desktop Pool SettingsIn this section we will go over the Desktop pool Settings and touch on a few of the newfeatures available.
Existing Pool Settings
Now we will look at the configuration of the existing Instant Clone Desktop pool.
1. Under Inventory on the left side, click on Desktops if you are not already on thispage
2. Click on the IC-Pool1 ID name to see its settings
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Observe Desktop Pool Settings
Observe the summary settings for this existing Instant Clone Desktop pool.
Click on Machines
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IC Machines
Observe the Instant Clone Machines currently provisioned and their status.
You can see the Horizon Agent Version here as well.
Machines (InstantClone Details)
Click on the Machines (InstantClone Details) tab.
Here you will see details on the Image and you can see when it was last composed.
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Drag and Drop FeatureWith the latest release of the Horizon Agent, you can drag and drop files, folders, text,rich text, and images between the Client System and remote desktops and publishedapplications. You can drag and drop multiple files and folders at the same time. Aprogress bar shows the status of the drag and drop operation.
The drag and drop feature works differently depending on the Horizon Agent versionand how it is configured.
Depending on the Horizon Agent version, a Horizon administrator can use certain grouppolicy settings or Smart Policies to configure drag and drop behavior.
Dragging Files and Folders
If you drag a file or folder between the client system and a remote desktop, the file orfolder appears in the file system on the target system. If you drag a file and drop it intoan open application, such as Notepad, the text appears in the application. If you drag afile into a new email message, the file becomes an attachment to the email message.
By default, dragging and dropping from the client system to remote desktops andpublished applications is enabled, and dragging and dropping from remote desktops andpublished applications to the client system is disabled. A Horizon administrator cancontrol the drag and drop direction by configuring group policy settings.
Dragging and dropping files and folders requires that the client drive redirection featureis enabled in Horizon Agent by selecting the Client Drive Redirection option duringHorizon Agent installation.
Configuring the Drag and Drop Feature
• Enable the Client Drive Redirection option when you install Horizon Agent
Using Group Policy Settings to Configure Drag and Drop
You can configure the drag and drop direction, the allowed drag and drop formats, andthe drag and drop size limit by editing group policy settings for the VMware Blast andPCoIP display protocols.
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Using User Environment Manager to Configure Drag andDrop
With the latest UEM and Horizon Client, you can use Smart Policies to configure dragand drop behavior, including disabling the entire drag and drop feature.
See HOL-2051-02 lab for more information on this.
Drag and Drop Test
In this lesson we are going to show drag and drop by dragging text from the ChromeBrowser on the Main Console Desktop and dropping it into the Wordpad applicationrunning on a Instant Clone Desktop. We will also grab an image and drag and drop itinto the Wordpad document as well.
Open Chrome Browser
Open the Google Chrome Browser.
Note: If you already have the browser open and logged into the Horizon Console, youcan skip ahead and click on Dashboard in the Horizon Console.
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Login to Horizon Console
1. Click on Horizon-01-NewAdminConsole2. Enter username: administrator3. Enter password: VMware1!4. Click on Sign in
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Copy Image from Browser to Desktop
1. Right click on the Image in the Browser2. Click Save image as...
If you were already logged into Horizon Console, you can just click on Dashboard in theleft column to get to this place.
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Save Image to Desktop
1. Click Desktop on the Main Console2. Keep default name and click Save
Launch VMware Horizon Client
We will launch Horizon Client to open up an Instant Clone Desktop VM to test the Dragand Drop feature. We will drag and drop this file to the desktop VM.
Double-click the VMware Horizon Client on the Main Console Desktop
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Launch Horizon-01
Double-Click on horizon-01.corp.local
Login in to Horizon-01
Login to the Horizon-01 system
1. User name: user1mod12. Password: VMware1!3. Click on Login
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Open the Instant Clone Pool
Click on the Instant Clone Pool to open a Desktop VM
Take the Desktop out of full screen mode
If the Desktop takes up the entire screen, click on the Maximize button (two squares)in the top right corner beside the Close X button to take out of maximize window size sowe can see the Main Console desktop as well.
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Open Wordpad on the Desktop
1. Double-Click on WordPad (created by UEM) on the Instant Clone Desktop2. The Wordpad window opens
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Drag Text from the MainConsole Browser to the Desktop
1. Arrange the Browser windows beside the Instant Clone Desktop2. Select text in the Browser and drag it over to the Wordpad application3. Drop into Wordpad Application on the Instant Clone Desktop4. Hit Return/Enter key a few times to add lines below the text
Drag the Image File
Click on the dashboard_hero.png file that you saved to the desktop of theMainConsole and drag it to the Desktop
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Drop Image File onto WordPad Document on Desktop
Drop the image file into the WordPad Document
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Disconnect and Logoff
1. On the Instant Clone WIN10IC-# Desktop, click on the Options pull down2. Click on Disconnect and Log Off3. Click OK on the pop up
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Close Horizon Client
If Horizon Client is minimized, click on the bottom to open it back up so you can close itto clean up.
1. Click the Disconnect symbol to disconnect2. Click to OK to log off the Horizon Client3. Click X to close the VMware Horizon Client window
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VM Hosted ApplicationsWith the latest version of Horizon agents, you are able to publish applications from aWindows 10 Desktop Pool using the same deployment and configuration process as youdo for Desktops.
We will walk through that process below. First we will edit the existing desktop pool andmake it a desktop and application pool. Then we will add an application pool using theApplication discovered in the Desktop Pool.
VM Hosted Application Use Cases
• Windows 10 UWP Apps: these are the Universal Windows Platform Appsdeveloped for Windows 10 that run on Windows 10 devices such as PC, Tablet,Xbox, HoloLens, Surface Hub and IoT Devices without the need to be rewritten foreach
• Applications and .NET framework version compatibility• Applications that don't behave well in RDSH• Applications that require special device support, where drivers may not run or be
supported on RDSH• Application is only tested/certified on Windows 10• ISV's that require installed license & use reporting• Windows Virtual Desktop on Azure
Edit the IC Pool
Go back to the Horizon Console.
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1. Under Inventory, click on Desktops2. Click the check for the IC-Pool1 Desktop pool3. Click on Edit
Click on Desktop Pool Settings
Click on the Desktop Pool Settings tab
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Edit Session Types
1. Scroll down2. Under the General Section, Select Session Types and pick Desktop &
Application3. Under Remote Settings, confirm Empty Session timeout is set to After = 1
minutes4. Click OK
Supported Session Types can be configured for the Desktop Pool. There are 3 options:
• Desktop: only desktop sessions are supported• Application: only application sessions are supported• Desktop & Application: A Pool can be set to Application and Desktop session type,
but they cannot be used at the same time
If you choose to support application sessions then this desktop pool can be used topublish application pools.
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Add Application Pool
We are going to now add an application from the desktop pool.
1. Under Inventory on the left, Click on Applications2. Click on Add3. Select Add from Installed Applications
With Application Pools, you can deliver a single application to many users. Theapplication runs on a farm of RDS Hosts or a desktop pool. We will show running anapplication from a desktop pool here. If you want more info on running applications froman RDS Host, be sure to continue on to the Module 2: Create an RDSH Farm - InstantClones and Module 3: Create an Application Pool after this module.
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Select from Desktop Pool
1. Under Select RDS Farm or Desktop Pool, Select Desktop Pool. It will take a fewseconds to populate the list of installed applications.
2. Scroll down under Select installed applications3. Check on the Wordpad app.4. Notice Entitle users after this wizard finishes is checked5. Click Next
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Edit Application
1. Change the Display name to VMHosted-WordPad so you can distinguish thisapplication coming from the IC Desktop pool.
2. Click Submit
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Add Entitlements
Click on Add to add user to this pool
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Find User for Domain Users
1. Under Name/User name Contains enter in the box domain user2. Click on Find3. Click the check next to Domain Users4. Click OK
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Ok to Add Entitlement
Click OK
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Observe Application Pool Added
Notice that the VMHosted-Wordpad was added and Pool or Farm is listed as InstantClone Pool. You may have to scroll down to see it in the list.
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Launch VMware Horizon Client
1. Open a new tab in the Google Chrome Browser2. Click on VMware Horizon on the Bookmark Bar to launch it3. Click on VMware Horizon HTML Access
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Login to VMware Horizon
Login to VMware Horizon
1. User name: user1mod12. Password: VMware1!3. Click on Login
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Desktop Hosted App
1. Notice the VMHosted-Wordpad Icon in the catalog. This is the one we justcreated.
2. Also notice the Instant Clone Pool is present as well.3. Close the Horizon Client by click X on the VMware Horizon Tab
If we had chosen just the Application Session Type then we would just have theApplication here and no Instant Clone Desktop Pool.
NOTE: Due to constraints in the Hands on Lab environment, we are not able tolaunch the VMHosted-WordPad application in this lab. The machines in thepool are not at the current level to support application remoting. We arelimited in the HOL lab environment but wanted to show you the steps to setthis up.
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Delete the IC Application Pool
We will delete the IC Application Pool so that it doesn't interfere with the modules thatfollow this.
1. Under Inventory, Click on the Applications2. Select the WordPad application3. Click Delete
Confirm Delete
Confirm delete of the Application pool, click on OK
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Edit Desktop Pool
We need to edit the Desktop pool to put back as an Instant Clone Desktop pool for thenext modules.
1. Under Inventory, click on Desktops2. Click the Checkbox to select the IC-Pool13. Click Edit
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Change to Desktop
We will change the Session Type back to Desktop only for the remainder of this lab.
1. Click on Desktop Pool Settings2. Under Session Types, Click on Desktop3. Click OK
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ConclusionThis module went over creating a Desktop Pool in Horizon.
You have finished the Lightning Lab!
Congratulations on completing the Lightning Lab.
If you are looking for additional information on Horizon, try one of these:
• Click on this link• Or go to https://tinyurl.com/y426nckm• Or use your smart device to scan the QRC Code.
Below are the module included in the complete VMware Horizon 7 - Getting Started withApp and Desktop Virtualization lab (HOL-2051-01-VWS):
• Module 1 - Create a Desktop Pool• Module 2 - Create an RDSH Farm - Instant Clones• Module 3 - Create an Application Pool• Module 4 - Horizon Published Apps Maintenance• Module 5 - Horizon Basic Troubleshooting• Module 6 - Single Sign-On with True SSO and Identity Manager
Appendix - Lab GuidanceLocation of the Main Console
1. The area in the RED box contains the Main Console. The Lab Manual is on the tabto the Right of the Main Console.
2. A particular lab may have additional consoles found on separate tabs in the upperleft. You will be directed to open another specific console if needed.
3. Your lab starts with 90 minutes on the timer. The lab can not be saved. All yourwork must be done during the lab session. But you can click the EXTEND toincrease your time. If you are at a VMware event, you can extend your lab timetwice, for up to 30 minutes. Each click gives you an additional 15 minutes.Outside of VMware events, you can extend your lab time up to 9 hours and 30
minutes. Each click gives you an additional hour.
Alternate Methods of Keyboard Data Entry
During this module, you will input text into the Main Console. Besides directly typing itin, there are two very helpful methods of entering data which make it easier to entercomplex data.
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Click and Drag Lab Manual Content Into Console ActiveWindow
You can also click and drag text and Command Line Interface (CLI) commands directlyfrom the Lab Manual into the active window in the Main Console.
Accessing the Online International Keyboard
You can also use the Online International Keyboard found in the Main Console.
1. Click on the Keyboard Icon found on the Windows Quick Launch Task Bar.
Click once in active console window
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In this example, you will use the Online Keyboard to enter the "@" sign used in emailaddresses. The "@" sign is Shift-2 on US keyboard layouts.
1. Click once in the active console window.2. Click on the Shift key.
Click on the @ key
1. Click on the "@ key".
Notice the @ sign entered in the active console window.
Activation Prompt or Watermark
When you first start your lab, you may notice a watermark on the desktop indicatingthat Windows is not activated.
One of the major benefits of virtualization is that virtual machines can be moved andrun on any platform. The Hands-on Labs utilizes this benefit and we are able to run thelabs out of multiple datacenters. However, these datacenters may not have identicalprocessors, which triggers a Microsoft activation check through the Internet.
Rest assured, VMware and the Hands-on Labs are in full compliance with Microsoftlicensing requirements. The lab that you are using is a self-contained pod and does nothave full access to the Internet, which is required for Windows to verify the activation.
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Without full access to the Internet, this automated process fails and you see thiswatermark.
This cosmetic issue has no effect on your lab.
Look at the lower right portion of the screen
Please check to see that your lab has finished all the startup routines and is ready foryou to start. If you see anything other than "Ready", please wait a few minutes. If after5 minutes your lab has not changed to "Ready", please ask for assistance.
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ConclusionThank you for participating in the VMware Hands-on Labs. Be sure to visithttp://hol.vmware.com/ to continue your lab experience online.
