• Executive Summary
• Scope
•  Introduction to Horizon 7
  • 3.1 Defining the Digital Workspace
•  VMware Horizon Client Architecture
  • 4.1 Horizon Client
  • 4.2 HTML Access
  • 4.3 Blast Extreme Protocol
  • 4.4 PCoIP Protocol
  •  4.5 Device Redirection
    • 4.5.1 Client Drive Redirection
    • 4.5.2 USB Redirection
    • 4.5.3 Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
•  Horizon Pod and Block Design Methodology
  •  5.1 Deployment Models
    •  5.1.1 Management Block
      • 5.1.1.1 Dedicated
      • 5.1.1.2 Shared
    • 5.1.2 Resource Block
  •  5.2 Cloud Pod Architecture
    • 5.2.1.1 Load Balancing
•  Digital Workspace Platform
  •  6.1 Horizon 7 View Connection Servers
    • 6.1.1.1 PCoIP Secure Gateway
    • 6.1.1.2 Blast Secure Gateway
    • 6.1.1.3 VDMDS
    • 6.1.1.4 Message Bus
    • 6.1.1.5 View Framework Node Manager
    • 6.1.1.6 Security Server Framework
  •  6.2 Desktop Pools
    • 6.2.1 Linked Clones
    • 6.2.2 Instant Clones
  • 6.3 Access Point
  •  6.4 Desktop and Application Virtualization
    • 6.4.1 App Volumes
    • 6.4.2 VMware User Environment Manager
  •  6.5 Digital Workspace Architecture
    •  6.5.1 VMware Identity Manager
      • 6.5.1.1 Identity Manager Architecture
    • 6.5.2 True SSO
  •  6.6 Management
    • 6.6.1.1 Tenant Operations
  •  6.7 Monitoring
    • 6.7.1 vRealize Operations for Horizon
•  Horizon 7 Sizing and Consumption Model
  • 7.1 Configuration Maximums
  • 7.2 Assessment
  •  7.3 Infrastructure Blueprints
    • 7.3.1 vGPU
    •  7.3.2 VMware vSAN
      • 7.3.2.1 Failure Tolerance Method (FTM)
      • 7.3.2.2 Objects and Components
      • 7.3.2.3 Example Virtual Machine Specification
      • 7.3.2.4 Failures to Tolerate (FTT)
  • 7.4 Sizing Conclusion
•  Networking
  • 8.1 VMware NSX
•  Service Levels
  •  9.1 SLA Example
    •  9.1.1 Gold
      • 9.1.1.1 Availability
      • 9.1.1.2 Performance
      • 9.1.1.3 Security
      • 9.1.1.4 Management
      • 9.1.1.5 Recoverability
    •  9.1.2 Silver
      • 9.1.2.1 Availability
      • 9.1.2.2 Performance
      • 9.1.2.3 Security
      • 9.1.2.4 Management
      • 9.1.2.5 Recoverability
    •  9.1.3 Bronze
      • 9.1.3.1 Availability
      • 9.1.3.2 Performance
      • 9.1.3.3 Security
      • 9.1.3.4 Management
      • 9.1.3.5 Recoverability
• Technical Reviewers
•  References
  • 10.1 Software Versions

Executive Summary

10.1 Software Versions