Implementing VMware Horizon 7.7 - Third Edition

Desktop pool common terms

There are a number of options that must be selected when creating a Horizon desktop pool. Understanding what these options mean is important, as they will impact not only on how the desktops are deployed, but also on what options users have when they attempt to access those desktops.

Later on in the chapter, we will go through the deployment of two different desktop pools, but prior to that it is important to familiarize yourself with some of the terminologies that will come up during that process. Once you understand these terms, you will be able to create any type of desktop pool, which is something we cannot demonstrate in this book, due to the sheer number of options that exist:

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