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Networking All-in-One For Dummies

by Doug Lowe
February 2016
Beginner
912 pages
20h 9m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 4

Virtualizing Your Desktops

In This Chapter

arrow Considering the possibility of virtualizing desktops instead of servers

arrow Looking at two approaches to virtualizing desktops

arrow Working with VMware’s Horizon View

arrow Using Citrix XenApp

Virtualization is most often applied to server computers. However, more and more organizations are also applying virtualization to desktops, replacing traditional Windows desktop computers with virtual desktops that are accessed from a nontraditional type of device.

In this chapter, I present a basic overview of desktop virtualization and its benefits and introduce you to some of the technologies that can be used to implement virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).

Introducing Desktop Virtualization

The term desktop virtualization refers to any software that separates an end-user’s Windows desktop environment from the hardware that the environment runs on. Desktop virtualization is meant to address some of the fundamental weaknesses of the traditional practice of giving each user his or her own Windows workstation.

Here are just a few of the problems ...

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