You need a SA or a VDA for each accessing device or user. SA and VDA are available per-user and per-device. It’s all about the virtual desktop access rights, that can be acquired on two different ways: Licensing Microsoft Windows for VDI is PITA. Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for BusinessĪre not supported with Windows Server 2012 R.įrom the support perspective, it’s safe to use Windows Server 2012 R2, or 2016, as desktop OS for a VMware Horizon View based virtual desktop infrastructure.

This article lists all available features, and whether they are compatible with a specific OS or not. But there is also another important KB article: 2150305 (Feature Support Matrix for Horizon Agent). The installation of a View Agent is supported, and you can create full- and linked-clone desktop pools. This article shows, that Windows Server 2012 R2 (Standard and Datacenter) are both supported with all Horizon View releases, starting with Horizon View 7.0. VMware KB article 2150295 (Supported Guest Operating Systems for Horizon Agent and Remote Experience) lists all supported (non-Windows 10) Microsoft operating systems for different Horizon VIew releases. The latest release is VMware Horizon View 7.2. My customer has planned to use VMware Horizon View. Horizon View with Windows Server as desktop OS? Last week, we discussed the idea of using Windows Server 2012 R2 as desktop OS. He is currently using fat-clients with Windows 8.1, and the new environment should run on Windows 10 Enterprise. Some months back, the customer has decided to kick-off a PoC for a VMware Horizon View based virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Last week, I had an interesting discussion with a customer. Disclaimer: The information from this blog post is provided on an “AS IS” basis, without warranties, both express and implied.

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