Why? Recently I set up a new VMWare Horizon environment in my homelab based on the following components: VMware vCenter Server 7u1 VMware ESXi 7u1 Vmware Horizon Connection Server 8 VMware App Volumes 4.2 VMware DEM 2009 This of course… Continue Reading
The other day I was cleaning up my home lab and then I noticed that there were more instant clone virtual machines than desktop pools. So it seems that after rolling out a new master image, the old virtual machines… Continue Reading
November 18th 2020 a new version of the VMware OS Optimization Tool has been released. The tool can be downloaded at https://flings.vmware.com/vmware-os-optimization-tool. The VMware OS Optimization Tool helps in preparing and optimizing Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019, Server 2016… Continue Reading
For a couple of weeks I am working with the App Volumes 4.x. This version has another dynamic method of delivering applications than the previous 2.x versions I worked with. One of the highlights for App Volumes 4 is the… Continue Reading
In this blog I will describe how to create a VMware Horizon Desktop Pool using PowerCLI. Before you start you first have to download the VMware.HV.Helper module from https://github.com/vmware/PowerCLI-Example-Scripts/tree/master/Modules/VMware.Hv.Helper. Usually I create a Horizon Pool using the “Add Desktop Pool”… Continue Reading
Recently we had to create a task which had to run at logon otherwise users were not able to start a business critical application. In this case VMware Dynamic Environment Manager is used for the end user profile management. So… Continue Reading
In this post I will use PowerCLI to push an Instant Clone image to an existing Horizon Pool. Before we start we first have to download the VMware.HV.Helper module from https://github.com/vmware/PowerCLI-Example-Scripts/tree/master/Modules/VMware.Hv.Helper As you can see this module contains a lot of… Continue Reading