Plain Virtualization

Finally got hold of sometimes after work to do this.  Downloaded the VMware Horizon Mirage 4.2 binary. On referring to the guide, there are additional component this time round which is the Web Management dashboard which will eventually replace the need for the Windows Management Console MMC which Horizon Mirage uses. I did an upgrade from version 4.0 to 4.2 and the upgrade process is still the same which is located in Page 266, Mirage Administrator's Guide . Uninstall the Horizon Mirage in the following order: Web Access (If you install this components) Mirage Server Mirage Management Console Mirage Management Server Install Horizon Mirage 4.2: Mirage Management Server Mirage Management Console Mirage Server Web Access (if you wants to allow user to access their files via file portal) Web Management Do note that Web Management requires Dot Net 4.0 which you can download the standalone here .  Also note that browsers supported are Chrome, Firefox, IE 9 an...

With the release of VMware Horizon View 5.2, comes the Feature Pack 1 which allows Web Access through browsers and as well as Touch Utility found on Horizon View mobile client on Android and Apple.  You can view all these nice features from my previous post on Horizon Suite. Today I will summarize some of the requirements to get the Feature Pack 1 installed.  I would not go into much details as the documentation provided on Horizon View are sufficient to do any simple installation and as my previous post there reviewer's guide provide a very detailed step by step which you can refer to. Please note that HTML Access is only enabled for all PC and Mac specific browsers supporting HTML5.  iPad running iOS6 or higher with Safari is also possible however if your iPad is installed with mobile Horizon View Client, the default action is to use the Horizon View Client instead unless it is not available Also HTML Access has only image projection, there is no audio.  F...