Horizon View 5.2 Desktops Plug-in to vSphere Web Client Tech Preview

With the release of vSphere 5.1 Web Client and Horizon View 5.2 there came about some integration which was not really mentioned and talked about. However for those techies who are eager to try or test out new functionality there is something "hidden" in the installation folders of Horizon View Connection Server and the folder is named TechPreview . So what is this about? Typically you do not get Tech Preview codes in the public. This is actually a Horizon View Desktops Plug-in integration with vSphere Web Client. So let us go through the installation guide how this can be done and its documented here . You can also refer to the Horizon View 5.2 Installation document page 113. As you follow the steps, there are some catchas you need to watch out and I have listed the below for you. In Section: Configure View to Recognize the vCenter Lookup Service Step 2: On setting the JAVA Home the document state: set JAVA_HOME=c:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Vie...