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Updated: 1/4/2019 Supported S Semi-Annual Channel SAC Supported Fresh Install Only SF Broad Deployment BD Supported, reference KB S-KB Not Supported NS Windows 10 OS Version: 1607 LTSB (Ent) 1607 CBB (Ent, Pro) 1703 CBB Semi-Annual Channel (broad deployment) (Ent, Pro, Edu) 1709 Semi-Annual Channel (broad deployment) (Ent, Pro, Edu) 1803 Full support 1809 Full […]
One challenge a few of my customers have had lately is being able to leverage Instant Clones while keeping current GPOs enforced. The issue might happen when using Instant Clones. Horizon will create the final copy of the original VM, called a parent, which will be used to fork the running VMs. When a new […]
Hey all, I thought I should share a recent fix one of my coworkers discovered. This oddity was discovered when attempting to launch a VDI desktop from the vIDM portal. When selecting your entitled desktop and attempting to connect via PCoIP or Blast this is when the error might happen if vIDM isn’t configured correctly. […]
This blog post is regarding the correct order of installing/Uninstalling Horizon Agents, Silent Installs/Uninstalls, and enabling FIPS. VMware Horizon Install Sequence Order Installation of various user experience, environment and VDI agents can cause unexpected issues of fail completely if installed in the incorrect order. If you need to upgrade the Horizon View Agent […]
With as much traveling as I do around the country one thing I sometimes need is being able to access multiple Horizon View environments. To do this on a Mac, you can simply clone the Horizon View Client. Adding those multiple View Clients to your Dock can be a little tricky considering it’s the same […]
Blast Improvements Further enhancements to the protocol Improvements in the GPU-encode/decode that significantly lower bandwidth and latency Improvements in the JPG/PNG codec to reduce bandwidth utilization by 6x vRealize Operations integration with Blast Extreme. I can now see Blast statistics in the vROPs console UEM Smart Policies Integration with Blast. I can now use the […]
Working with a customer and also conducting some testing in my lab I discovered that with Horizon 7 Instant Clones I wasn’t able to RDP into them. I verified my firewall settings and also that the ‘Allow connections from computers’ piece was enabled. After various tests I discovered once installing the Horizon 7 Agent it […]
The goal: ACME Inc. has requirements for specific peripheral devices to work with VDI. One of the devices is a Microsoft LifeCam Cinema Webcam. ACME’s vision is for when an end-user plugs-in a USB device the device should auto-connect to the users VDI session. The challenge: Microsoft LifeCam Cinema, a frequently used Webcam has difficulty […]
Hey folks, I wanted to share a powershell script I deployed at a customers. You will find this script useful for when checking the Horizon View Broker replication status along with the Global Entitlement replication health. Typically I would establish a RDP session into each broker and execute the repadmin command on each server, this […]
I discovered this issue at a customers today. They have two sites, North and South. They are running 6.2.0 Horizon View at both locations. After initializing CPA in North and joining South to the federation everything looked healthy. We were still messing with setting up additional brokers etc. When it came time to testing CPA, […]
