As a quick recap of this series we are installing VMware Horizon View 5.2 for a small pilot of a Windows 8 VDI desktop. In Part 1 we installed the Connection Server, in Part 2 we configured an SSL certificate, and in Part 3Â we performed some basic Connection Server configuration....
Welcome to the third part in the series for installing and configuring VMware Horizon View 5.2. In Part 1 and Part 2 we performed a basic install of the VMware Horizon View connection server role and setup a trusted SSL certificate. In this installment we will do some basic configuration of...
This is the second part in a blog series of how to install and configure VMware Horizon View 5.2. In Part 1 we did the basic connection server install, and installed Adobe Flash player. Next up is configuring a trusted SSL certificate for VMware Horizon View. There are a number...
In case you missed it, VMware has recently GA'd their Horizon Suite of software. This is a re-branding and expansion of the end user computing portfolio, which includes View, their VDI solution. You can see my blog post for the full announcement here. This series will cover the VMware Horizon View 5.2...
Today VMware released their Horizon Suite 1.0. What is Horizon Suite? Basically its a re-branding of their View product, with additions to the suite via some acquisitions over the last couple of years. Major components in the Horizon Suite include: Horizon Workspace 1.0 Horizon Mirage Horizon View 5.2 As seems...
VMware has released a high priority View security bulletin that affects View 5.x users prior to 5.1.2 and View 4.x users prior to 4.6.2. This is a directory traversal security vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to get access to any file on the affected View Servers. For externally facing...
A few days ago VMware released updated View clients for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, iOS, Linux and Android. According to the release notes the following enhancements were made to the clients. You can download the updated clients here.What's New in View Client for Windows 5.2 Windows 8 support...
This series includes:VMware View 5.1 Installation Part 1 - View Connection ServerThis is the second installment in the VMware View 5.1 installation and configuration series. The first part covered the installation of View connection server and its SSL certificate. This post covers the optional component, View Composer 3.0. Composer is...
Along with the release of the server components of VMware View 5.1, VMware also updated all of their clients. You can download the clients here. Clients include: Mac, iPad, Ubuntu Linux, Windows (32-bit and 64-bit), and Android. On a security related note, the View 4.6.0.4914 client has a security vulnerability,...
Update: Slightly changed the discussing regarding the required certificate template type. The key to creating a certificate that will work with View is enabling the "allow private key export" option on the certificate. A "computer" or "web server" certificate will work, IF this option is enabled when the certificate is...