What you need for this book

To get the most out of this book, you should have some experience of working as a desktop administrator with skills and knowledge around building and designing Microsoft Windows-based desktop environments. You should also be familiar with the VMware vSphere platform (ESXi and vCenter Server) and be comfortable with building and configuring virtual machines as well as configuring storage and networking for use in a virtual infrastructure. Throughout this book, you have the opportunity to follow step-by-step practical guides in deploying Horizon View in an example lab environment. If you want to work through the practical examples, you will need the following software:

• VMware Horizon View Version 7, 7.0.1, or 7.0.2
• vSphere for Desktop (ESXi and vCenter Server 6)

You can download a trial copy of Horizon View 7 from the following link:

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_horizon/7_0

You will also need the following software to build virtual machines and deploy applications:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 32-bit or 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows 10
• Microsoft SQL Express 2012
• Microsoft Office 2016