What you need for this book

To get the most out of this book, you should have some experience working as a desktop administrator with skills and knowledge in building and designing Microsoft-Windows-based 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.

Throughout the book, you have the opportunity to follow step-by-step practical guides in order to deploy 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 6.0
• vSphere 5.5 Update 1

You can download a trial copy of Horizon View 6.0 from https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=horizon.

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

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit
• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 32 bit or 64 bit
• Microsoft Windows 8.1
• Microsoft SQL Express
• Adobe Reader