One of the benefits of using virtual machines is that they are independent of physical hardware. This means that they can run on any compatible host machine, regardless of the underlying hardware components. This also enables them to be migrated, moved, or copied easily from one host to another, without requiring any reconfiguration or installation. This enhances the flexibility and portability of virtual machines, as well as their availability and disaster recovery.

Another benefit of using virtual machines is that they are faster to provision than physical machines. This is because they can be created from templates or snapshots, which contain preconfigured operating systems and applications. This reduces the time and effort needed to install and configure software on each machine. Moreover, virtual machines can be cloned or duplicated quickly, allowing for rapid scaling and deployment of multiple identical instances.

Virtual Machines Overview

Creating and Provisioning Virtual Machines

Migrating Virtual Machines

Unified Access Gateway (UAG) is a secure gateway appliance that provides access to VMware Horizon based resources such as virtual desktops, RDSH-based applications, and physical Windows machines. UAG supports multiple authentication methods and protocols, such as SAML, OAuth, and RADIUS, to provide secure access to end users from any device and location.UAG also provides edge services such as load balancing, high availability, and firewall rules to optimize the performance and availability of Horizon based resources12.Reference:=1: VMware Horizon Architecture Planning:Unified Access Gateway2: VMware Unified Access Gateway Administration Guide:Introduction to Unified Access Gateway

VMware Horizon Agent for Linux is a software component that enables Linux machines to be used as remote desktops or published applications in a Horizon environment.Horizon Agent for Linux supports several features that enhance the user experience and manageability of Linux desktops and applications, such as USB redirection, display protocol PCoIP, multiple-session mode, single sign-on, smart card authentication, and 3D graphics34.However, Horizon Agent for Linux does not support location based printing or session collaboration features that are available for Windows machines5.Also, Horizon Agent for Linux does not require installation registration as it automatically registers with the Connection Server when the viewagent service is started6.Reference:=3: VMware Horizon 8 Documentation:Horizon Agent for Linux4: VMware Horizon 8 Documentation:Features Supported by Horizon Agent for Linux5: VMware Horizon 8 Documentation:Features Not Supported by Horizon Agent for Linux6: VMware Horizon 8 Documentation:Install Horizon Agent on a Linux Machine

VMware vSAN is a storage product that allows the pooling of resources to create datastores in a software defined datacenter. VMware vSAN is a hyper-converged infrastructure solution that integrates compute, storage, and networking resources on industry-standard x86 servers. VMware vSAN aggregates local or direct-attached data storage devices to create a single storage pool shared across all hosts in the vSAN cluster. VMware vSAN enables you to provision and manage storage from the VMware vSphere Web Client or the VMware vCenter Server Appliance Shell.VMware vSAN provides several benefits, such as lower total cost of ownership, simplified management, high performance, scalability, and availability12.Reference:=1: VMware Horizon 8 Documentation:VMware vSAN Overview2: VMware Horizon 8 Documentation:Benefits of Using VMware vSAN with Horizon 8

To entitle users and groups to pools, you need to perform the following steps:

During pool creation in the entitlement pane, click on add, search for users and groups in the Active Directory, continue and finish the pool creation.This option allows you to entitle users and groups to a desktop or application pool at the same time as you create the pool3.

Navigate to Inventory > Desktops > check mark a pool > click on Add Entitlement.This option allows you to add entitlements to an existing desktop or application pool after you create the pool4.

Navigate to Users and Groups > Entitlements > click on Entitlements > click on Add Entitlements, search for users and groups in the Users pane and add the desired desktop pool in the next pane Desktop Pools.This option allows you to review and manage the entitlements for users and groups from a single location5.

The other options are not required or valid for entitling users and groups to pools.Running the Active Directory entitlement script in the golden master is not necessary as Horizon 8 automatically synchronizes with Active Directory domains that are configured in Horizon Console6.Specifying the desired Active Directory OU for the VMs during pool creation does not automatically add the preconfigured associated user group to the Horizon entitlements as you still need to select the users or groups from the search results7.Reference:=3: VMware Horizon 8 Documentation:Add Entitlements During Pool Creation4: VMware Horizon 8 Documentation:Add Entitlements After Pool Creation5: VMware Horizon 8 Documentation:Review and Manage Entitlements6: VMware Horizon 8 Documentation:Active Directory Requirements for Horizon Connection Server7: VMware Horizon 8 Documentation:Create an Automated Desktop Pool