What’s new in VMware Horizon 6

Anthony HookNetwork EngineerVCP5-DCV, VCP5-DT, CCENT

• Applications• Graphics• Storage• Scalability• Security• Fed-Ready• vCOPS for Horizon 6

New Features to 6 and 6.1

Application Delivery

Remote Desktop Services Enhancements• Remote Desktop Apps and Desktops with RDS• RDS Desktop Sessions over PCoIP• Scanning and Imaging from RDSH Sessions• USB mass storage device from RDSH Sessions• SmartCard support (Finanace, Federal)• HTML access for RDSH session-based Desktops

HTML Access Features

• Scale greatly increased from 350 simultaneous users to 2,000 simultaneous users per security gateway, the same as PCoIP native clients

• Location-based printing support• Support 3D desktops backed by NVIDIA GRID™ vGPU™ technology

and vDGA for quick access through HTML Access

Storage – Simplified, OptimizedSupport for:

• VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (VVOLS) – Policy-based Storage• VMware Virtual SAN 6

• From 100 to 200 desktops per host• From 1600 to 4000 desktops per VSAN cluster• From 16 to 20 hosts per VSAN cluster• Expanded hardware compatibility list• 2000 desktops per view block in single VSAN cluster.

Scalability

Cloud Pod Architecture

Desktop Support

Windows 2012 R2 as a desktop OS

Customers can deliver a Windows 8.1 type user experience to end-users and achieve lower TCO through more favorable Microsoft licensing

Third-Party SSO

This feature enables 3rd-party SSO providers to access credential information when SSO is performed during a login to Horizon 6, allowing the 3rd-party solutions to be tightly integrated with Horizon 6.

Enhanced Message Security Mode

• Higher security between VMware Horizon components• SSL/TLS is used for all JMS connections. JMS access control is also enabled so

that desktops, security servers, and View Connection Server instances can send and receive JMS messages only on certain topics.

Virtual Hardware v11

• Horizon 6 now supports virtual hardware version 11, available in vSphere 6.0 or later versions. This feature is required for virtual machines that use NVIDIA GRID vGPU.

GPU

Federal Government

Several new features for U.S. Federal Government Customers.• IPv6 Support (Native only, no mixed with IPv4)• Common Access Card (CAC) support offers simple and secure access to virtual

desktops and applications for uniformed service personnel, and efforts to achieve Common Criteria certification are underway.

There’s More on the Horizon

• VMware Horizon for Linux – Red Hat and Ubuntu based desktops• Project Local – Allows virtual applications access to files on local hard

drives and folders• Project Arc - Project Ark demonstrates the flexible delivery of

published applications to Google Chromebooks through two separate methodologies – a clientless approach via an HTML5 browser and a client approach using a new lightweight Chrome client.

Questions, Comments?Thanks for your time!