Omnissa Horizon

Welcome to my Omnissa Horizon series, how I setup a complete Horizon-environment in my LAB. Omnissa Horizon is a comprehensive and industry-leading virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution that enables organizations to deliver secure and personalized virtual desktops and applications to end-users across various devices and locations. This topic will cover the different aspects of planning, deploying etc. I have divided it up in the sections below.

Preparations

Planning	Prepare
Prepare VMware vCenter	Setup DB for EventsDB

Connection Server

Install Connection Server	Install Connection Server silently with Powershell
Configure Connection Server	Configure Horizon License with PowerCLI
Create local VMware Horizon client repository	Setup Windows Domain CA Certificate for the Connection Server
Replace self-signed “vdm” certificate with Domain CA signed certificate using PowerShell	Move Events DB to SQL AlwaysON Cluster

Configuration

Cloud Pod Setup (CPA)	Office 365 activation and Teams Roaming
HTML5, Browser, Teams & MMR Redirection	Helpdesk Tool – Remote Assistance and troubleshooting slow logons
Install and setup Replica Server	Install and setup True SSO
Install and Setup Desktop Recording Server & Agent	Multi-Domain Setup
NVIDIA GPU GRID Setup	Check Horizon certificates expiration using PowerShell
LoginAsCurrentUser in nested Horizon-Client

Windows 10/11 Desktops

Template and Desktop-Pool Design	From design to desktop pool – complete walkthrough
Automate Template Creation & Maintenance	MDT and WSUS
Day 2 Maintenance	Delete Desktop Pool
Windows 10 based Application Pools

RDS

Setup Template for Windows 2016 RDS	Setup RDS Farm
Setup RDS Desktop Pool	Setup Application Pool
Enable Windows Server desktops	Add existing RDS-servers to Horizon View

Linux desktops

Ubuntu 22.04 Instant-Clone Desktop Setup	Ubuntu 20.04 Linux Multi session Setup
Ubuntu 18.04 Instant-Clone Desktop Setup	CentOS Linux 8 Instant-Clone Desktop Setup

Maintenance etc.

Troubleshooting	Upgrades
VMware Horizon Reach	VMware vRealize Operations Manager Integration

VMware Horizon Product Page

Disclaimer: Every tips/tricks/posting I have published here, is tried and tested in different it-solutions. It is not guaranteed to work everywhere, but is meant as a tip for other users out there. Remember, Google is your friend and don’t be afraid to steal with pride! Feel free to comment below as needed.