Troy's IT Blog

Just wanted to put out a quick blog post for anyone that is using a PCoIP Zero Client and upgrade to VMware View 6.2.4 you will have connection issues. Per the below link on Teradici forums it looks like they know of the issue and they are working on it. The recommendation from Teradici is to use Horizon View 6.2.3 or 7.1 version until a fix is published. I would like to take this time to point out that this is yet another reason why you should test before upgrading and always have a roll back plan if you are unable to test.  https://communities.teradici.com/questions/7284/notice-zero-client-customers-using-view-connection.html

I have had the opportunity to work with testing VMware Horizon View and Liquidware Labs Profile Unity product to help achieve non-persistent virtual desktops that give the end user a persistent feel. I am going to start a blog series about my experience and opinions of working with the two technologies working together. This blog will assume that a Horizon View environment is setup and will not cover any configuration of building the Horizon View environment unless it is related to Profile Unity configuration. What is Liquidware Labs Profile Unity with FlexApp: Profile Unity with FlexApp is a User Environment Management and Application Layering software for both virtual and Physical desktops. Profile Unity will work with Citrix XenDesktop, Xenapp, VMware Horizon View, and Physical Desktops. Profile Unity provides context aware settings for user and policy management. Profile Unity FlexApp layering technology provides both user installed applications (UIA) and corporate or departmen...