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Horizon Cloud (Next-gen) on Microsoft Azure (Updated on Mar 2026)
Since the admin UI of Azure has been updated by Microsoft, today I will also update the Horizon Cloud (HoC) deployment procedure base on the new Azure UI. The solution of Horizon Cloud on Azure includes 2 major components; Horizon Cloud Control Plane and Azure Subscription. The Cloud Control Plane is hosted by Omnissa and mainly used by administrator for admin job like create image, desktop provisioning, user entitlement and etc. No VDI session or user data will route through

Barry Ling
Apr 28 min read


Horizon 8 Basic Installation
To make a Horizon platform for providing basic VDI service is not a difficult task. Just setting up a Connection Server is good enough to serve the purpose. And the process is relatively simple. It involves following steps. Basic installation Replace the self-signed cert Modify the security config files Adding vCenter to Connection Server 1. Basic installation Let's start from the very beginning. Just download the Connection Server installation file from the Omnissa Dow

Barry Ling
Sep 8, 20253 min read


Access to Horizon return error "241" after upgraded to version 2412
For the use case of using load balancer in front of Connection Servers, error of "421" may return after upgrade the Horizon to version...

Barry Ling
Feb 18, 20251 min read


Enable Windows Logon Time Monitoring
Sometime user may complain the VDI takes a long time to logon to the Windows. There may have a lot of different reasons. IT admin somehow...

Barry Ling
Dec 5, 20241 min read


Configuring Proxy for Connection Server SAML Integration
In some cases, the Connection Server may sitting in a subnet which has no direct connection to the Internet. If such Connection Server...

Barry Ling
Oct 29, 20241 min read


Activate Horizon Subscription License in Edge-Less Mode
Starting from Horizon version 2406, it is now supporting the subscription activation without Horizon Edge appliance. This can simplify the activation procedure if the customer does not have any plan to use those advanced features providing by the Horizon Cloud Console. Instead of activating with Edge appliance, the edgeless mode will have the Connection Server contacting the Horizon Control Plane and get activation directly. Please aware this activation is a MANUAL PROCESS .

Barry Ling
Oct 21, 20242 min read


Troubleshooting the Horizon TrueSSO
Sometome the Horizon TrueSSO may work unexpected. In this blog i will share some troubleshooting skill on TrueSSO issue. This is a...

Barry Ling
Sep 13, 20242 min read


Horizon SSO with Workspace One Access (TrueSSO)
True SSO enables a single sign-on feature in Horizon using SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) authentication via Workspace ONE...

Barry Ling
Sep 13, 20247 min read


Authenticating VDI with RFC 6238 TOTP 2FA app
Now-a-day security are more and more concerned by end users as well IT administrators. We all looking for extra security measurements on...

Barry Ling
Sep 12, 20242 min read


Adding Horizon Resources on Workspace One Portal
Workspace One Access is one of the key component of our EUC product family. It is designed to provide employees with faster access to...

Barry Ling
Sep 12, 20242 min read


Licensing Horizon On-Perm Deployment with Horizon Next-gen Console
With the new Horizon Next-gen Console, the Horizon on-perm licensing procedure is changed. A new component named Horiozn Edge will...

Barry Ling
Nov 29, 20233 min read


Onboarding the Horizon Next-Gen Portal (Updated on Nov 2023)
This year, a new versison of Horizon Cloud Portal (Horiozn Next-gen) is launched. The new console can better ultilize the Azure resources...

Barry Ling
Nov 29, 20231 min read


Remove Orphaned Horizon Desktop Pool
For some reasons the Horizon Connection Server may have desktop pool orphaned like following. You cannot operate or delete it from the...

Barry Ling
Sep 13, 20231 min read


Replacing Certificate for Connection Server
Horizon Connection Server is installed with a self-signed certificate by default. This doesn't affected any features actually. But still...

Barry Ling
Aug 11, 20221 min read


Set Maximum Bandwidth Consumption for Each VDI Session
In daily VDI operation, it always good to have a bandwidth limit configured per each VDI session. Since we don't know what kind of action...

Barry Ling
Jul 7, 20222 min read


Configuring Watermark for Windows VDI
Watermark is now officially supported on Horizon 8. IT admin can configure the watermark by their need. Sometime it is difficult to...

Barry Ling
Mar 31, 20221 min read


Deployment of Horizon Recording Server
Starting from Horizon 8 version 2106, recording feature is productized. It was firstly released through Fling with name "Session Recording". Now it is officially named as "Desktop Recording". And you can obtain the installation execute from your Horizon download page. Today I am going to show you how to deploy and configure the Desktop Recording feature. Deployment of Desktop Recording Server Configuration of Desktop Recording Server Replacing the Self Signed Certificate Dep

Barry Ling
Mar 30, 20224 min read


Configuring Resolution of Redirected Camera
Camera is able to be redirected to VDI for the purpose of video conferencing. By the concern of network bandwidth, the camera redirected...

Barry Ling
Mar 10, 20221 min read


Applying Horizon Bundled ADMX template to AD
Horizon server comes with a lot of detail control can be applied. for example, you may control the maximum bandwidth for each session,...

Barry Ling
Mar 10, 20221 min read


Horizon 8 and vRealize Operation Manager (vRops)
Starting from Horizon 8, the previous Horizon Adapter for vRops (V4H) is no longer supported. Instead, a new component named Management...

Barry Ling
Aug 24, 20213 min read
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