General support for VMware Horizon 7 ends April 30, 2023, impacting all versions up to and including VMware Horizon 7.13. Read this blog to understand why and how to upgrade to Horizon 8 now: “Top 8 Reasons to Upgrade to VMware Horizon 8.”
A new whitepaper, “Best Practices for Delivering Microsoft Office 365 in VMware Horizon 7 with Published Applications,” is now available to help you avoid the risks that can occur during setup and use.
VMware Horizon 7 bridges the gap between Office 365 and RDS-published application delivery. The white paper is packed full of useful tips for setting up Microsoft Office 365 in a VMware Horizon 7 environment, and seamlessly delivering published applications to end users. The paper provides overarching insight into the basic requirements, including use of the specialized Office Deployment Tool, Click-to-Run, and Shared Computer Activation.
Deploying Office 365 ProPlus using VMware Horizon 7 Published Applications
The paper explains the benefits of deploying Office 365 with Horizon 7 Published Applications, unpacks the concepts of shared computer activation (SCA) as applied to delivering published applications, and explains how you can use SCA when setting up Office 365 on VMware Horizon 7. Installation tips for Office 365 are included, as well as optimization tips for deploying Office 365 in a VMware Horizon 7 RDSH environment. Moreover, the paper gives you a preview of numerous optional enhancements using VMware App Volumes, VMware User Environment Manager, and VMware Identity Manager, all of which can further extend capabilities and streamline your deployments.
You can find out how to improve performance and application manageability when delivering Office 365 applications from VMware Horizon 7 in an RDSH environment, in the Best Practices for Delivering Microsoft Office 365 in VMware Horizon 7 with Published Applications white paper. This paper also includes links to additional information, a few of which are listed here:
- VMware Horizon 7
- VMware App Volumes
- VMware User Environment Manager Deployed in 60 Minutes or Less (VMware blog post)
- VMware Identity Manager Integration with Office 365 for Single Sign-on and Provisioning
- Troubleshoot issues with shared computer activation for Office 365 ProPlus
To comment on this paper, contact VMware End-User Computing Technical Marketing at [email protected].
This post was written by Frank Anderson and Cindy Heyer Carroll, technical writer for VMware End-User Computing Technical Marketing.
