UAG will allow the users from outside the corporate network to access their virtual desktops through the secure gateway rather than a VPN. UAG is one of the efficient security measures for Horizon VDI solution UAG is an addon component of Horizon Solution and available as a virtual appliance and can be deployed easily without any additional license and cost. Connection server manages sessions between users and their virtual desktops or published applications.

Connection servers can be installed on a supported Windows server operating system on the physical server, or a Virtual machine. One of the main components of the solution is the Connection server and it provides entitlement and connectivity for users to the desktop system. This solution has three components that are required to complete the deployment. VMware Horizon On-Premises Solution Design This solution required less CAPEX since the company will be using existing hardware and windows licenses, also no additional OPEX required because the organizations already managing all the hardware, OS and Applications. This solution can deploy very quickly with minimal hardware requirements and user impact. This solution will help the organization to continue business by providing secure remote access to employees’ office desktops to work remotely. Understanding the importance of business continuity and current situation VMware provides this solution which will address the challenge, where the users are tied to their on-premises desktop systems. To complete the full VDI deployment will take 2-3-week time and on the current situation COVID-19, the organization cannot wait for so long for setting up a solution to support the business continuity. Setting up a full VDI solution involves many stages such as new hardware, network, installing all the VDI software components, creating virtual desktop images, setting up applications, deploying virtual images. There are organizations will have a strict corporate policy, hardware or the data of employee’s computer cannot leave the company premises. Due to the recent COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, many organizations came with working from home strategies for their employees.

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