Deploy Horizon Edge Gateway on VMware vSphere
If you have an Omnissa Horizon subscription, you should deploy the Horizon Edge gateway appliance to license your Omnissa Horizon setup. The Horizon Edge Gateway for vSphere is a VM that you deploy on your VMware vSphere environment. In addition to automatically licensing your Horizon setup, the Horizon Edge gateway also serves as a... Read More Read More
Add Administrators to Omnissa Horizon
In this post, I will show you step by step how to grant additional users or groups access to the Omnissa Horizon admin console. The Process In my example, I will search for the AD security group named Horizon Admins. In my example, I will select the Horizon Admins group. In my example, I... Read More Read More
Install Omnissa DEM Application Profiler
The Omnissa DEM (Dynamic Environment Manager) application profiler is a tool you can use to determine what you need to capture to make sure the user’s application settings and data are saved and roam with the user. In this post, I will show you step by step how to install the Omnissa DEM Application... Read More Read More
Configure locked.properties for Omnissa Horizon
In this post, I will show you, step by step, how to configure the locked.properties file for Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon) to work with the Omnissa UAG (Unified Access Gateway). The Omnissa Horizon locked.properties file is a key component of Horizon’s functionality and security. When the locked.properties file is not configured correctly, Horizon may…
Configure Omnissa UAG with Omnissa Horizon
In this post, I will show you step by step how to configure the Omnissa UAG (Unified Access Gateway) to work with Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon). Prerequisites If you need to learn how, my post Install Horizon Connection Server details all the steps. If you need to learn how, my post Install Omnissa Horizon…
Omnissa Horizon locked.properties Settings
The Omnissa Horizon locked.properties file feels like the best worst-kept secret. The Horizon locked.properties file allows you to change many settings that aren’t accessible from the main Horizon admin interface. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to create and configure the locked.properties file, along with all the settings I’ve found that can…
Deploy Omnissa UAG on VMware vCenter
Deploying the Omnissa UAG (Unified Access Gateway) on VMware vCenter can be a daunting task if you’ve never done it before. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to deploy the Omnissa Horizon UAG on VMware vCenter. The Process In my example, I will name it DXT-HO-UAG01 and select the location named Datacenter.…
I Went to VMUG Connect 2025
This year, I attended the first-ever VMUG Connect. VMUG Connect is a multiday VMUG (VMware User Group) conference in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, from April 23rd to April 25th. If you haven’t heard of VMUG. VMUG is a community of IT people who want to talk and nerd out about VMware products and features. There…
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