i already have a windows server image in Azure which we have used (and qualified) elsewhere in our environment. Is it possible for me to re-use this as part of Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure?... or do I have to use the Auto-Import functionality?
Hi Sophia
it is possible to use your own azure image; but there are several steps that need performing manually to make it workable in Horizon Cloud Service.
The Auto-Import functionality is really the simplest option, as it takes a very recent (patched) version of Windows and then applies the necessary configuration to make it work.
If however you wish to use your own image however, then here are the high level steps you'd follow;
(see the documentation for much more detail on this)
at this stage the vm should go 'Active' in the imported vm's page of the administration ui, and from there can be 'converted to an image' and then used in a farm as normal.
The auto-import functionality takes care of all of the above (with exception currently of installing uem and nvidia agents, but this is something we are looking to enhance soon.)
The documentation does a really good job to walk through the above steps in more detail, so do go and check that out, see Manually Build the Master Virtual Machine in Microsoft Azure for the html guide (similar section in the pdf version: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Horizon-Cloud-Service/services/horizon-cloud-14-admin.pdf )
hope this helps,
peterb
Hi Sophia
it is possible to use your own azure image; but there are several steps that need performing manually to make it workable in Horizon Cloud Service.
The Auto-Import functionality is really the simplest option, as it takes a very recent (patched) version of Windows and then applies the necessary configuration to make it work.
If however you wish to use your own image however, then here are the high level steps you'd follow;
(see the documentation for much more detail on this)
at this stage the vm should go 'Active' in the imported vm's page of the administration ui, and from there can be 'converted to an image' and then used in a farm as normal.
The auto-import functionality takes care of all of the above (with exception currently of installing uem and nvidia agents, but this is something we are looking to enhance soon.)
The documentation does a really good job to walk through the above steps in more detail, so do go and check that out, see Manually Build the Master Virtual Machine in Microsoft Azure for the html guide (similar section in the pdf version: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Horizon-Cloud-Service/services/horizon-cloud-14-admin.pdf )
hope this helps,
peterb
thank you. i will give that a go.