It relies on every layer from networking, to the storage, to vSphere cluster health, all the way down to the end-user desktop. You really have to know from “soup to nuts” how the underlying infrastructure works to troubleshoot VMware Horizon successfully. VMware Horizon arguably is one of the technologies that touch every layer of the stack. Additionally, once you learn to troubleshoot the various issues in your VMware Horizon home lab, you will be well-versed in tackling many of the same problems in a true production environment, albeit at a larger scale. However, like any home lab endeavor, building it is part of the hands-on learning experience. You may wonder, why would I have the need or the desire to build out a VMware Horizon home lab as this is obviously overkill for remote access to your home network. I wanted to detail the basics of what you will need for a VMware Horizon home lab build that will allow you to get familiar with the architecture and how the solution works, even with a residential Internet connection ingress traffic.

However, with this year being called many titles, including “the year of remote work” and “the year of VDI,” are you running a VMware Horizon home lab? If not, this post is for you. You may have NSX-T running in your lab as well. Many of you already have a VMware vSphere home lab where you are running the latest and greatest vSphere version, including vCenter Server, ESXi hosts, and maybe a vSAN cluster.

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