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Workspace Portal Administrative Consoles

Checking out Workspace Portal's primary locations for customizations and configurations.


26 Jan 2015

Running the VMware Horizon View Client 3.2 in Ubuntu (and Ubuntu derivatives)

Have you ever felt like a Linux user in a Windows VDI world? You’re not alone! Let's look at the new Horizon Client for Linux!


07 Jan 2015

How to customize the "Download Workspace for Windows" URL in Workspace Portal

If you’ve found yourself directing users to download the Workspace for Windows Client by telling them to login to Workspace, click their name, and choose “Download” only to find it...


17 Dec 2014

Workspace Portal SSL Certificates [updated for vIDM]

Configuring CA signed SSL certs in Workspace Portal and VIDM.


15 Dec 2014

How to remove your License from VMware Horizon View

Horizon licensing is easy. Or is it? Once you've entered in your key, how can you find it? Let's take a look!


12 Dec 2014

How to setup NGINX as a reverse proxy for Workspace Portal 2.1

In this post, we'll setup NGINX as a reverse proxy for Workspace Portal so users can connect from outside networks.


20 Nov 2014

How I built a budget gaming PC for under $400

I had a goal this past year to build a budget gaming PC. Obviously everyone has different budget constraints, but my goal was to keep it under $400 which I...


02 Nov 2014

How to patch Shellshock in Workspace Portal

VMware has released official bash patches for Horizon Workspace and Workspace Portal to address the recently discovered shellshock bug. Here's how to do it.


02 Oct 2014

How to tell who deleted your Horizon View VM

It’s happened to all of us - we go to find a particular desktop in the View Inventory only to find it’s not there. You didn’t delete, so who did?...


13 Sep 2014

Running Workspace Portal 2.1 in VMware Workstation 10

In this post, we’ll be covering how to import Workspace Portal 2.1 into VMware Workstation.


11 Sep 2014

Installing VMware Workspace Portal 2.1

The Workspace vApp design and deployment has been dramatically simplified in this release. If you’ve dabbled with Workspace in the past, got frustrated with the vApp complexity, and ended up...


09 Sep 2014

What's New in VMware Workspace Portal 2.1

The Workspace vApp design and deployment has been dramatically simplified in this release. If you’ve dabbled with Workspace in the past, got frustrated with the vApp complexity, and ended up...


09 Sep 2014