
When building the master virtual desktop, you will probably boot from an ISO.
The master virtual desktop should be configured with a VMXNET 3 network adapter. Make sure the virtual desktop is using a SCSI controller. For New Hard disk, consider setting Thin provision. See System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video at VMware Docs. When using Microsoft Teams with Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV), VMware recommends that the virtual desktop have a minimum of 4vCPU and 4 GB RAM.
The virtual desktop pools will use the same hardware specs (e.g., vCPUs, memory size, network label) specified on the master virtual desktop. Lieven D’hoore has a desktop VM build checklist at VMware Horizon View – Windows 10 Golden Image Creation 2020 Aug 14 – updated entire article for Horizon 2006 (aka 8.0). 2020 Oct 18 – DEM Agent – updated for DEM 2009. 2021 Jan 8 – Horizon Agent – updated for Horizon 2012 (8.1). 2021 Mar 24 – Horizon Agent – updated for Horizon 2103 (8.2). 2021 May 29 – Apps – added list of special VDI installers. 2021 July 16 – Horizon Agent – updated for Horizon 2106 (8.3). 2021 Dec 2 – Horizon Agent – updated for Horizon 2111 (8.4).
2021 Dec 25 – VMware OS Optimization Tool – updated download link. 2022 Mar 10 – Install Horizon Agent – updated with newer build for log4j 2.17.1. 2022 Apr 6 – DEM Agent – updated for DEM 2203. 2022 Apr 6 – Horizon Agent – updated for Horizon 2203 (8.5). 2022 July 21 – Horizon Agent – updated for Horizon 2206 (8.6). 2022 Oct 21 – Horizon Agent – updated for Horizon 2209 (8.7). 2022 Nov 29 – added link to Tristan Tyson On-boarding VMware Horizon View Instant-Clone VDI Pools into Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection. 2023 Jan 13 – Horizon Agent – updated for Horizon 2212 (8.8). Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM) Agent Installation/Upgrade. This post applies to all VMware Horizon versions 2006 (aka 8.0) and newer. There’s a separate article for RDS Session Host. Use this post to build a virtual desktop that will be used as the parent image (aka source image, aka master image, aka gold image) for additional virtual desktops.