Bits, Bytes, & Radio Waves

A quiet journey through discovery and understanding.

Author: Aaron Rombaut

  • Configuring VMware Horizon Connection Server – Horizon Console (HTML5)

    Open a web browser and navigate to the Horizon Console with the fully qualified domain name of the load-balanced address or individual connection server and append /admin to the end. Don’t navigate using the short name, as it will likely result in logon issues when trying to authenticate. https://hcs000v.aaronrombaut.com/admin For the very first log on,…

  • Installing VMware Horizon Connection Server

    Certificate Requirements When you install VMware Horizon Connection Server, a self-signed certificate will be installed into the Personal certificate store. You should use a Certificate Authority (CA) signed certificate for the computer account and store it in the Personal certificate store before installing VMware Horizon Connection server. During the installation, if a machine certificate is…

  • Adding Active Directory Computer Accounts to Microsoft SQL Server

    Launch Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) with an administrative account. Type the fully qualified domain name in the Server name: textbox. Change the Authentication method from the drop-down box. Click the Connect button. Right-click the Security folder > choose New > click Login… ​Provide the computer name in the Login name textbox. A computer name consists of a domain name, backslash, followed by a host…