VMware NSX Security and Micro Segmentation

Repost - Introducing VMware Verify Two-Factor Authentication

VMware just released VMware Verify, a brand new two-factor authentication (2FA) app for securing your digital workspace, available for free with VMware Identity Manager.

VMware Identity Manager (IDM) integrated with third-party 2FA solutions for a long time through RADIUS and SAML protocols. This allowed customers to leverage their existing investments in these technologies, while protecting login into VMware IDM portal that presented keys to the kingdom through single sign-on (SSO) to apps. But, customers without a third-party 2FA system had to purchase them separately. Now, you can use the Verify app to secure login to VMware IDM and other apps. The Verify app is available for iOS and Android devices. The Chrome app for Windows is coming soon.

It uses modern mobile push tokens, where users get a push notification on their mobile device that they can simply accept or deny. When the user’s device does not have cellular reception, such as in airplane mode when traveling, the user can open the Verify app and use a one-time passcode (aka soft token). Also, if you have users with flip phones, they can receive a one-time passcode over SMS. These three methods cover all types of scenarios, ensuring that the right user can always log in.

To read the full original Article : Introducing VMware Verify Two-Factor Authentication

Source: VMware End-User Computing Blog

RDP doesnt work after Horizon Agent 7 is installed

After you install Horizon Agent 7.0 in a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 remote desktop, you can no longer use the Microsoft RDP display protocol to connect to the remote desktop. This problem occurs because TLSv1.0 is disabled by default in Horizon 7 version 7.0 and later.

Workaround: Install Microsoft update 3080079: Update to add RDS support for TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 in the Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine and in any Windows 7 client machines.

Source:  VMware Horizon Client for Windows Release Notes

ThinPrint in a View Environment

Did you ever wonder how ThinPrint works? Printing is the one topic that most engineers dread. Here are some great articles and videos that go over ThinPrint architecture, basic setup and troubleshooting tips for when things don't go as planned.

Troubleshooting ThinPrint in VMware View
 By Andre Leibovici

Printing Architectures for VDI
  By Andre Leibovici

Printing Architectures for VDI – Part 2 
 By Andre Leibovici

Location Based Printing – A Cool Feature of VMware Horizon 6
By Nigel Hickey

Troubleshooting ThinPrint Issues
VMware KB Article 2127074



Source: Various Blogs listed above