In this chapter, we were introduced to Horizon Cloud Pods. We learned how to create a Cloud Pod, which enabled us to create a Cloud Pod Global Entitlement to entitle clients to pools in multiple Horizon pods at once, and allows those clients to log in to any Pod in the Cloud Pod and access the same Horizon pools (without having to know where those pools are).

We discussed the specifics of how a Cloud Pod works, and what the configuration maximums are. We then went through how to enable the Cloud Pod feature, which creates a Pod Federation, at which point we reviewed this to create a Global Entitlement.

We then learned how to use Horizon home sites to control how Horizon assigns desktops, which allows us to leverage a global desktop pool while still favoring specific desktop pools when possible. We finished by reviewing how we administer our Cloud Pod, including the various objects it contains, which is important should we need to modify settings after the initial configuration is complete.

In the next chapter, we will review how to create and manage Horizon Desktop Pools, which are used to provision and entitle access to virtual desktops.