The View Composer brings the linked clone technology to the View solution. Due to that the environment will need less storage for the virtual desktops. Form a technical View the Parent VM and the Snapshot will be combined as one VM or Entity. The virtual machine will be protected from deleting in the vCenter due [...]

With VMware View 3 and the View Composer it is possible to create automated desktop pools using the linked clone technology and saving storage through that. Within the configuration you can directly set an organizational unit in the Active Directory for the desktops in the automated desktop pool.

Since VMware View 3.0 the View Composer is a component of the View Premier licensing model which helps to reduce the storage usage. The View Composer is available in the View Premier bundle and also in the View Premier Add-On package.