Creating Home Screen Shortcuts

The Home Screen appears in the vSphere Web Client main workspace when the user first logs in to the system. The Home Screen serves as an entry point to various key features in the vSphere Web Client, and offers some information on getting started with common tasks in the vSphere environment. The Home Screen provides shortcuts to solutions and global views in several categories, including Monitoring Tools, Inventories, and Setup.

You can extend the Home Screen by adding a new shortcut. A shortcut extension can provide access to a global view, an inventory list in the Virtual Infrastructure, or other solution in the vSphere Web Client. You can use a Home Screen shortcut to provide faster access to a data view or application that is not accessible through the top level pages of the Object Navigator.

This chapter includes the following topics:

■	Scenarios for Adding a Home Screen Shortcut

■	Creating the Home Screen Shortcut Extension Definition