VMware Horizon

VMware Horizon 7 delivers virtualised or hosted desktops and applications through a single platform to end users. These desktop and application services—including Remote Desktop Services (RDS) hosted apps, packaged apps with VMware ThinApp,software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps and even virtualised apps from Citrix—can all be accessed from one digital workspace across devices, locations, media and connections without compromising quality and user experience.

Leveraging complete workspace environment management and optimised for the software–defined data center, Horizon 7 helps IT control, manage and protect all of the Windows resources end users want, at the speed they expect, with the efficiency business demands.

VMware Horizon 7 is available in 3 editions: 

• Horizon Standard. Simple powerful VDI with great user experience. 
• Horizon Advanced. Cost-effective delivery of desktops and applications through a unified workspace.
• Horizon Enterprise. Highest level of automation and management for private cloud delivery. 

VMware Horizon - Features

Key Features:

• A Single Digital Workspace. Provide end users with easy access to virtual desktops and published applications—including RDS hosted applications and Citrix XenApp—through a single digital workspace.
• Smart Policies with Streamlined Access. Simplify authentication across all desktop and app services with True SSO and contextual, granular, role-based policies that connect user, device and location information. Deliver multilayered protection of virtual infrastructure with simplified networking, automated intelligence and threat protection that goes from data center to device.
• Built for the Software-Defined Data Center. Horizon 7 is tightly integrated with VMware’s Software-Defined Data Center, which includes vSphere, vSAN and NSX. This integration provides a seamless turnkey solution, eliminating the need to build, test and support disparate storage, virtualisation and networking products.
• Windows and Linux. Quickly deliver Windows and Linux resources at scale across multiple data centers. Learn about Horizon for Windows and Horizon for Linux.
• Blast Extreme Performance. Deliver an immersive, feature-rich user experience for end users, across devices, locations, media and network connections with Blast Performance. Bring secure, workstation-class performance and rich 2D and 3D graphics from the cloud to remote and mobile workers with Horizon with Blast 3D.

VMware Horizon - System Requirements

Minimum Hardware Requirements:

• Connection Server: Recomended virtual CPUs - 4 vCPUs, 12GB Ram;
• Composer: Recomended virtual CPUs - 4 vCPUs, 12GB Ram;

Operating System Requirements: 

• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 , 64-bit, disk space 40 GB for Standard and Enterprise editions;
• Windows Server 2012 R2, 64-bit, disk space 40 GB for Standard;
• Windows Server 2016 , 64-bit, disk space 40 GB for Standard;

Horizon Administrator Console Requirements: 

• Supports browsers: Internet Explorer 10 or 11, Firefox, Chrome, Safari 6 or later, Microsoft Edge (Windows 10). 
• Display: Adobe Flash Player 10.1 or later is required to use the Horizon Administrator console with your web browser. 
• Certificates: The Horizon Administrator console host must trust the root and intermediate certificates of the Connection Server host.