Horizon 7

The leading platform for virtual computers and applications.

Horizon 7

Getting started

Start the process of virtualizing your computers and applications with VMware Horizon 7. Already using Citrix? We can help you transition to Horizon and standardize and optimize the management of your virtual desktops and applications on a single platform.

Learn how desktop and application virtualization provides a consistent user experience across any device and location, while ensuring corporate data security and regulatory compliance. Getting started resources are available for users who are already working with vSphere and those who are new to virtualization.

Horizon Features

Deliver virtual or remote desktops and applications based on a single VDI and application virtualization platform to optimize IT environment management and end-user rights.
Consolidate resources with policies that adapt to the end-user environment. Use virtual networks to provide dynamic protection for your data center infrastructure and workloads.
The architecture provides access to virtual machines and applications in seconds and reduces storage and operating costs.
Provide a convenient working environment for professionals working on any device, anywhere, using any type of file or connection.
Reduce day-to-day operating costs with a unified platform that extends virtualization from the data center to the edge.
Give end users access to all virtual machines, applications, and web services from a single digital workspace.

The virtual machine infrastructure can be deployed on-premises or used as a cloud service. When deploying Horizon on-premises, use the selector to choose the right edition. After deployment, you can optimize performance and improve resource utilization with vRealize Operations for Horizon.

Horizon 7 Features

Horizon 7 is tightly integrated with VMware software-defined data centers, including vSphere, vSAN, and NSX. This integration provides a convenient, ready-to-use solution, eliminating the need to create, test, and support disparate storage, virtualization, and networking products.

Provide end users with convenient access to virtual desktops and published applications, including those hosted on RDS nodes and Citrix XenApp applications, from a single digital workspace.

VMware vSAN helps customers reduce upfront costs and provides several preconfigured appliances optimized for Horizon, including vSAN ReadyNode appliances and EVO SDDC infrastructure.

VMware Mirage is a next-generation solution for managing physical computer and point-of-sale images in distributed environments.

Our hyperconverged infrastructure is a tightly integrated software stack that helps you quickly get started with desktop and application virtualization using Horizon.

Simplify OS transitions and tightly isolate applications with ThinApp to prevent Windows platform compatibility issues.

VMware vSphere Desktop is a new edition of vSphere for desktop virtualization. This release includes all the features of vSphere Enterprise Plus, which provides scalability, high availability, and optimal performance for all virtual machine workloads.

Blast Performance supports realistic environments with a wide range of capabilities for end users—on different devices, anywhere, using any media and connections. Horizon with Blast 3D provides secure delivery of 2D and 3D graphics from the cloud to remote and mobile employees with workstation-level performance.

VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon is a monitoring and reporting tool for managing Horizon and XenDesktop/XenApp environments.

Rapidly deploy fully functional, personalized digital workspaces using JMP technologies, including instant cloning, App Volumes, and user environment management. Easily monitor performance, configure alerts, and troubleshoot issues to improve the user experience.

VMware NSX for Horizon delivers high performance and simplifies VDI network management with dynamic security policies that follow virtual machines.

VMware App Volumes significantly accelerates application delivery by centralizing application and user management and reduces IT costs by approximately 70%.

Scale and secure your Horizon environment with a single click, achieving a rapid return on investment. VMware Cloud Foundation for Horizon is an enterprise-class cloud platform with integrated virtual machine and application services.

User Environment Manager is a single, compact, scalable solution that leverages existing infrastructure and simplifies end-user profile management.

VMware Horizon 7 on VMware Cloud on AWS provides a fully integrated hybrid cloud for virtual desktops and applications.

Rapidly provision Windows and Linux resources at any scale across multiple data centers. Learn more about Horizon for Windows and Horizon for Linux.

Simplify authentication across all application and virtual machine services with full support for single sign-on and flexible, context-aware, role-based policies that combine user, device, and location information. Create a multi-layered defense system for your virtual infrastructure, from the data center to user devices, with simplified network architecture, automated analytics, and threat protection mechanisms.

Comparison

Horizon is available in the following editions, providing convenient and cost-effective desktop and application virtualization for any need.

  • Horizon 7 Standard: A simplified and efficient virtual computer infrastructure with an excellent user experience.
  • Horizon 7 Advanced: A cost-effective system for delivering virtual desktops and applications through a single workspace
  • Horizon 7 Enterprise: A virtual computer and application delivery system with self-regulating automation and management capabilities
  • Horizon Apps Standard: Extensive capabilities and convenience of application virtualization with an excellent user experience
  • Horizon Apps Advanced: Extensive application virtualization capabilities and on-demand delivery