VMware Horizon Advanced Edition (v. 8)

Range/Series Overview

Features Summary

• Uniquely integrated on VMware technology
  Integration with VMware Cloud Foundation delivers rapid provisioning and hyperconverged infrastructure ideal for on-premise or cloud deployment. VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer and VMware SD-WAN further enhance Horizon user experience in any data center or cloud. The power of advanced VMware technology eliminates the need to build, test and support disparate storage, virtualization and networking products.
• Flexible hybrid and multi-cloud deployment options
  Flexibility to deploy and manage desktops and apps on-premises, or in the public cloud, such as Microsoft Azure, VMware Cloud on AWS, Google Cloud VMware Engine, IBM Cloud and other partner clouds. The Horizon Control Plane delivers always up to date infrastructure and connects entitlement and management layers across Horizon pods and clouds.
• Fast deployment of Windows, Linux, and VM-Hosted apps
  Quickly deliver Windows and Linux resources at scale across multiple data centers - now with support for published apps for Linux. VM-hosted apps allow admins to publish apps to a Windows 10 desktop for increased compatibility and flexibility.
• APIs for automation
  Comprehensive REST APIs enable integration and automation of rich capabilities, including monitoring, entitlements and user and machine management.
• Session collaboration and optimized web conferencing
  Provides a better user experience and increase productivity with real-time session collaboration and optimized audio and video support for Microsoft Teams, Zoom and other communication and collaboration tools.
• Just-in-time delivery
  Rapidly deploy full-featured, personalized digital workspaces leveraging JMP technologies, which include Instant Clones, App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Management. Easily monitor performance, set up alerts and remediate issues to improve the user experience.
• 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.
• 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.
• Robust image/app management and delivery
  Simplified image and app lifecycle management streamlines assignments across Horizon pods and clouds with granular control. Powered by App Volumes and ThinApp, Horizon provides app isolation and radically faster application delivery, simplifying OS migrations and reducing IT costs by up to 70%.
• Advanced end-to-end monitoring
  VMware Advanced Monitoring powered by ControlUp provides true real-time monitoring across the full stack with a rich set of metrics to track user experience and take correctives action. Eliminate issues quickly with guided troubleshooting and automated script actions for a wide variety of commonly occurring problems.

Specification Summary