VMware Horizon explained

VMware Horizon
Author:VMware
Developer:VMware
Latest Release Version:2006
Latest Release Date:[1]
Operating System:Windows, Linux, macOS
Language:English, German, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Spanish
Genre:Desktop virtualization
License:Commercial, Proprietary
Website:vmware.com/products/horizon/

VMware Horizon (formerly called Horizon View) is a commercial desktop and app virtualization product developed by VMware, Inc for Microsoft Windows, Linux and macOS operating systems. It was first sold under the name VMware VDM, but with the release of version 3.0.0 in 2008 it was changed to "VMware View". The name was updated to "Horizon View" with the launch of version 6 in April 2014[2] [3] and is now referred to as "VMware Horizon" to represent desktop and app virtualization.

Features

VMware Horizon provides virtual desktop and app capabilities to users utilizing VMware's virtualization technology. A desktop operating system - typically Microsoft Windows - runs within a virtual machine on a hypervisor. VMware Horizon product has a number of components which are required to provide the virtual desktops, including:

Although VMware licenses vSphere hypervisor per physical CPU-socket,[4] it licenses VMware View per concurrent desktop.[5] The bundled hypervisor, vSphere for Desktops, is functionally equivalent to vSphere Enterprise Plus.[6]

VMware View has two licensing options, Enterprise and Premier. Enterprise comes with vSphere for Desktops, vCenter Server, and View Manager, and has an MSRP of $150 per concurrent desktop. View Composer, Persona Management, vShield Endpoint, and ThinApp are included in the Premier edition at an MSRP of $250 per concurrent desktop.[5]

In order to transport the desktop resources to users, keyboard, video, mouse and other interactions travel over a network connection. VMware View supports the VMware Blast Extreme, Microsoft RDP, and the Teradici PCoIP[7] protocols.

VMware Horizon Client

VMware Horizon View Client
Author:VMware
Developer:VMware
Latest Release Version:5.0 (Series)/ 5.3
Operating System:Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, ChromeOS
Language:English, German, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Spanish
Genre:Desktop virtualization, Thin client
License:Commercial, proprietary with open-source bits[8]
Website:https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_horizon_clients

Users establish client connections to VMware View sessions by running the VMware View Client, through a web browser using HTML5,[9] or using a thin client that supports the protocols in use. The VMware View client supports Windows, macOS, Android, and Linux, while ChromeOS is able to connect through the web browser.

Ubuntu 12.10 can login to VMware View desktops directly from the login screen.[10]

The Client software is known as Client Agent Release Train (CART). CART it is on a separate release cycle than VMware View/Horizon but often coincides with it.

Horizon Clients

Horizon Clients - Naming convention changed to denote the year and month of build release

Versions

VMware View/Horizon

Version release history:

VMware View 3.1.3 (May 5, 2009)

VMware View 4 (November 9, 2009)

VMware Horizon 6.0 (June 19, 2014)

VMware Horizon 7.0 (March 22, 2016)

VMware Horizon 8.0 (Announced Aug 6, 2020)[13]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: VMware Horizon 2006 . VMware Customer Connect . VMware, Inc. . 15 September 2022.
  2. Web site: VMware Announces General Availability of VMware View 3, with Ground-Breaking Advances in Managing, Scaling and Personalizing Virtual Desktop Environments. 2008-12-02. VMware News Release. VMware. Palo Alto. 2010-08-12. PALO ALTO, Calif., December 2, 2008 – VMware Inc. [...] today announced the general availability of VMware View 3 [...].
  3. Web site: VMware's Horizon 6 launches, targets Citrix. Dignan. Larry. 2014-04-09. ZDNet. CBS Interactive. 2014-04-16. Horizon 6 consolidates a few VMware applications.[...] VMware View becomes Horizon View..
  4. Web site: vSphere. 2023-12-22 .
  5. Web site: VMware Horizon View 5 - Deliver Desktop Services from Your Cloud for End-User Freedom & IT Control . https://web.archive.org/web/20130812134504/http://www.vmware.com/products/view/howtobuy.html . 2013-08-12.
  6. Web site: Raj . Mallempati . Desktop Virtualization with vSphere 5: Licensing Overview (Update 8/3/11) . 2011-08-03 . . en-US . 2022-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211016232321/https://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2011/08/desktop-virtualization-with-vsphere-5-licensing-overview.html . 2021-10-16 . live . dmy-all.
  7. Web site: VMware Announces Strategic Licensing and Co-development Agreement with Teradici for True Remote PC User Experience Further Bolstering its vClient Initiative. 2023-12-22 .
  8. Web site: OSS Licenses and Disclosure packages for VMware Horizon clients. en. 2019-04-29.
  9. Web site: Ericom's HTML5 VDI Client for VMware View – Bet... VMware Communities. communities.vmware.com. 30 March 2011. en. 2018-05-07.
  10. News: Joey . Sneddon . Ubuntu 12.10 Login Screen Adds Remote Desktop Access . 2012-09-12. OMG! Ubuntu! . 2018-05-07 . en-US . dmy-all .
  11. Web site: Release Notes for VMware Horizon 7 version 7.12 . VMware . 3 June 2021.
  12. Web site: Release Notes for VMware Horizon 7 version 7.13.1 . VMware . 3 June 2021.
  13. Web site: VMware Horizon 8 Announcement and Pricing and Packaging Updates (80146) . Knowledge Base . VMware . 11 August 2020.
  14. Web site: Release Notes for VMware Horizon Version 2006 . VMware . 11 August 2020.
  15. Web site: Release Notes for VMware Horizon Version 2012. VMware . 7 January 2021.
  16. Web site: Release Notes for VMware Horizon Version 2103. 2021-03-29. docs.vmware.com. en.
  17. Web site: Release Notes for VMware Horizon Version 2106. 2021-07-21. docs.vmware.com. en.
  18. Web site: Release Notes for VMware Horizon Version 2111. 2021-12-01. docs.vmware.com. en.
  19. Web site: VMware Horizon 8 2203 Release Notes. docs.vmware.com. en.
  20. Web site: VMware Horizon 8 2206 Release Notes. docs.vmware.com. en.
  21. Web site: VMware Horizon 8 2209 Release Notes. docs.vmware.com. en.
  22. Web site: VMware Horizon 8 2212 Release Notes. docs.vmware.com. en.
  23. Web site: VMware Horizon 8 2303 Release Notes. docs.vmware.com. en.
  24. Web site: VMware Horizon 8 2306 Release Notes. docs.vmware.com. en.
  25. Web site: VMware Horizon 8 2309 Release Notes. docs.vmware.com. en.
  26. Web site: VMware Horizon 8 2312 Release Notes. docs.vmware.com. en.

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