Deliver Desktop Services from Your Cloud for End-User Freedom & IT Control
Simplify desktop and application management while increasing security and control with VMware® Horizon View™ (formerly known as VMware View). Deliver a personalized high fidelity experience for end-users across sessions and devices. Enable higher availability and agility of desktop services unmatched by traditional PCs while reducing the total cost of desktop ownership up to 50%. End-users can enjoy new levels of productivity and the freedom to access desktops from more devices and locations while giving IT greater policy control.
Get an overview of the VMware Horizon View solution, including what it is and how it works.
Technology Resources
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Horizon View 5.2 Reviewer's Guide
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Forrester White Paper: Total Economic Impact of VMware View
- The Business Case for Desktop Virtualization
- Why Choose VMware vSphere for VDI?
- Spiceworks Report: Trends Around Desktop Virtualization for Small and Mid-Sized Organizations
- Top Five Considerations for Choosing a Zero Client Environment
- TCO Calculator
- IDC White Paper — Quantifying the Business Value of Horizon View
- Principled Technologies Report Comparing View 5 with View 4.6 Network Performance
Horizon View vs. Citrix XenDesktop
Horizon View vs. Microsoft
Reference Architectures & Guidelines
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10,000-User Reference Implementation with Atlantis ILIO and VMware Horizon View at a Global Service Provider
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VMware View Infrastructure Resiliency: VMware View 5 and VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
- Horizon View Reference Architecture for Floating Desktops on NetApp Storage
- The VMware Reference Architecture for Stateless Virtual Desktops on Local Solid-State Storage with Horizon View 5
- Horizon View Architecture Planning
- Security Solution Architecture for VDI
- Secure Printing with Horizon View
- On-Demand Call Center with Horizon View
- AlwaysOn Point of Care Solution
- VMware ThinApp Reference Architecture
- Workload Considerations for Virtual Desktop Reference Architectures Info Guide
- Certified Thin Clients for Horizon View (Hardware Compatibility Guide)
- Server and Storage Sizing Guide for Windows 7
Technology Partner Resources
- 50,000-Seat VMware View 4.5 Deployment--NetApp, VMware, Cisco, Fujitsu, and Wyse
- Horizon View on Nutanix: Reference Architecture
- EMC XtremIO: Horizon View Solution Guide
- Horizon View 5.1 Stateless Reference Architecture with Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI and Cisco UCS (GlassHouse Technologies)
- EMC Infrastructure for Horizon View 5.0 Proven Solutions Guide
- EMC Infrastructure for Horizon View 5.0 Reference Architecture
- Pivot3 Reference Architecture for Horizon View
- Principled Technologies Report -- 175 Horizon View 5 Windows 7 Virtual Desktops on One Cisco UCS B230 Blade Server
- NetApp and Horizon View 5,000-Seat Performance Report
- EMC VNXe3300, VMware vSphere 4.1, and VMware View 4.5: Architectural Overview (150 Users)
- VCE vBlock Solution Architecture for Knowledge Worker Environments with VMware View 4.5
Validated Solutions Partner Resources
PCoIP
Validated Solutions Reference Architectures and Guidelines
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Federal Secure Desktop Validated Design Guide
- Mobile Secure Desktop Validated Design Guide
- Mobile Secure Desktop Architectural Design Whiteboard Video
- Business Process Desktop Validated Design Guide
- Business Process Desktop Architectural Design Whiteboard Video
- Branch Office Desktop How-To Guide
- Branch Office Desktop Architectural Design Whiteboard Video
Horizon View Resources
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Windows 7 and Windows 8 Optimization Guide for Horizon View Virtual Desktops
- Windows XP Deployment Guide
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Storage Considerations for Horizon View 5.2
- Horizon View Persona Management Deployment Guide
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Antivirus Best Practices for Horizon View 5.x
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Security Considerations for Horizon View 5.2
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Horizon View 5.2 Performance Data and Best Practices
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Graphics Acceleration in Horizon View Virtual Machines: Deployment Guide
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Horizon View 5.2 Hardware-Accelerated 3D Graphics: Performance Data and Best Practices
- Integrating Horizon View and VMware ThinApp with Citrix XenApp
- Enhancing a Citrix XenApp Implementation with Horizon View and ThinApp: 2-Page Summary
- PowerShell Integration with Horizon View 5.0
- View Storage Accelerator in Horizon View 5.1
- VMFS File Locking and Its Impact in Horizon View 5.1
- Kiosk Mode with Horizon View 4.5 and Above
- Location Awareness in Horizon View
- Smart Card Certificate Authentication with Horizon View 4.5 and Above
- Certificate Revocation Checking Using OCSP and CRL in Horizon View 4.5/4.6
- Validating Adobe Connect Client on VMware® View Desktops
