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.
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 -
Security Considerations for Horizon View 5.2 -
Horizon View 5.2 Performance Data and Best Practices -
Graphics Acceleration in Horizon View Virtual Machines: Deployment Guide -
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
