Horizon Cloud - A Cloud-Native Virtual Desktop Platform
Deliver Cloud-Hosted Virtual Desktops and Applications with Horizon Cloud
VMware Horizon Cloud enables you to deliver virtual desktops and applications from the cloud, to any device, in any location, all from a single cloud-based control plane.
Horizon Cloud Overview
Horizon Cloud Overview
Horizon Cloud transforms traditional VDI with unprecedented simplicity and flexibility.
App Volumes is available in Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure
Simplify application management and save on storage consumption with VMware App Volumes for Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure.
Learn MoreEnabling the Digital Workforce with VMware Solutions
Enabling the Digital Workforce with VMware Solutions
Learn how VMware Horizon and Workspace ONE can enable your digital workforce and prepare your organization for the future of work.
Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure Supports Windows Virtual Desktops
Begin leveraging Azure at your own pace while maintaining your on-premises environment and saving money.
Introducing the Horizon Universal License
The key to achieving your elastic, secure, hybrid, and multi-cloud desktop virtualization vision. Learn how the Horizon universal license gives you the flexibility to deploy in the cloud of your choice.
Learn MoreTry Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure Free for 90 days
Put us to the test by trying the best cloud-native desktop virtualization platform with your images, your apps, and your users.
Start your trialAdvanced Load Balancing for Horizon and Horizon Cloud
VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (by Avi Networks) enables great end-user experience for Horizon in any data center or cloud.
View Virtual SummitWhat Horizon Cloud Delivers
Multi-Cloud Architecture
Horizon Cloud provides a multi-tenant, cloud-scale architecture that enables you to choose where virtual desktops and apps reside: VMware-managed cloud, BYO cloud, or both.
Clear Path to the Future
Leverage the extensive VMware End-User Computing portfolio to transition your virtual desktops and apps to the cloud on your terms and maximize current investments.
Digital Workspace Experience
Horizon Cloud makes it easier than ever for end users to securely access their digital workspace on any device, anytime, anywhere.
Incredible Value on Top of Windows Virtual Desktop
Horizon Cloud includes functionality above and beyond Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop, including user environment management, application management, advanced power management, support for hybrid environments, and more.
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Become an Anywhere EUC Expert
Learn everything you need to know about enabling the new distributed workforce.
Spotlight on Horizon Cloud
Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure Demo
Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure Demo
Take a closer look at how Horizon Cloud and Microsoft Azure are better together.
Why Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure?
Why Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure?
Learn how our partnership with Microsoft can help accelerate your move to Windows 10 and streamline the management of virtual desktops and apps.
Windows Virtual Desktop
Windows Virtual Desktop
Find out how the features of Windows Virtual Desktop extend to Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure
Choose Your Horizon Cloud Infrastructure
VMware Horizon Cloud delivers feature-rich virtual desktops and apps using a purpose-built cloud platform that is scalable across multiple deployment options. You can bring your own cloud infrastructure or buy cloud-hosted infrastructure from VMware.
Horizon Cloud on IBM Cloud
Avoid the hassle and cost of managing your own infrastructure and deliver desktops and apps in the cloud with managed infrastructure from VMware on IBM Cloud.
Benefits
- Enterprise-grade security, production-level support and a 99.9% uptime SLA
- Scale in a fraction of the time of traditional on-premises environments
- Multiple desktop configurations, app delivery and global data center locations
- Easily forecast costs with simple and predictable, per-user pricing
Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure
Connect your Microsoft Azure infrastructure to the Horizon Control Plane and securely deliver virtual desktops and apps hosted in Microsoft Azure data centers.
Benefits
- Get consumption-based pricing down to the minute for your capacity, with no up-front costs or termination fees
- Leverage Microsoft's many Azure data center regions across the globe, including Microsoft Azure Government
- Simplify cloud-hosted virtual apps by pairing your Azure infrastructure with the Horizon Control Plane
- Easily manage and deliver virtual apps from the cloud without additional infrastructure providers
- Extend the features of Windows Virtual Desktop with Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure
Customer Success
University of Technology Sydney
“Instead of spending hours commuting down to campus, students can log into their virtual desktops wherever they want and begin working with their software of choice – all within minutes,” says Rob Jarman, Associate Dean Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, UTS.
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Horizon Cloud is part of the VMware Horizon portfolio of desktop and application virtualization solutions. Horizon Cloud is available as a Desktop-as-a-Service subscription with offers that deliver simple, cost effective desktop and application virtualization solutions.
- Horizon Cloud on IBM Cloud: Delivers cloud-hosted virtualized or hosted desktops and applications from VMware managed public infrastructure (IBM Cloud).
- Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure: Delivers cloud-hosted virtual desktops and applications from your own Microsoft Azure infrastructure.
Horizon Cloud Partner Network
Looking for additional desktop and application management services as you move to the cloud? VMware works with top managed services providers (MSPs) across the globe to deliver a complete end-user computing (EUC) solution as a service. Visit one of our Horizon Cloud MSP Partners to learn more about the services they offer to complement your Horizon Cloud deployment.
Interested in becoming a Horizon Cloud partner? Contact us.
Reasons to Choose VMware
Why Choose VMware?
Only VMware Workspace ONE provides a unified platform to help you transform IT and reduce costs. Compare us to some of our competitors and see for yourself why VMware is simply better.
RESOURCES
Learn & Evaluate
- Datasheet: VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure and Windows Virtual Desktop
- Infographic: Choose Your Virtualization Solution
- FAQ: Horizon Cloud
- Horizon Cloud YouTube Channel
- Quick-Start Tutorial for Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure
- Quick-Start Tutorial for VMware Horizon Cloud Service with Hosted Infrastructure
- Solution Brief: Virtualize Windows 10 with Horizon
- White Paper: Simplify Your Move to Windows 10 with VDI
- Horizon Cloud with IBM Cloud - Terms of Service
- Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure - Terms of Service
- White Paper: How Cloud Desktops Support Workforce Agility
- White Paper: Maximize Your Microsoft Azure Investment with Horizon Cloud
- View virtual summit: Enabling Remote Workers with Modern VDI
- VMware’s Preferred Load Balancer Solution for Horizon
Install & Configure
- Network Ports in VMware Horizon Cloud Service
- Horizon Cloud Service with Hosted Infrastructure Deployment Considerations
- Horizon Cloud Hosted Data Center Locations
- Horizon Cloud with Hosted Infrastructure Networking Considerations
- Horizon Cloud Hosted Setup Form: A Step-by-Step Guide
- Installation and Administration Guides
- Pre-Requisites for Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure
Plan & Design
- White Paper: Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure: RDS Desktop and App Scalability
- eBook: Deploy Virtual Desktops and Apps in the Cloud
- FAQ: Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure
- FAQ: App Volumes for Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure
- Datasheet: Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure
- Datasheet: Horizon Cloud Service on IBM Cloud
- White Paper: The Business Value of Horizon Cloud Hosted
- White Paper: Networking and Active Directory Considerations on Microsoft Azure with VMware Horizon Cloud
- White Paper: VMware Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure Security Considerations
