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Virtual Desktops and Apps Enable Anywhere, Anytime Access

VMware Horizon enables a digital workspace with the efficient delivery of virtual desktops and applications that equips workers anywhere, anytime, and on any device. With deep integration into the VMware technology ecosystem, the platform offers an agile cloud-ready foundation, modern best-in-class management, and end to end security that empowers today’s Anywhere Workspace.

Manage from the Cloud

Efficiently deploy, manage, monitor, and scale desktops and apps across private, hybrid and multi-cloud deployments using a cloud-based console and SaaS management services.  

Review Horizon Control Plane Services

Modernize Operations

Transform legacy infrastructure with integrated leading-edge technologies that automate the provisioning and management of virtual desktops and apps and deliver the personalization required by end-users.

Modernizing VDI for a New Horizon

Build Resiliency

Adopt a scalable, cloud-based platform that offers the resiliency needed to meet change head-on with flexible deployment options across private and public clouds.

READ THE DATASHEET

Secure Data and Achieve Compliance

Ensure secure remote access to corporate resources from any device with intrinsic security built into the VMware infrastructure. Integration with Carbon Black boosts security using a zero-trust model.   

Read the Solution Brief

Enable Remote Work

Keep employees connected and productive anywhere they work and on any device with a consistent, personalized desktop environment.

PIVOT TO A DISTRIBUTED WORKFORCE

Improve ROI

Achieve cost savings and realize business value with more flexible and reliable access to resources.

READ THE IDC STUDY

Redefining the Virtual Desktop & App Experience

Uniquely Integrated with VMware Technology

Integration with VMware Cloud Foundation delivers a consistent digital foundation and hyperconverged infrastructure ideal for on-premises or cloud deployments.

Flexible Cloud Deployment Options

Deploy and manage desktops and apps across on-premises, hybrid or public cloud and deliver up-to-date infrastructure by leveraging SaaS services from the Horizon Control Plane.

Modern Management

Modernize management with the deployment of full-featured, personalized virtual desktops and apps by leveraging Instant Clone Technology, VMware App Volumes™, and VMware Dynamic Environment Manager.

Optimal Desktop and App Delivery

Deliver secure, workstation-class performance, rich 2D and 3D graphics, and an immersive end-user experience with Blast Performance and Blast 3D.

Related Resources

VMware Horizon Datasheet

Learn how Horizon enables streamlined management for an agile, lightweight, modern approach that speeds, simplifies and reduces costs in the digital workspace.

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Modernize Your Legacy Citrix Environment

Discover how the Horizon is the desktop and app virtualization of the future and why it’s time to modernize today.

READ THE REPORT

Cost Savings and Business Benefits of Horizon

Access Forrester’s Total Economic Impact study to evaluate the potential financial impact of Horizon on your organization.

READ THE FORRESTER STUDY
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Related Products

Integrate VMware solutions to build a consistent digital foundation with products designed to work together, resulting in streamlined management and better performing secure desktops and applications.

VMware Workspace One

Digital workspace platform that enables zero trust

VMware Cloud Foundation for Horizon

Scale and secure your VDI solutions with simplicity

Carbon Black

Cloud-native endpoint protection

App Volumes

Real-time app delivery with lifecycle management

VMware SASE Platform

Secure and reliable access to apps for the anywhere workforce

Horizon Subscription SaaS

Horizon Universal Subscription

Powerful desktop and app delivery with full suite of cloud management services for hybrid cloud deployment. 

  • Windows VDI; Linux VDI; Windows multi-session desktops; Windows and Linux virtual application delivery 
  • Premium management features
  • Full set of security and user experience features 
  • Flexibility to deploy on-premises and/or in the cloud 

Horizon Standard Subscription

Simple desktop delivery with basic cloud management services for on-premises or cloud deployment.

  • Windows VDI 
  • Standard management features
  • Essential set of security and user experience features
  • Single location deployment on-premises or in the cloud 

Horizon Apps Universal Subscription

Powerful app delivery with a full suite of cloud management services for hybrid cloud deployment. 

  • Windows multi-session desktops; Windows and Linux virtual application delivery 
  • Premium management features
  • Full set of security and user experience features
  • Flexibility to deploy on-premises and/or in the cloud 

Horizon Apps Standard Subscription

Simple app delivery with basic cloud management services for on-premises or cloud deployment. 

  • Windows multi-session desktops; Windows and Linux virtual application delivery 
  • Standard management features
  • Essential set of security and user experience features
  • Single location deployment on-premises or in the cloud
Feature Comparison for Horizon SaaS Subscription Licenses

Frequently Asked Questions

VMware Horizon is a modern platform for running and delivering virtual desktops and apps across the hybrid cloud. For administrators, this means desktop and app management can be simplified, automated and made more secure. For users, it provides a consistent experience across devices and locations.

VMware Horizon Client is software that allows you to connect your VMware Horizon virtual desktop to a device of choice, giving you on-the-go access from any location. Clients are available for Windows, Mac, iOS, Linux, Chrome and Android and may be downloaded from my.vmware.com.

VMware Horizon allows you to set up and manage a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). This is achieved by creating and provisioning desktop pools for centralized management. For more information on setting up VDI using Horizon, see the Horizon Documentation Center.

VMware Horizon runs remote desktops and applications in the data center or the cloud and delivers them to employees as a managed service. It offers flexible deployment options across private and public clouds, such as Microsoft Azure, VMware Cloud™ on AWS, Google Cloud VMware Engine, and VMware Cloud on Dell EMC.   Read the Tech Zone article for more information.

VMware Horizon is not a virtual private network (VPN). It uses a unified access gateway (UAG) to allow secure remote access to Horizon. It does support remote access to desktops and apps via a  VPN, but it's generally not necessary to use a VPN with a UAG. For more information, read the blog post.

The Horizon Control Plane simplifies  and automates management with cloud services that connect entitlements and unify management across Horizon environments, on-premises and in the cloud. Click to learn more about each of the Horizon Control Plane Services.

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Overview

View virtual summit: Enabling Remote Workers with Modern VDI

View virtual summit: Enabling Remote Workers with Modern VDI

  • Overview
Compare VMware Horizon to the Competition

Compare VMware Horizon to the Competition

  • Overview
Introduction to VMware Horizon

Introduction to VMware Horizon

  • Overview
Workspace Security VDI Solution Brief

Workspace Security VDI Solution Brief

  • Overview
Horizon Datasheet

Horizon Datasheet

  • Overview
Horizon FAQ

Horizon FAQ

  • Overview

Technical Documentation

Master Horizon Activity Path

Master Horizon Activity Path

  • Technical Documentation
VMware Horizon Subscription Feature Comparison

VMware Horizon Subscription Feature Comparison

  • Technical Documentation
VMware Horizon and Horizon Apps Perpetual and Subscription Term Feature Comparison

VMware Horizon and Horizon Apps Perpetual and Subscription Term Feature Comparison

  • Technical Documentation
VMware Workspace ONE and Horizon Reference Architecture

VMware Workspace ONE and Horizon Reference Architecture

  • Technical Documentation
Introduction to Horizon for Citrix Administrators

Introduction to Horizon for Citrix Administrators

  • Technical Documentation
VMware OS Optimization Tool for Horizon Virtual Desktops and RDSH Servers

VMware OS Optimization Tool for Horizon Virtual Desktops and RDSH Servers

  • Technical Documentation

Useful Links

Horizon Documentation Center

Horizon Documentation Center

  • Useful Links
Network Ports in Horizon

Network Ports in Horizon

  • Useful Links
Digital Workspace Tech Zone

Digital Workspace Tech Zone

  • Useful Links
Deploying Hardware-Accelerated Graphics with VMware Horizon

Deploying Hardware-Accelerated Graphics with VMware Horizon

  • Useful Links
VMware Blast Extreme Display Protocol in VMware Horizon

VMware Blast Extreme Display Protocol in VMware Horizon

  • Useful Links
Best Practices for Delivering Microsoft Office 365 in VMware Horizon 7

Best Practices for Delivering Microsoft Office 365 in VMware Horizon 7

  • Useful Links
Quick-Start Tutorial Series for VMware Horizon

Quick-Start Tutorial Series for VMware Horizon

  • Useful Links
VMware Education: Horizon Learning Path

VMware Education: Horizon Learning Path

  • Useful Links

Partner Solution Resources

VMware’s Preferred Load Balancer Solution for Horizon

VMware’s Preferred Load Balancer Solution for Horizon

  • Partner Solution Resources
Horizon on Microsoft Azure VMware Solution FAQ

Horizon on Microsoft Azure VMware Solution FAQ

  • Partner Solution Resources

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