VMware Horizon 8

VMware Horizon is a modern platform for the secure provision of virtual workstations and applications in a hybrid cloud, offered by the market leader in the segments of software-defined data centers and digital workspaces.

With its unique integration with reliable VMware technologies, the Horizon platform helps IT departments efficiently deploy and scale virtual workstations and applications from a single control plane.

Fast initialization, automation and simplified management make it possible to provide end users with the most convenient digital workspace.

Features

The VMware Advanced Monitoring solution based on the ControlUp platform provides effective real-time monitoring for a full stack of technologies with a comprehensive set of indicators that allow you to monitor user working conditions and take corrective measures.

Step-by-step troubleshooting recommendations and automated script-based actions help you quickly solve a wide range of common problems.

Comprehensive REST APIs enable integration and automation of a wide range of capabilities such as monitoring, permissions, and user and computer management.

Blast Performance supports realistic environments with a wide range of features for end users — on various devices, anywhere, using any media and connections.

Horizon with Blast 3D provides secure provision of two- and three-dimensional graphics from the cloud to remote and mobile employees with workstation-level performance.

The ability to deploy and administer virtual workstations and applications both on-premises and in public clouds, such as Microsoft Azure, VMware Cloud on AWS, Google Cloud VMware Engine, IBM Cloud and other partner clouds.

The Horizon Control plane helps to keep the infrastructure up-to-date, and also integrates permission and management levels for Horizon's hearths and clouds.

Operational provision of Windows and Linux resources with the ability to scale across multiple data centers — now with support for published Linux applications.

Applications hosted on VMs enable administrators to publish applications on Windows 10 virtual desktops, which increases compatibility and flexibility.

Fast deployment of full-featured personalized digital workspaces using JMP technologies, which include instant cloning, App Volumes, and dynamic environment management.

Convenient performance monitoring, setting up alerts and bug fixes to improve the user experience.

Simplified image and application lifecycle management optimizes assignments for Horizon's hearths and clouds with precise control.

The Horizon platform based on App Volumes and ThinApp solutions provides application isolation and significantly speeds up their provision, simplifying OS migrations and reducing IT costs by 70%.

Simplify authentication across all application services and virtual workstations by fully supporting single sign-on and using flexible role-based context-sensitive policies that combine user, device, and location information.

Create a multi—level protection system for virtual infrastructure — from data centers to user devices - with a simplified network architecture, automated analysis tools and threat protection mechanisms.

Provide improved user experience and productivity through real-time collaboration sessions, as well as optimized audio and video support for Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and other communication and collaboration tools.

Integration with the VMware Cloud Foundation provides fast initialization, as well as support for hyperconverged infrastructure, which is ideal for deployment in an on-premises environment or in the cloud.

The solutions VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (developed by Avi Networks) and VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud improve the working conditions of Horizon users in any data center or cloud.

Using market-leading VMware technologies eliminates the need to create, test and support disparate storage, as well as virtualization and networking products.