Horizon 8 Reviews

• Central Management • VMware vShield Endpoint • PCOIP (PC Over IP) Protocol • Linked Clones & ThinApps • Local Mode • VMware Knowledge

• Expensive / ROI • DR • 3D and graphics performance • Required some VMware skills

Who can benefit from it? • Organizations who buy lots of desktops / laptops • Call Centers • Military • High Security Profile Organizations • Many more…

View not only makes desktop management, storage, and provisioning easier, but also reduces the cost of management as well as automation of routine and storage duties performed by administrators.View easily allows for recovery of desktop systems in case of a disaster and enables end users to print universally using thin print, connect over the internet, and even create virtual desktop systems dynamically for them.

I had a few challenges when using VMware's View that included support for desktops that are offline and services at the terminal as well as their management. Fortunately, the later versions of view have addressed these issues. This includes the view 3, 5.0 and 5.1 versions.

View allows for remote desktop access on virtual infrastructure through a hardware device known as thin client and you can also keep your desktop offline and synchronize it again afterwards. View has many components that allow for these capabilities and includes Storage Accelerator, which ensures that virtualized shared storage capacities are optimized; USB connectivity that is upgraded improves support for USB devices, view manager, VMware vCentre Server, view client, VMware vSphere meant for desktops, view composer and a view administrator.

We use the solution for remote desktops for a small number of users, but we do not use Citrix. Therefore, Horizon View is sufficient for us to publish applications or desktops for small services.

The solution has a lot of Visual Desktop's persistent and non-persistent desktops which publish the applications.

The integration could be improved. For example, there could be more integration and easier integration with products such as Okta and Duo. VMware Horizon View could be a multifactor authentication and authorization product, with more options for workflows, user assignments, and group assignments. Currently, it is complicated to configure a demo, so more integration would be beneficial.

I am currently using the solution.

The solution is stable.

The solution is scalable.

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

On-premises

We use VMware Horizon View to access our virtual application.

The solution has good performance and functionality. However, if the network connection was poor we noticed a decrease in performance.

I have used VMware Horizon View for approximately four years.

The solution is stable.

We have approximately 50 users using this solution globally.

I have previously used Citrix, Microsoft Terminal Servers, and Remote Desktop RDP.

The installation is complex and could be easier. The full installation with testing took a couple of weeks to complete.

We used an external IT team to do the implementation. I did the application installation, testing, and made sure people are able to use it.

We are on an annual contract to use this solution.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate VMware Horizon View a nine out of ten.

On-premises

The solution is primarily used to manage VMs. 

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The free version of the solution is great. It's perfect for if you have to build lab environments. 

They need to improve the stabilization process of major releases.

Few years.

The stability can be an issue when new versions are released.

N/A: I use the solution for a lab environment.

As a free product, they do not offer technical support. Therefore, when I use it, I am on my own and I do my own troubleshooting.

Some Virtual Box - I prefer VMware

The initial setup is not difficult or complex. It's a very easy process. A company shouldn't have trouble with the implementation.

This product is free to use.

We are selling this solution, but my position is in IT. I provide technical support to our clients.

Our customers use this solution for virtualization.

We like that VMware is the top competitor in virtualization. Many customers have this technology for virtualization.

It integrates well with other systems.

There are some issues with RAM in the system. There are also some issues with Windows 10, which is running the platform.

Windows 10 has several applications that are available from the Windows Store, and these applications may not work correctly.

We would like to see some of the features that are offered in the highest edition also included in the Standard Edition.

The higher edition has some tools or functions that are called Horizon Smart Policy. It is a very good function that should be included with the standard edition. 

I am certified in this product.

It's a stable solution now. With the latest version, it is very stable. It is now moving to Horizon 8, which has made a lot of changes.

Because it is our job, it is not difficult. We have experience when it comes to implementing Horizon for our customers.

It is important in the beginning that you have some experience or some kind of training.

There are different editions available at different cost points.

I would rate VMware Horizon 7 a nine out of ten.

On-premises

The most valuable features are that it is easy to use and easy to manage.

The licensing models should be improved in some cases.

In the future, I would like to see better support for application virtualization.

I have been using this product for the last six months.

VMware's technical support is very good.

I have also used Citrix and I find that VMware is easier to manage.

In the past, we worked with other VDI solutions that were hardware devices. We connected and worked through a centralized server. We had planned to move our 500+ users but the challenge was that we needed to have a backend server or another resource, either on the cloud or on-premises.

VMware Horizon View supports application virtualization, which is something that companies like startups are looking for. It means that you don't need to have a cloud connector or hosting in the cloud.

It is possible to create multiple user profiles so that applications can be used. For example, we can virtualize a browser and create multiple user sessions for it. It is useful, especially for applications that are used internally because you don't have to invest as much on resources.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.