Horizon 8 Reviews

My customers most likely use Horizon 8 for remote desktop, which means making sure that people can access system resources from anywhere on a secure platform, even from a non-secure, or non-company device.

What I appreciate about Horizon 8 is that it just works. If it works, it just works. People can access the desktop from anywhere, whether it is a desktop or published applications, and it's easy to manage from a maintenance perspective. As IT consultants, it's very easy for users, who can access it by the web, using cloud, or any platform such as an Apple or Windows machine. It even works on systems that usually play Minecraft or something, all from Google security.

From a security point of view, security in Horizon 8 is one of the main points in keeping the system resources from the company away from bad actors. You can keep the desktops completely isolated, and you don't need to share your file shares or database with the end-user system. You can even provide users with thin clients, and they can still access all information on the company network. You can choose if special resources, such as USB drives, are allowed to be shared. From a security standpoint, VMware really helps many mid-range companies achieve a security standard that otherwise would be hard to maintain.

The Horizon 8 brings some resource saving, but the costs are higher than simply giving users a normal laptop. However, providing a single user with a laptop means managing that particular system. With Horizon 8, I can manage a whole group of desktops for about 90% of my end users at the same time, on the same management console, and this makes it easier to handle multiple issues at once. It is also more cost-effective when certain systems need upgrades, as you do not have to trouble end users with local system issues, which helps reduce help desk load and customer tickets. This is especially crucial for users working remotely, such as during the pandemic, as it allows for scaling up and down easily to meet user demands.

I have been using Horizon for two years. It provides my DevOps team access to PAM and server through the provider.

The solution has helped ensure data leaks do not occur from the base machine to VDI, and it saves data through API copyright.

We use the solution to provide VDI to our partners. They connect to the VDI and consume our on-premise resources.

The product helps us to lock down the desktops. We can stop the end user from taking data out of the desktops. These are the key security features of the tool.

I think the tool is very useful for attracting new people, either new hires or consultants. Remote usage is also a significant benefit. VMware Horizon's security features depend on the customer and what they want. Of course, if they have multi-factor authentication, VMware Horizon supports that. It depends on their policies, but it works with pretty much anything.

You don't have to buy laptops for everyone. You can use the ones you have for over three years, even five to six years. Additionally, you have data closer to the data center or servers. When you start programs, they're almost probably on the same switch. For instance, if you use AutoCAD or something similar, you can cut significant time from operations

We should be able to use the tool on different platforms. 

I use the solution in my company for the area of VDI, consisting of multiple applications and allowing users the flexibility to use the applications on mobile devices.

The storage expansion in the product is a bit difficult to manage, especially when I have to modify a storage requirement of a particular area since it comes across as a complex job. I would like the tool to improve the licensing and cost model. The tool does not offer much support if, in a factory, there are other terminal clients or third-party clients. If we have to integrate it with such plants, it is difficult because there is no interoperability feature in the product.

I use the solution for application delivery and data security for external people.

The most valuable feature of VMware Horizon is the VDI service, which helps externals use their own devices while keeping the data inside our data center.

Our organization is a national cybersecurity agency in Qatar, and we need virtual machines that automatically erase once the user logs out. The solution also enables access to our organization's secured environment through the Internet. For instance, you can be anywhere in the world and still access the on-premises infrastructure securely. 

Once our organization upgraded to the latest version of VMware Horizon, we eliminated the delayed login times we had faced in the prior version. The USB redirection is one of the valuable features of VMware Horizon.

Using the aforementioned feature, I have allowed access to certain types of USB models, and only these authorized models by the employer are accessible in the VDI environment, therefore any USB outside the whitelisted manufacturers won't function in our organization's environment. 

I also find the solution's Unified Access Gateway (UAG) feature useful as it makes administration tasks easier. For instance, if I want to enable a particular network device to access VMware Horizon, UAG makes such processes quick and easy.

At our organization, we are also using VMware Workspace ONE for endpoint management, which facilitates the employees' ability to bring their own devices, which can be used to access the on-premise infrastructure and the applications present on it. 

The solution has enabled us to offer a secure desktop experience to our remote users. This ensures that our personally identifiable information and HIPAA data remain protected, eliminating the risk of being copied to a local, potentially mobile, device. Everything is contained within a centralized structure.

The tool provides a single pane of glass into all virtual infrastructure.