Horizon 8 Primary Use Case
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Michael Baars
Owner at CoBSS
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.
View full review »I have been using Horizon for two years. It provides my DevOps team access to PAM and server through the provider.
View full review »We use the solution to provide VDI to our partners. They connect to the VDI and consume our on-premise resources.
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Horizon 8
July 2025

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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.
I often use the solution for remote day-to-day work to bring in consultants. We use the Gateway feature, which is a form of security server. We have one port to connect things. It simplifies things.
View full review »With a user base of around four thousand individuals, maintaining a vigilant stance on security is essential. Regular scrutiny of each endpoint is necessary to prevent any potential threats to our data center, such as infections, compromises, or hacks. The overarching goal is to maintain a tight grip on our data and keep it secure within our data center.
View full review »We implement VMware Horizon View for clients who want to replace physical site clients with a virtual desktop infrastructure solution, either to enhance geographical performance and reduce site clients or to add a security layer to their desktop environment.
View full review »Our current use of the solution involves the two specific projects in Arreaspace Kiasat, which involves catering to both the needs of the client and the server's functionalities with a Linux based approach.
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I use VMware Horizon as a VDI software since I use a workstation where access is needed for the virtual desktop.
My company had deployed the solution for one of our customers earlier, and they still use it to date with around 6,000 users and 2,000 virtual desktops.
The VDI access in my private cloud involves encapsulation in VMware Horizon. It also reduces the network traffic bandwidth if you're accessing Linux virtual machines using the native clients since it uses a lot of bandwidth.
View full review »Our primary use case for VMware Horizon is facilitating remote access to our compute clusters for our developers. VMs predominantly run on Linux systems, specifically utilizing RHEL 8. The developers connect from various locations in Europe.
View full review »I use the solution for application delivery and data security for external people.
View full review »It is a method of providing a user with access to centralized resources in the form of either a full desktop session or a hosted application, whether it is Windows or Linux.
In my previous project, we used Horizon to connect three remote offices with the main headquarters for centralized business applications.
View full review »We are currently using the solution to engage with our procurement team in a secure manner. If someone uploads tenders using their PC, they can copy the tender to other devices. Using the solution helps restrict access to users. The users' actions are also recorded in the solution.
View full review »We put our client-server applications on Horizon.
View full review »We use the solution for the virtual desktop environment. Our customers are mostly from the financial sector.
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Roger Heid
System Administrator Senior at KV Zürich Business School
I work in a public school where some teachers and staff work from home. We use the product in the home office.
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Hasan Afzal
General Manager Technical at Techaccess Pakistan
The use cases mainly depend on our client's needs and requirements. One of the reasons is the high cost of hardware and associated maintenance and time it requires. When you have 300-600 systems, managing maintenance tickets and replacements becomes a significant challenge.
With a stable VDI in place, clients/end users experience fewer issues. A large number of users can easily have required changes in configurations across the entire stack on the back end without disruption to their work. VMware Horizon offers additional features in VDI that are not possible with localized systems or laptops. We are currently utilizing it partly with labs involving DNA analysis and with various forensic tools. However, its primary use case is for office environments.
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Vijayakumar Tharmalingam
Lead Converged Infrastructure Virtualization Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
We are using VMware Horizon View for R&D. We use it like a machine that we need 24/7 at any cost. It should be accessible from anywhere, whether on an office premise or over the internet. But there are a few locations such as in the case of contractors, where we are not allowed to provide our machine. Here, we provide VDI infrastructure to them. They then connect the VDI and work. We integrate their system with Microsoft's Remote Desktop Service. Further, we tag the RDS with the solution. It acts as a connecting bridge between Microsoft hardware and the remote server.
View full review »Our primary use case for the solution is to give end users clone desktops, and they can use their applications. So instead of providing a desktop, we give them a computer with just a client, and everything is loaded in that VDI session and not directly on that workstation. We deploy the solution on-premises.
View full review »We use it in our call center, in the warehouse where we prepare products for stores, and in the warehouse.
We have 1,000 users in my organization. It's deployed on-premises. We stopped updating it in 2013 and 2017 because we used Windows 7.
View full review »We are using it to provide our users with a personalized desktop experience when they're working remotely, especially during the pandemic.
We are using its latest version. We usually deploy it on-prem, but I know that there is a possibility to put it on the cloud.
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Aslaf Borker
Information Technology Specialist at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
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.
View full review »The use case is remote access to VMs. It allows us to remote access the VMs and our servers.
View full review »My company uses VMware Horizon View for educational institutions and for the student lists maintained. My company also uses the solution in the healthcare industry.
We use it to gain access to our organization's applications.
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AlexOltean
Technical architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
We use VMware Horizon to digitalize environments.
View full review »The solution is used for remote access and copying.
View full review »In our case, it's for our own internal use. Let's say I am at home, and there's an issue with our customer. Something has happened. I can connect using Secureline and log on to this virtual desktop, accessing the system from there. So it's only for internal use.
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AmerTouma
Manager, IT at The School of Research Science
Our primary use case for this solution is the virtual desktop infrastructure.
View full review »We use Horizon View to provide virtual desktops for internal use. There are about a thousand users.
View full review »Horizon is used to create virtual desktops. It's helpful for people who want to transition from large desktops and laptops to more virtual desktops. More people are working remotely, and that freaks out IT departments when they can't get access to an employee's desktop. We are seeing a lot of demand for virtual desktops for remote working.
VMware Horizon 7 is used for remote access to allow the users to work from home.
View full review »We use this solution for our virtual desktop infrastructure where the user's desktops are running the data center using Horizon. With the increase in the number of people working from home, we wanted a solution like Horizon. We are customers and I'm a resident consultant.
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Cristiano Cumer
Systems Engineer at a university with 201-500 employees
We use this solution for delivering virtual desktops and applications.
Currently, we are using version 2006 which has an older model of provisioning and there are some compatibility issues that we are going to solve in the coming months. The latest version is 2103. However, there is not much difference between 2006 and 2103 it is almost the same.
The small differences are in adjunct functionality and regarding the transference relationship between domains.
View full review »VMware Horizon is focused on VDI and application delivery. Organizations use VMware Horizon to deliver third-party applications to their end users. This is facilitated by Horizon's VDI solution, which provides the necessary infrastructure and management capabilities.
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DHACHANNAACHAISIN
Managing Director at WISE VARY
My use case is to try from the customer experience because right now, we work from home and anywhere. So, and also the power consumption of the desktop and IT security are concerns.
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Laith Aljawamis
Senior Executive Manager - Data Center Virtualization at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We are using VMware Horizon View in two ways - for both virtual disk infrastructure (VDI) and application virtualization.
The primary use case is for individuals external to our company to connect and access internal resources. This is done by publishing a virtual desktop point to allow access.
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HarshaWijesinghe
Research Engineer
Our company uses the solution as a virtual desktop for clients at universities and banks. One customer has more than 200 users who log in from anywhere.
View full review »The solution is useful for anyone working from home. It enables connection to office workstations and open corporate portals. We can access all files and folders, and collaborate with other team members. I'm a company manager.
View full review »We use it to provide virtual client desktops for remote users or data center users. It's basically for people to work from home or for a call center.
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Omar Al-Qaysie
Senior Chief Engineer at ministry of electricity
We used this solution for a complaint management and support system. The project was a combination of Horizon 7, VMware, Oracle Database, Apex, and GlassFish. Most of them were deployed on Linux or Windows, and we implemented a center to manage the VMware cluster.
The main software, based on Oracle Database, gave the operator a terminal and different kinds of forms for entering the data that they got from the customers. The virtual machines were based on Horizon 7. We completed this project in 2018, and it is still working.
View full review »We use the solution for deployed applications.
View full review »I use VMware Horizon for a variety of workforce, both internal and external.
View full review »Horizon basically protects you're VMware and your Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). BYOD connecting to your network and these can be secured using VMware Horizon.
With COVID there is a very big impact. There is a hybrid kind of workforce model now. People will be able to connect using their own devices. If it is BYOD case, the number of assets is going to increase. It will almost double the number of the secured assets out there. This means that as the asset size grows, there's a lot of traffic. If you talk about the Horizon it is Zero Trust Architecture plus Micro-segmentation. It has to level both into one platform.
You then need to physically test that your endpoints are all secured so that there is no way for somebody connecting from their own device or laptop to accessing the network with any kind of malicious code. You're protected.
Our customers are using this product on simple data and to access some applications. We are customers of VMware Horizon View.
VMware Horizon View is used for virtualization.
View full review »We use VMware Horizon 7 for my company's internal systems, our clients' hosting, and public services.
View full review »We essentially use it to enable remote workers.
View full review »We are using VMware Horizon View for workstation replacement. We are mostly still in the development stage.
View full review »We use this solution to maintain the existing ESXi that we have.
View full review »We're a payroll company and understandably security is pretty important for us. When a user takes a laptop home you have to manage encryption in case they lose it. With everything in our data center, there's no risk of lost data because everything is run in the VDI. That's our primary use case for this product. I'm a systems engineer and we are customers of VMware Horizon View.
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Helberth Bayona
ENGINEER IT at SYAC
We primarily use the solution for developer access within the company.
View full review »We use this solution for virtual desktop infrastructure and remote desktop connections on client sites with 18 clients or end-user devices.
I am a system engineer and this is one of the products that I assist people with by providing support.
View full review »We use VMware Horizon View for remote accessibility of all the legacy apps.
View full review »It is a powerful application platform for virtual isolation.
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Abd Allah Jawish
System engineer at DCA
Horizon View is primarily used to consolidate networks against potential threats from outside.
View full review »VMware Horizon 7 virtualizes workloads and applications.
View full review »We use this solution for virtual servers and virtual desktops. Our whole environment is on VMware combined with Nutanix.
View full review »We are a solution provider and this is one of the products that we implement for our clients. I am a solution engineer and I work on end-user virtualization and related infrastructure solutions. I with VMware, Citrix, and Nutanix.
This solution is used for managing end-user workstations, or settings related to applications or Windows, as well as other things. For example, it can put policies in place for applications or the operating system.
This is not a product that I work with regularly.
View full review »We primarily use the solution for data center consolidation and the infrastructure of servers.
We are providers and we provide solutions to our clients.
We are using it for Virtual Desktop, Application Virtualization, Graphics, AutoCAD Virtualization, Graphics Virtualization, Workstation, and Graphic Power.
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Shams K
Vmware Administrator at Intertech
I have integrated this solution for educational institutions to help deploy applications to students and staff. I have also integrated this solution for a financial organization. This solution is deployed on-premises.
View full review »Most of the colleges are using Chromebooks but what I'm trying to develop is some virtual machines that have a common operating system to deliver to the student. They would be a virtual machine, similar to a Chromebook. This is what I am trying to develop.
View full review »I am using VMware Horizon View for desktops.
View full review »Within my company, there are 50 employees using this solution.
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Michal Sadlik
Systems Architect at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
We use this solution for remote users around the country.
View full review »The company I worked for were partners of VMware Horizon View. I worked as a system engineer.
View full review »We deploy the solution for our clients.
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AmerTouma
Manager, IT at The School of Research Science
This solution provides centralized management with a digital platform.
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Payman Maher
Storage Specialist at Informatics Services Corporation
Use as a test center for medical students was the primary purpose of the launch. The number of users seen included was about two hundred. The model was kiosk-mode. Each time, after the end of the virtual machine exam, it was presented. It had to change on the user.
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Dan Reynolds
Director of IT at BLDD ARCHITECTS INC
We were spread across several offices and with the main production software tool and the weak WAN infrastructure, it was impossible to share data reliably. It seemed the only solution was to centralize the data and make it so the people using the data - the workers - could be anywhere. With past experiences in server virtualization, I investigated VMware View. It was the missing key that made this all work.
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.
We use VMware Horizon View to access our virtual application.
View full review »The solution is primarily used to manage VMs.
View full review »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.
View full review »We are continuing to use Horizon 8 for remote work. Our company data, along with customer data, is stored in the private data center. Horizon is used for accessing the data center and data.
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Bill Lim
System Engineer at Tarch
We use VMware Horizon View for its remote access feature.
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Horizon 8
July 2025

Learn what your peers think about Horizon 8. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: July 2025.
861,803 professionals have used our research since 2012.