VMware Horizon View Reviews

Horizon View is primarily used to consolidate networks against potential threats from outside.

Horizon View's best features are that it gives you more control over the PCs on your infrastructure, and it's specialized for banking environments.

I've been working with VMWare Horizon View for more than three years.

Horizon View is stable.

Horizon View is scalable.

The initial setup was complex, and you need system experience to walk through it.

Compared to Citrix and Microsoft, I'd recommend Horizon View as the best on the market. I'd rate it eight out of ten.

The local hardware pass-throughs are valuable. I like being able to have access to local hardware.

Sometimes, the protocol itself gets a bit laggy. If you have less than optimal switching and routing, it can get kind of laggy.

I don't know if it already has such a feature or whether it is doable, but it would be good to be able to use a thumb drive or something else or map a local directory as a drive to the VM. 

I have been using this solution for about two years. I am currently using its previous version.

Its scalability is good enough.

I don't use tech support.

I fell in on it. We already had the license when I started working here.

Somebody else does the setup. I just do the endpoint.

I would advise making sure that you have a fast enough backbone. You can't go around using the cheapest available tiny switches because it is just not going to work for you.

I would give it a solid seven out of 10. I don't give a 10 very often.

We use this solution for remote users around the country.

The product as a whole is okay.

It is easy to maintain.

User profiles are something that needs to be improved.

We have been using VMware Horizon View for approximately five years.

So far, the stability has been good and we haven't had any problems.

We have a stable environment right now and haven't needed to expand our usage. We have approximately 500 users.

Technical support has been responsive.

The initial setup is straightforward, although customization is a little kludgey.

We deployed using an in-house team.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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.

• Control
• Consolidated way of doing updates
• Security

We had to deal with re-imaging hard drives and managing PCs, so having images and desktops to deploy wherever people are without the hardware was really helpful.

I think that simplifying cross-platform use on different devices could be better. Different client versions sometimes don’t work quite as well.

It’s been great – we haven’t had too many issues at all.

Pretty good – we're a pretty small organization, and we have a few hundred desktops but it's been great for what we do.

It’s been good – no complaints at all.

Nope – we went from straight desktops to virtualization.

It’s a little complex, we missed the initial deployment. They were trying to get the most out of the resources on the servers and it undercut what some users needed.

When choosing VMware, we looked at the cost, and value. If they meet what we need, support is important as well. You should get a demo version and try it – see what it actually does before you buy it. I'd rather see it kick the tires than hear what other people have to say.

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.

Technical support could be better and faster.

We have been using VMware Horizon View in customers' IT infrastructures for approximately five, or six years.

VMware Horizon View is a stable solution.

VMware Horizon View is a scalable product.

We have four customers who use this solution.

Technical support could be faster.

I have experience with Virtual Desktop Infrastructures as well as Application Virtualization.

We also use Citrix Virtual Desktops.

Colleagues of mine are implementing the software. I am the team leader for the modern workplace. It is simple to install, according to my colleagues.

We have a two-person team to maintain this solution. Both are architects, but we only need one architect and an engineer.

Customers pay a licensing fee.

I would suggest doing a proof of concept.

I would rate VMware Horizon View a six out of ten.

The ability to spin up desktops as quickly as possible. You just build one image and then set multiple images and be ready quickly.

If you have a training session, you can spin up more very quickly, which helps in the training ability for end-users.

I wish there were more standardized instructions and rules. There are too many gotchas.

We're moving to 6.1 from 5.x, so far it's been good. An older version was unstable, but that was before I got there.

There's some little gotchas with moving some up, and you can only have so many VMs, so it does have limitations.

It’s a little advanced because more gotchas (certificates, different servers in different order).

Make sure you know the product, and do a POC first.