2021-06-02T20:09:00Z

VMware Horizon View vs Citrix XenApp: which is the better product and why?

We are presently using Citrix XenApp 7.15 LTSR and are looking for an alternative. 

Is VMware Horizon View a solid product to review and eventually purchase? Why?

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Systems Engineer at Evaluation Services Inc.
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DR
Director of IT at BLDD ARCHITECTS INC
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2021-10-26T16:12:25Z
Oct 26, 2021

I think VMware Horizon View is a very solid product. 


I think it is the most mature product on the whole spectrum. All virtual desktop environments require tuning for performance. Depending on the size of the company you don't need 1/10 of the bells & whistles that the vendors include. For example, I have a small environment - 70 employees. I don't use instant clones, personas, their analysis tools, ... Not only are they expensive (the tools) they overly complicate a complicated process. KISS. 


I have honed down the environment to what is just needed. Most of the industry will tell you otherwise. And I do all this as a one-man IT department. 

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2021-06-29T07:12:15Z
Jun 29, 2021

Hi @Abbasi Poonawala, @David Grudek​, @Payman Maher​, @Michal Sadlik ​, @Tonatiuh Torres Zamorano ​ , @JacquesBodenstein, and @Dan Withrow. Can you help @Dante Dano ​with your professional experience? Thank you.

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Hi @Md Shakil Khan, maybe this article can help: https://www.parallels.com/blogs/ras/citrix-and-vdi/
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Hi, maybe it works  https://www.citrix.com/products/citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops/
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