IT Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Top 20
2024-02-16T14:41:49Z
Feb 16, 2024
VMware Horizon has proven to be the only best product for enabling individuals across Europe to efficiently run jobs on our compute cluster while accessing the graphical user interface of their Linux machines. The main benefit lies in robust security features. From the point of view of virtual desktop deployment, it gives standardized access to our users. Its most valuable feature is the rapid and versatile access from clients operating on various Windows, Linux, and MacOS systems. It has benefited users in terms of speed and reliability of the connection, including security aspects. We never encountered any issues related to the reliability and uptime of the platform. One area for enhancement in VMware Horizon that would greatly benefit our use cases involves improved support for USB connectivity, allowing seamless tunneling of USB devices from laptops to the virtual machines running in the VDI. Additionally, addressing a bug related to integrating Active Directory and Linux environments is crucial for reliability. We have designed an independent IT infrastructure for Horizon. Thus, the scalability creates no disturbance to our overall infrastructure. We have compared a few features of other open-source products. VMware Horizon is better in terms of graphical user interface for Linux users. I advise others to consider infrastructure, virtualization, network, and storage requirements before making a purchase decision. I rate VMware Horizon an eight out of ten.
System Administrator at a media company with 201-500 employees
Real User
2024-02-06T13:06:00Z
Feb 6, 2024
According to the technical documentation, they are apparent and easily accessible. From one point of view, VMware Horizon uses virtualization configurations deployed on Microsoft servers, necessitating compliance with Microsoft's rules. It relies on Microsoft RDP services in the background. One beneficial feature is publishing applications installed on a Windows 10 machine. You should check whether they aim to provide a VDI environment, and then the VDI option is best. However, GPU usage becomes crucial if they intend to centralize application solutions to conserve server resources. If assigned to a single-user PC, GPUs are hardware resources that might need to be more utilized when the user is not actively using them. Therefore, the optimal approach would be to install all the applications on a server, allocate the necessary hardware resources, and then share them using application virtualization. There are only two or three products that meet this requirement. It is a very reliable and stable product. On the contrary, there is Microsoft Remote Desktop. These two are the best, both in terms of reliability and finding documentation. Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
IT Specialist at INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
Real User
Top 20
2024-01-19T08:33:48Z
Jan 19, 2024
There is no maintenance required for VMware Horizon, and all a user has to do is upgrade the solution whenever required. The product notifies its users of the upgrades that it provides. Google Workspace is a good alternative to VMware Horizon Horizon. Google Workspace functions as a cloud-based product. Users who want a solution deployed on an on-premises model can opt for VMware Horizon. I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.
When contemplating a shift to the cloud, thorough cost calculations are essential due to the dynamic nature of cloud models. Horizon, focused on the modern workspace, provides cost control in on-premises environments. It's important to assess whether the claimed functionalities of the cloud align with your needs and if you can manage associated costs. Overall, I would rate it nine out of ten.
Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. I recommend choosing the best implementation company because sometimes clients aren't happy with Horizon due to poor implementation. I've seen this happen often. So, selecting a company with a lot of experience and successful implementations is essential. Sometimes, users get frustrated not with the product itself but with the way it's implemented.
If you have large contact center users or significant office users, and you are looking for a long-term ROI over a period of ten years or more, VMware VDI would be a suitable choice.
Our company became a VMware partner because they already had Airwatch as a very large product, and VMware purchased Airwatch. We then did some Digital Workspace and complimented it with Horizon. We do infrastructure as well as network virtualization. I would advise using a trial first. You can use a free trial version for 60 days for almost every VMware product that is available. Register for a trial, download the bits and you are ready to go. For two months you can spend some quality time to see if the solution is what you need. There are also the VMware hands-on labs that VMware provides. VMware provides live labs that you can use. They are built on request just by clicking a button and one minute later you have an environment that you want to get acquainted with. It allows you to open the console, change the configuration and do whatever you want, and when you are done, the lab gets destroyed and rebuilt for another person free of charge. It's a friendly way to get to know a product and to get acquainted with the look and feel to see if it is something that would fit with your environment. Then you could try a trial in your environment. I would rate VMware Horizon an eight out of ten. It is a complete product. It is fully mature, easy to manage, and it is easy to design if you know what you are doing. It is stable and there are new features that come from the new release twice a year.
Technical manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
2022-03-09T17:44:00Z
Mar 9, 2022
I'm an integrator for VMware Horizon 7 and other products, for any project plan. I'm satisfied with the performance of this product. We have five users of VMware Horizon 7. I can recommend this product to people who are looking into using or implementing it. My rating for VMware Horizon 7 is eight out of ten.
I would advise potential users to create a template to test if the performance is good enough for your client level. I rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Systems analyst at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2021-12-21T10:02:00Z
Dec 21, 2021
I have recently been conducting searches for more vSAN and hyper-converged features. There are around 5,000 users making use of the solution. I rate VMware Horizon 7 as an eight out of ten.
Systems Engineer at a university with 201-500 employees
Real User
2021-06-14T13:04:52Z
Jun 14, 2021
I would have said this solution needs to improve in profile management a couple of years ago because VMware does not have profile management that works out of the box. However, this issue was solved by Microsoft by releasing a solution that works very well with VMware Horizon. Those who are wanting to implement this solution should consider the Cloud offerings for VMware Horizon. There is a possibility it could cut the time for delivery and it is more scalable. You will not have scalability issues. I rate VMware Horizon 7 an eight out of ten.
You should know why you need this solution. Before working with Horizon 7, you should have at least three to six months of experience with VMware and ESXi. You also need to get well trained in Horizon 7. I would rate VMware Horizon 7 an eight out of ten. It is a stable and feature-rich solution at a fair price.
Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 10
2020-11-24T09:49:15Z
Nov 24, 2020
We aren't on the latest version of the solution. We're at minus one right now. The final upgrade has not been done due to the pandemic situation. In our kind of environment, it's just more of a media use case, so we used it and it made sense. If you have variable workloads, not a uniform workload, then it might not go under the licensing for just VDIs, asVDIs specifically cover your operating system instances as well as uniform with the VDI clients. If it is a uniform VDI client, such as all Windows 10 systems for users to log in, like on host environment, or it's all a server farm, etc., for those kinds of environments, Horizon is a no brainer. A company should go for it. I'd recommend it. It is a good solution to work with. Overall, I would rate the solution eight out of ten. For the most part, we've been quite satisfied with the results.
Manager - Technical Services at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
2020-11-10T06:42:02Z
Nov 10, 2020
They have both options of deployment models. If it is on-premises, it's as per their proprietary prerequisite. With the cloud, they have AWS and Microsoft Azure. I would recommend VMware Horizon 7 if the customer already has the VMware virtualized environment in place. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
VMware Horizon is a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution designed to allow users to create secure and scalable virtual desktops and applications that work on any device, from any location. These virtualization capabilities help simplify and speed up application delivery and greatly reduce enterprise costs.
VMware Horizon’s centralized management console provides IT admins with comprehensive control over all of their virtual desktops and applications, making them simple to manage and...
VMware Horizon has proven to be the only best product for enabling individuals across Europe to efficiently run jobs on our compute cluster while accessing the graphical user interface of their Linux machines. The main benefit lies in robust security features. From the point of view of virtual desktop deployment, it gives standardized access to our users. Its most valuable feature is the rapid and versatile access from clients operating on various Windows, Linux, and MacOS systems. It has benefited users in terms of speed and reliability of the connection, including security aspects. We never encountered any issues related to the reliability and uptime of the platform. One area for enhancement in VMware Horizon that would greatly benefit our use cases involves improved support for USB connectivity, allowing seamless tunneling of USB devices from laptops to the virtual machines running in the VDI. Additionally, addressing a bug related to integrating Active Directory and Linux environments is crucial for reliability. We have designed an independent IT infrastructure for Horizon. Thus, the scalability creates no disturbance to our overall infrastructure. We have compared a few features of other open-source products. VMware Horizon is better in terms of graphical user interface for Linux users. I advise others to consider infrastructure, virtualization, network, and storage requirements before making a purchase decision. I rate VMware Horizon an eight out of ten.
According to the technical documentation, they are apparent and easily accessible. From one point of view, VMware Horizon uses virtualization configurations deployed on Microsoft servers, necessitating compliance with Microsoft's rules. It relies on Microsoft RDP services in the background. One beneficial feature is publishing applications installed on a Windows 10 machine. You should check whether they aim to provide a VDI environment, and then the VDI option is best. However, GPU usage becomes crucial if they intend to centralize application solutions to conserve server resources. If assigned to a single-user PC, GPUs are hardware resources that might need to be more utilized when the user is not actively using them. Therefore, the optimal approach would be to install all the applications on a server, allocate the necessary hardware resources, and then share them using application virtualization. There are only two or three products that meet this requirement. It is a very reliable and stable product. On the contrary, there is Microsoft Remote Desktop. These two are the best, both in terms of reliability and finding documentation. Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
There is no maintenance required for VMware Horizon, and all a user has to do is upgrade the solution whenever required. The product notifies its users of the upgrades that it provides. Google Workspace is a good alternative to VMware Horizon Horizon. Google Workspace functions as a cloud-based product. Users who want a solution deployed on an on-premises model can opt for VMware Horizon. I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.
I rate VMware Horizon a nine out of ten.
When contemplating a shift to the cloud, thorough cost calculations are essential due to the dynamic nature of cloud models. Horizon, focused on the modern workspace, provides cost control in on-premises environments. It's important to assess whether the claimed functionalities of the cloud align with your needs and if you can manage associated costs. Overall, I would rate it nine out of ten.
Overall, rate VMware Horizon a nine out of ten.
Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. I recommend choosing the best implementation company because sometimes clients aren't happy with Horizon due to poor implementation. I've seen this happen often. So, selecting a company with a lot of experience and successful implementations is essential. Sometimes, users get frustrated not with the product itself but with the way it's implemented.
I would rate the solution a six out of ten.
Between Citrix and Horizon, I would recommend Horizon for its management and availability. I rate the overall solution a nine out of ten.
If you have large contact center users or significant office users, and you are looking for a long-term ROI over a period of ten years or more, VMware VDI would be a suitable choice.
Our company became a VMware partner because they already had Airwatch as a very large product, and VMware purchased Airwatch. We then did some Digital Workspace and complimented it with Horizon. We do infrastructure as well as network virtualization. I would advise using a trial first. You can use a free trial version for 60 days for almost every VMware product that is available. Register for a trial, download the bits and you are ready to go. For two months you can spend some quality time to see if the solution is what you need. There are also the VMware hands-on labs that VMware provides. VMware provides live labs that you can use. They are built on request just by clicking a button and one minute later you have an environment that you want to get acquainted with. It allows you to open the console, change the configuration and do whatever you want, and when you are done, the lab gets destroyed and rebuilt for another person free of charge. It's a friendly way to get to know a product and to get acquainted with the look and feel to see if it is something that would fit with your environment. Then you could try a trial in your environment. I would rate VMware Horizon an eight out of ten. It is a complete product. It is fully mature, easy to manage, and it is easy to design if you know what you are doing. It is stable and there are new features that come from the new release twice a year.
I would give Horizon 7 a rating of ten out of ten.
This is a very good solution that is very easy to use for users. I rate VMware Horizon 7 a ten out of ten.
I rate VMware Horizon 7 a five out of ten.
Horizon 7 is best-suited to small environments. I would rate it seven out of ten.
I'm an integrator for VMware Horizon 7 and other products, for any project plan. I'm satisfied with the performance of this product. We have five users of VMware Horizon 7. I can recommend this product to people who are looking into using or implementing it. My rating for VMware Horizon 7 is eight out of ten.
I would advise potential users to create a template to test if the performance is good enough for your client level. I rate this solution an eight out of ten.
I have recently been conducting searches for more vSAN and hyper-converged features. There are around 5,000 users making use of the solution. I rate VMware Horizon 7 as an eight out of ten.
I rate VMware Horizon 7 a ten out of ten.
I would advise defining your use cases before you start. I would rate VMware Horizon 7 a nine out of 10.
I would rate VMware Horizon 7 a nine out of ten.
I would have said this solution needs to improve in profile management a couple of years ago because VMware does not have profile management that works out of the box. However, this issue was solved by Microsoft by releasing a solution that works very well with VMware Horizon. Those who are wanting to implement this solution should consider the Cloud offerings for VMware Horizon. There is a possibility it could cut the time for delivery and it is more scalable. You will not have scalability issues. I rate VMware Horizon 7 an eight out of ten.
You should know why you need this solution. Before working with Horizon 7, you should have at least three to six months of experience with VMware and ESXi. You also need to get well trained in Horizon 7. I would rate VMware Horizon 7 an eight out of ten. It is a stable and feature-rich solution at a fair price.
I would rate VMware Horizon 7 a seven out of ten. If it becomes stronger like the Citrix ICA protocol, it would easily be a ten.
We aren't on the latest version of the solution. We're at minus one right now. The final upgrade has not been done due to the pandemic situation. In our kind of environment, it's just more of a media use case, so we used it and it made sense. If you have variable workloads, not a uniform workload, then it might not go under the licensing for just VDIs, asVDIs specifically cover your operating system instances as well as uniform with the VDI clients. If it is a uniform VDI client, such as all Windows 10 systems for users to log in, like on host environment, or it's all a server farm, etc., for those kinds of environments, Horizon is a no brainer. A company should go for it. I'd recommend it. It is a good solution to work with. Overall, I would rate the solution eight out of ten. For the most part, we've been quite satisfied with the results.
They have both options of deployment models. If it is on-premises, it's as per their proprietary prerequisite. With the cloud, they have AWS and Microsoft Azure. I would recommend VMware Horizon 7 if the customer already has the VMware virtualized environment in place. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.