VMware Horizon is a commercial desktop and app virtualization product developed by VMware, Inc for Microsoft Windows, Linux and macOSOperating Systems. It was first sold under the name VMware VDM, but with the release of version 3.0.0 in 2008 it was changed to "VMware View". The name was updated to "Horizon View" with the launch of version 6 in April 2014 and is now referred to as "VMware Horizon" to represent desktop and app virtualization.
Although VMware licenses vSphere hypervisor per physical CPU-socket, it licenses VMware View per concurrent desktop. The bundled hypervisor, vSphere for Desktops, is functionally equivalent to vSphere Enterprise Plus. VMware View has two licensing options, Enterprise and Premier. Enterprise comes with vSphere for Desktops, vCenter Server, and View Manager, and has an MSRP of $150 per concurrent desktop. View Composer, Persona Management, vShield Endpoint, and ThinApp are included in the Premier edition at an MSRP of $250 per concurrent desktop. In order to transport the desktop resources to users, keyboard, video, mouse and other interactions travel over a network connection. VMware View supports the VMware Blast Extreme, Microsoft RDP, and the TeradiciPCoIP protocols.
VMware Horizon Client
Users establish client connections to VMware View sessions by running the VMware View Client, through a web browser using HTML5, or using a thin client that supports the protocols in use. The VMware View client supports Windows, macOS, Android, and Linux, while ChromeOS is able to connect through the web browser. Ubuntu 12.10 can login to VMware View desktops directly from the login screen. The Client software is known as Client Agent Release Train. CART it is on a separate release cycle than VMware View/Horizon but often coincides with it. CART 5.0 was released on Mar 18, 2019 CART 5.1 was released on Jul 02, 2019 CART 5.2 was released on Sep 17, 2019 CART 5.3 was released on Dec 12, 2019
Versions
VMware View/Horizon
Version release history: VMware View 3.1.3 VMware View 4
VMware View 5.1
VMware View 5.1.1
VMware View 5.1.2
VMware View 5.1.3
VMware View 5.2
VMware View 5.3
VMware View 5.3.1
VMware View 5.3.2
VMware View 5.3.3
VMware View 5.3.4
VMware View 5.3.5
VMware View 5.3.6
VMware Horizon 6.0
VMware Horizon 6.0.1
VMware Horizon 6.0.2
VMware Horizon 6.1
VMware Horizon 6.1.1
VMware Horizon 6.2
VMware Horizon 6.2.1
VMware Horizon 6.2.2
VMware Horizon 6.2.3
VMware Horizon 7.0
VMware Horizon 7.0.1
VMware Horizon 7.0.2
VMware Horizon 7.0.3
VMware Horizon 7.1
VMware Horizon 7.2
VMware Horizon 7.3.2
VMware Horizon 7.4
VMware Horizon 7.5 This is the first Extended Service Branch. ESBs will receive three planned periodic Service Updates – 6 months, 9 months and 15 months after the base version release.
VMware Horizon 7.5.1
VMware Horizon 7.6
VMware Horizon 7.7
VMware Horizon 7.8
VMware Horizon 7.9
VMware Horizon 7.10 This is an ESB.
VMware Horizon 7.11 VMware announces that Horizon Administrator will be deprecated in early 2020. VMware recommends using Horizon Console.