VMware Horizon View
| Original author(s) | VMware |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | VMware |
| Stable release |
7.0
/ March 22, 2016 |
| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | Windows, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X |
| Type | Desktop virtualization |
| License | Commercial, Proprietary |
| Website | vmware.com/products/view/ |
VMware View is a commercial desktop-virtualization product developed by VMware, Inc. Its first two releases (2.0.0 and 2.1.0) sold under the name VMware VDM, but with the 3.0.0 release in 2008[1] VMware Inc. changed the name to "VMware View". "VMware View" became "Horizon View" with the launch of Horizon 6 in April 2014.[2]
VMware View provides remote-desktop capabilities to users using VMware's virtualization technology. A client desktop operating-system - typically Microsoft Windows 7, Vista or XP - runs within a virtual environment on a server. The VMware View product has a number of components which are required to provide the virtual desktops, including:
- VMware vSphere for Desktops (includes ESXi, VMware's hypervisor)
- VMware vCenter Server (management of virtualization environment)
- View Composer (advanced View management, with automation and cloning)
- View Manager (administration of the View Environment)
- View Client (communication between View and the desktop OS)
- VMware ThinApp (application virtualization)
- View Persona Management (user profile management)
- vShield Endpoint (offloaded desktop antivirus)
Although VMware licenses vSphere hypervisor per physical CPU-socket,[3] it licenses VMware View per concurrent desktop.[4] The bundled hypervisor, vSphere for Desktops, is functionally equivalent to vSphere Enterprise Plus.[5]
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.[6]
In order to transport a view of the desktop to users, keyboard, video, mouse and other interactions travel over a LAN connection. VMware View supports both the Microsoft-developed RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and the Teradici-licensed PCoIP (PC-over-IP) protocol.[7]
Users establish client connections to VMware View sessions by running a VMware View Client on a local host. The product supports most versions of Windows, along with Mac OS X. Specific embedded clients are also supported for a large number of thin clients, for a list of supported clients refer to the VMware website.[8]
An open-source product called "VMware View Open Client" can connect from a Linux or Mac OS X desktop to remote Windows desktops managed by VMware View.[9] The client uses rdesktop under-the-hood to connect to the host. The VMware View Open Client was abandoned in 2013.[10]
An HTML5 Client for VMware View is available to enable access to VMware View desktops directly from within any HTML5-compatible web browser such as Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox (for Windows, Linux, Mac and Chrome OS devices, such as Chromebooks).[11]
Ubuntu 12.10 can login to VMware View desktops directly from the login screen.
Versions
VMware View/Horizon
Version release history:
VMware View 3.1.3 (May 5, 2009)
VMware View 4 (November 9, 2009)
- VMware View 4.0.2 (September 15, 2010)
- VMware View 4.5 (September 9, 2010)
- VMware View 4.6 (February 24, 2011)
- VMware View 4.6.1 (March 15, 2012)
- VMware View 4.6.2 (December 11, 2012)
- VMware View 4.6.3 (March 7, 2013)
VMware View 5.0 (September 8, 2011)
- VMware View 5.0.1 (March 15, 2012)
- VMware View 5.1 (May 16, 2012)
- VMware View 5.1.1 (August 16, 2012)
- VMware View 5.1.2 (December 13, 2012)
- VMware View 5.1.3 (March 14, 2013)
- VMware View 5.2 (October 4, 2012)
- VMware View 5.3 (November 21, 2013)
- VMware View 5.3.1 (March 11, 2014)
- VMware View 5.3.2 (June 24, 2014)
- VMware View 5.3.3 (November 25, 2014)
- VMware View 5.3.4 (March 17, 2015)
- VMware View 5.3.5 (September 10, 2015)
- VMware View 5.3.6 (March 1, 2016)
VMware Horizon 6.0 (June 19, 2014)
- VMware Horizon 6.0.1 (September 9, 2014)
- VMware Horizon 6.0.2 (December 9, 2014)
- VMware Horizon 6.1 (March 12, 2015)
- VMware Horizon 6.1.1 (June 4, 2015)
- VMware Horizon 6.2 (September 3, 2015)
- VMware Horizon 6.2.1 (December 8, 2015)
- VMware Horizon 6.2.2 (February 4, 2016)
- VMware Horizon 6.2.3 (July 21, 2016)
VMware Horizon 7.0 (March 22, 2016)
- VMware Horizon 7.0.1 (June 16, 2016)
References
- ↑ "VMware Announces General Availability of VMware View 3, with Ground-Breaking Advances in Managing, Scaling and Personalizing Virtual Desktop Environments". VMware News Release. Palo Alto: VMware. 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
PALO ALTO, Calif., December 2, 2008 – VMware Inc. [...] today announced the general availability of VMware View 3 [...]
- ↑ Dignan, Larry (2014-04-09). "VMware's Horizon 6 launches, targets Citrix". ZDNet. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
Horizon 6 consolidates a few VMware applications.[...] VMware View becomes Horizon View.
- ↑ http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vsphere/compare-editions.html
- ↑ http://www.vmware.com/products/view/howtobuy.html
- ↑ http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2011/08/desktop-virtualization-with-vsphere-5-licensing-overview.html
- ↑ http://www.vmware.com/products/view/howtobuy.html
- ↑ http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/teradici_vmworld08.html
- ↑ "VMware View 4.5 HCL for thin devices".
- ↑ VMware: VMware View: VMware View Open Client - Now Available
- ↑ VMware View Open Client end-of-life
- ↑ "VMware Community - HTML5 Client for VMware View".
Further reading
- Keith Schultz (December 14, 2011) VDI shoot-out: Citrix XenDesktop vs. VMware View. Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 and VMware View 5 vie for the most flexible, scalable, and complete virtual desktop infrastructure, InfoWorld
- Keith Schultz (December 14, 2011) VDI shoot-out: HDX vs. PCoIP. The differences between the Citrix and VMware remote desktop protocols are more than skin deep, InfoWorld
External links
- Installation Instruction