
Horizon View Connection Server-management server which allows desktop users to connect and authenticate via LDAP. Unlike vSphere, VMware Horizon is licensed according to the number of desktops the organization can serve concurrently. Horizon supports endpoint devices including personal computers, tablets, smartphones, thin clients, and zero clients (an endpoint device with no local storage capacity, which connects remotely to a server). Each user’s desktop is managed as an ESXi virtual machine. VMware Horizon is a VDI solution based on the popular vSphere hypervisor. They can be used by individual organizations, or by service providers to deliver managed desktop virtualization services to many organizations. Enterprise VDI SolutionsĮnterprise VDI solutions are full-featured offerings that allow an organization to deliver VDI services to large numbers of users. However, VDI technology can be operated by cloud providers or other vendors, who use it to deliver VDI as a managed service-a deployment model known as Desktop as a Service (DaaS). The term “VDI” typically refers to an on-premise deployment model, in which organizations run VDI infrastructure in their local data center and use it to deliver virtualized desktops to users.

VDI solutions support a variety of endpoints including Windows, Linux and MacOS computers, mobile devices, or thin clients.


VDI solutions are based on desktop images, which a user connects to and uses as if it was running locally on their device. Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) enables organizations to deliver operating systems and applications in a centralized manner, without having to deploy a dedicated workstation for each employee.
