Omnissa Horizon

We are using VMware Horizon to manage on-prem applications that could not be accessed outside of the organizations network. With VMware Horizon in place, we can now access critical services when even working from home. We no longer use VPN.

• Remote working has been made easier with all applications needed onboarded to VMware Horizon platform.
• No need to open many firewalls. This has really taken away stress from working remotely.
• Horizon has given us better experience in terms of stability compared to the VPN connections we used earlier. The VPNs kept disconnecting at regular intervals and was very difficult to complete task.

We have been using Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware) for 8 years now. We migrated from Desktop PC's to VDI desktops. It has been an incredible and transformative journey for us. Our company now is built around utilizing Omnissa Horizon for 98% of our employees. The decoupling of their desktops from the physical hardware has made business continuity rock solid and the strain on the IT department was reduced as much as 75%.

• Our entire company is now modelled around using Omnissa Horizon for our employees
• It has been very positive allowing for much more efficient use of time by the IT department.
• The ROI is hard to pin down because of so many factors but even if the costs were the same as physical PC, all the additional benefits far outweigh the implementation and transition costs.

Citrix Workspace (discontinued)

We use it for empoyees who work remotely. It provides a secure and easy remote access while protecting the data. It is used by the teams in my organization that work from home. This enables them to login to the client environment from anywhere, while ensuring compliance, data security and seamless collaboratin.

• It hleps with faster onboarding, of temp staff or new hires
• Employees productivity is improved as they can access work environment from any device
• This works as best business continuity plan as it can be accessed remotely.

Citrix DaaS and Azure Virtual Desktop

Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365, Webex Meetings

We use Omnissa Horizon for our VDI infrastructure. It allows end users to both remotely connect to their physical PCs and to also connect to VMs from on and offsite all without the use of VPNs or anything special besides the Omnissa Horizon client or even just a web browser. It works with MFA for security and is easy to setup.

• In my opinion, when it works, it works great and allows users to connect from anywhere.
• I think it is a very fragile piece of infrastructure and can stop working w/o any real reason.
• In my experience, getting support, especially when your environment is down, is very difficult.

Hyper-V and XenServer

VMware vCenter, Devolutions Server, VMware Workstation Pro

I deployed this solution for one of our company's client organization. That organization was speared over multiple location and worker were allowed to do work from home. it was not feasible for that organization to deliver hardware to every location and maintain the other aspects of hardware maintenance. In such situations, VMware Horizon Cloud was their choice. It is a cloud based VDI that enables the management of operating system in cloud. It is cost-effective solution in terms of hardware, flexible solution without the need for hardware dependency, In case of any incident, an easy and efficient way to restore or recover data. moreover, features like monitoring, resource utilization, multi-factor authentication makes this solution more feasible in terms of Security and performance.

• Anywhere access and apps and software
• No hardware liabilities

• It was our company's customer requirement, and they are happy with it