VMWare Horizon is a great option for application delivery and data security.
Updated March 20, 2020

VMWare Horizon is a great option for application delivery and data security.

Tim Enders | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with VMware Horizon (formerly VMware View)

Loyola University Maryland uses VMWare Horizon as our Enterprise application and VDI delivery system. Horizon is used across the University by all employees and faculty in all departments, as well as by our entire student body. Horizon provides VDI desktops to select employees, as well as serving as the sole point of access to our ERP system, various HIPAA compliant clinical systems, and delivery of applications for use by all employees and for instruction.
  • Application delivery
  • VDI Desktop delivery
  • The older Flash management console is occasionally slow (but is being replaced by HTML5)
  • Designing the architecture can be confusing, as there are lots of particular gotchas
  • Positive ROI on application delivery
  • Positive ROI on replacing traditional VPNs for remote access
We evaluated various other products, but as we are already on a VMWare based infrastructure, View just made the most sense for us. It's also feature-rich, and some other alternatives that we considered couldn't deliver certain critical features (such as managing access to applications via AD group membership) that Horizon delivers out of the box.
Every time I have called for support on View related issues, the engineers that I have worked with have been responsive, knowledgeable, and helpful. On several occasions, they have gone out of their way to provide off-hours support with the same engineer I had worked with during normal business hours, which really helped resolve the issues. The support experience has been exactly what you hope for when you have to make a call.

Do you think VMware Horizon delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with VMware Horizon's feature set?

Yes

Did VMware Horizon live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of VMware Horizon go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy VMware Horizon again?

Yes

Horizon is fantastic as a way to provide secure access to and control of sensitive data. You can deliver an application that is run on a server in your data center which you have full control over—all data and processing resides there and the user can access it securely from anywhere in the world. It's also fantastic as a replacement for more traditional VPN style remote access because it doesn't require you to trust the user's endpoint in the same way since you're not admitting any additional devices to your local network.