Retiring Horizon Client for UWP
Sometimes things just don’t work out. Microsoft launched the Metro-tiled version of Windows 10 with visions of apps that would run seamlessly on all Windows devices – including Windows Phones! VMware answered with Horizon Client for UWP. Since then, things have changed: Microsoft has dropped support for Office Mobile and acknowledged that customers want 32-bit apps. VMware is following Microsoft’s lead and dropping our Horizon Client...
How VMware Horizon Made my Onboarding Experience Delightful
After an amazing summer internship as a product marketing intern last year, I was extremely excited to start my full-time role at VMware upon my graduation from MBA this June. Given the current challenging situation where almost everyone has to work from home and business has to be conducted remotely, I was nervous that not having an in-person onboarding experience would hinder my ability to successfully and smoothly transition into...
App Volumes 4 for Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure is Available Now
Part of the challenge of maintaining an efficient desktop virtualization environment is managing applications, especially as environments scale up and, increasingly, out beyond on-premises data centers and into the cloud. App Volumes is a key product that streamlines application management in virtualized desktop environments. App Volumes allows customers to drastically reduce the number of gold images that must be maintained by moving...
Introducing Advanced Monitoring for VMware Horizon Universal License Powered by ControlUp: A New Partnership Towards Ensuring a Problem Free VDI Experience
Ensuring a problem-free user experience is arguably the most important part of delivering a successful virtual desktop service. It is also quite often the most time-consuming, costly and difficult part of the administrator’s job, given the complexities involved in most virtual desktop and application deployments. At any moment in time, a user may experience a number of issues related to connectivity, poorly performing applications,...
Supporting a Rich User Experience for Remote Employees with VMware and NVIDIA
Ensuring great end-user experience is critical to productivity, especially these days as organizations are working to enable more employees to work from home or work remotely. To help with an increasingly remote workforce, many organizations are turning to virtual app and desktop (VDI) technologies like VMware Horizon 7 and Horizon Cloud in order to minimize disruption to their business. Virtual apps and desktops offer IT...
6 Reasons Why Customers Choose Horizon 7 on VMware Cloud on AWS
I have engaged with hundreds of clients on their Digital Workspace Transformation journey during my last 6+ years of working with VMware. Specifically, in the last two years, I have worked with leading clients who have shown interest or are already building their virtual desktop (VDI) and app services on Horizon 7 on VMware Cloud on AWS. Clients have many reasons to go down this route as part of their digital workspace journey,...
