Horizon 6 Release Notes

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Agility
Low cost

Desktop today is slow and error prone. Only 72% of desktop changes are successful.
Produce, deliver, consume.
App store for deployment of applications on any device of their choice.
Horizon 6 targets app deployment. Once place to package all apps. Virtual, physical, BYOD.

4 key innovations:
  1. Applications – VMware – Vdesktops plus apps.
    1. Horizon 6 does both desktops and apps. One management, one client
    2. MS RDS public APIs
  2. Virtual SAN for Lower Cost
    1. Built in integration with VSAN technology
    2. Enables customers to use DAS to lower cost
    3. VDs can now be built at the same cost as a physical PC
  3. Management from the datacenter to the device
    1. New technologies require rich management
  4. Cloud
    1. Horizon 6 integrates all solutions to allow flexibility for on prem with Horizon 6 or in the cloud with Horizon DaaS

Universal workspace
  1. SSO
  2. Add apps, web based to workspace
  3. Workflows for approval
  4. Some apps are greyed out if not supported on end device
  5. Run Windows Apps on MAC
  6. Minimizes apps to MAC toolbar just like the users wants it to.
  7. Consistent performance on IPAD, MAC, Windows, etc
    1. Same app, touch friendly buttons
    2. Automatically kicks off Horizon client
    3. Unity touch, drawer on left hand side for launching multiple applications running simultaneously on IPAD
  8. Exceptional experience between devices

I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. I. Newton
Mature technology based on proven technology
Fusion, View (PCOIP, Blast), Partnership with Microsoft

You can run Horizon Desktop for Citrix XenApp applications. Allows users a learning curve transition from Citrix to Horizon.

Management
1.       Image management – 1 place to package and assign apps
2.       Published Applications
3.       Dashboards to quickly troubleshoot issues, server, desktop, network, endpoint
a.        Integrated consoles from datacenter to device
4.       All has been integrated into VCOPs
a.        Health, Risk, Efficiency
b.       Capacity planning
c.        Tracking from datacenter to device

5.       Automation with VCAC
a.        Service catalog allows for provisioning of certain desktops from templates
b.       Lines of business have control over provisioning and self service workflows
c.        Self service provisioning to alleviate workload and deployment latencies


Horizon Standard
                VDI
                ThinAPP
Virtual Infrastructure
Horizon Advanced
                VSAN
Image management
Published apps
Unified workspace
Horizon Enterprise
                Monitoring and Analytics
                Self service Workflows


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