End users start Horizon Client to log in to Horizon Connection Server. This server, which integrates with Windows Active Directory, provides access to remote desktops hosted on a VMware vSphere server, a physical PC, or a Microsoft RDS host. Horizon Client also provides access to published applications on a Microsoft RDS host.

The high-level example of a VMware Horizon environment shows the relationships between the major components of a VMware Horizon deployment.

Figure 1. High-Level Example of a VMware Horizon Environment
A high-level diagram of a VMware Horizon environment.