This documentation page introduces the VMware Horizon Cloud Service, Horizon Control Plane services, and Horizon Cloud on Azure and provides pointers to additional documentation about how you can get started using the services to deploy, manage, and monitor virtual desktops and apps from a single console.
Introduction
There are two generations of the Horizon Cloud Service and Horizon Control Plane. Next-gen is the modern evolution from the initial generation's architecture. This page briefly introduces each generation's getting-started path and provides pointers to additional information.
- Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen
- Horizon Cloud Service - first-gen
VMware Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen
Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen is a modern cloud-first, multi-cloud Desktop as a Service (DaaS) deployment with Thin Edge Infrastructure. The service provides you with a global view of your desktops and applications spanning across on-premises and cloud environments. Regardless of the location of your desktop and application deployments, Horizon Cloud enables you to consistently manage and monitor them.
- Platform for deploying Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure DaaS service
- Control plane for connecting to Horizon 8 pods and providing optional common SaaS services
Horizon 8 pods deployed on-premises and on public cloud SDDCs can be connected to the Horizon Cloud Control Plane for Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen and consume additional SaaS services. Not all services are available for all use cases. For information on available services for Horizon 8, see the Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen documentation
Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen provides several benefits to improve the Horizon Cloud on Azure DaaS experience. These are listed below. For the benefits of connecting Horizon 8 pods to Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen, see Connecting Horizon 8 Deployments to Horizon Control Plane in Advantages of Using VMware Horizon 8.
- Lower costs
- "Pod-less" infrastructure results in lower operational costs, faster time to value, and reduced maintenance.
- Improved visibility and troubleshooting
- Using the same model across all platforms improves visibility and troubleshooting capabilities with proactive alerting and advanced reporting.
- Advanced automation
- API-driven platform supports advanced automation and integration with third-party apps and services or Day 2 management processes.
- Unprecedented scalability
- "Thin edge" architecture and a cloud-native architecture increases scalability across all platforms.
To get started, see the Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen documentation:
Horizon Cloud Service - first-gen
Horizon Cloud Service - first-gen is an earlier version of the Horizon Cloud Service. If your service tenant account is associated with this service, refer to the following documenation for more information.
