vRealize Orchestrator Plug-in for Horizon provides automation, self-service, and delegated administration for VMware Horizon 8 environments. End users can perform self-service functions. Delegated administrators can perform provisioning functions on behalf of end users.

Table 1. vRealize Orchestrator Plug-in for Horizon Functions
Category Functions
Self-service All self-service functions are provided through vRealize Automation.
  • Self-provision and de-provision, or recycle, machines in existing desktop pools.
  • Self-service request and entitlement for applications and desktops.
  • Self-service management of desktops, including refresh, restart, recycle, log out, and more.
  • Self-service management of approving and automatically provisioning approved application requests.
  • Self-service request for published applications.
  • Self-service request for a VMware App Volumes® application stack.
Machine provisioning
  • Provision a machine into an existing desktop pool on behalf of an end user.
  • Provision multiple machines for multiple users.
  • Provision from vRealize Automation to create either Horizon 8 or vRealize Automation machines.
  • De-provision a machine on behalf of an end user and preserve the persistent disk, if a persistent disk exists.
  • Perform maintenance operations on machines.
Pool maintenance
  • Perform recompose operations on one or more pools.
  • Perform pool-level functions and day-2 management operations on machines through vRealize Automation by using action buttons such as Manage Assignment, Manage Session, Refresh, and Recompose.
  • Add managed and unmanaged virtual machines to manual desktop pools.
  • Add vRealize Automation IaaS blueprint-provisioned machines to manual pools.
  • Add physical machines to manual unmanaged desktop pools.
  • Allow modification of the minimum number of machines in a desktop pool, pool display name, and number of powered-on machines.
  • Perform duplication of desktop pools.
Assignment and entitlement
  • Add users to and remove users from global entitlements in a Cloud Pod Architecture environment.