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VMware Horizon View, previously known as VMware View, is a virtual desktop infrastructure solution that provides users with virtual and mobile desktop management, flexible access, an optimal end-user experience and cloud computing. Horizon View also provides increased control and security of the desktop environment.
End-users get to be more productive and enjoy the flexibility of accessing their desktop environments from many locations and devices, while IT remains in control of policies and security.
VMware Horizon View is ranked 3rd in Virtual Desktop with 9 reviews while VMware Workstation is ranked 4th in Virtual Desktop. VMware Horizon View is rated 7.8, while VMware Workstation is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of VMware Horizon View writes "User friendly with good documentation and easy to configure". On the other hand, VMware Horizon View is most compared with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, VMware Fusion, VMware Horizon 7 and VMware Player, whereas VMware Workstation is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Proxmox VE and Oracle VM VirtualBox.
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