All editions are available for purchase in quantities of 10 or 100 licenses. The Horizon Advanced and Horizon Advanced Editions can be licensed by concurrent connection or by a named user. A concurrent connection is defined as a 'powered on desktop virtual machine receiving a connection' in the VMware end-user license agreement (EULA). The Horizon View Standard Edition is licensed per concurrent connection. Horizon Enterprise Edition: Includes aforementioned features plus the addition of vCenter Operations (vCOPs) for Horizon View, cloud automation (vCAC) integration, and the vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) plug-in. Horizon Advanced Edition: Same as the Standard Edition, plus it includes VSAN (reducing storage costs), Horizon Workspace (supporting software as a service applications), Remote Desktop Services (RDS) support, Office 365, as well as Horizon Mirage. Horizon View Standard Edition: Unchanged from the previous model, includes high-performance VMware Horizon View desktops and ThinApp packaged applications. Horizon 6 has three license editions available: This white paper will cover the new licensing model and an overview of the new features associated with VMware Horizon 6.Īs with any major VMware release, the Horizon licensing scheme has been updated to include the new Horizon 6 features and functionality. Along with the numerous updates across the Horizon suite, VMware has transitioned to a more traditional product licensing hierarchy.

The new release brings a more unified suite delivering more integration with infrastructure and cloud products and more simplicity for all devices. The latest update to Horizon includes several major enhancements: VMware Horizon 6 was announced in April and began shipping in June while most of the world was preoccupied with the World Cup. This paper explores the new licensing model and provides an overview of the new features associated with VMware Horizon 6. VMware Horizon 6 was announced in April and began shipping in June 2014, bringing a more unified suite delivering more integration with infrastructure and cloud products and more simplicity for all devices.

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