<s>
VMware	B-Application
Horizon	I-Application
(	O
formerly	O
called	O
Horizon	O
View	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
desktop	B-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
app	I-Protocol
virtualization	I-Protocol
product	O
developed	O
by	O
VMware	O
,	O
Inc	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
sold	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
VMware	O
VDM	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
3.0.0	O
in	O
2008	O
it	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
"	O
VMware	B-Application
View	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
is	O
now	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
VMware	B-Application
Horizon	I-Application
"	O
to	O
represent	O
desktop	B-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
app	I-Protocol
virtualization	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	B-Application
Horizon	I-Application
provides	O
virtual	O
desktop	O
and	O
app	O
capabilities	O
to	O
users	O
utilizing	O
VMware	O
's	O
virtualization	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
desktop	O
operating	O
system	O
-	O
typically	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
-	O
runs	O
within	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
on	O
a	O
hypervisor	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	B-Application
Horizon	I-Application
product	O
has	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
components	O
which	O
are	O
required	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
virtual	O
desktops	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
VMware	O
licenses	O
vSphere	O
hypervisor	B-Operating_System
per	O
physical	O
CPU-socket	O
,	O
it	O
licenses	O
VMware	B-Application
View	I-Application
per	O
concurrent	O
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bundled	O
hypervisor	B-Operating_System
,	O
vSphere	O
for	O
Desktops	O
,	O
is	O
functionally	O
equivalent	O
to	O
vSphere	O
Enterprise	O
Plus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	B-Application
View	I-Application
has	O
two	O
licensing	O
options	O
,	O
Enterprise	O
and	O
Premier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	B-Application
View	I-Application
supports	O
the	O
VMware	O
Blast	O
Extreme	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
RDP	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
the	O
Teradici	B-Protocol
PCoIP	B-Protocol
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
establish	O
client	O
connections	O
to	O
VMware	B-Application
View	I-Application
sessions	O
by	O
running	O
the	O
VMware	B-Application
View	I-Application
Client	O
,	O
through	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
using	O
HTML5	O
,	O
or	O
using	O
a	O
thin	B-Device
client	I-Device
that	O
supports	O
the	O
protocols	O
in	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VMware	B-Application
View	I-Application
client	O
supports	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
while	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
is	O
able	O
to	O
connect	O
through	O
the	O
web	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubuntu	O
12.10	O
can	O
login	O
to	O
VMware	B-Application
View	I-Application
desktops	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
login	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	B-Application
Horizon	I-Application
7.5	O
(	O
May	O
29	O
,	O
2018	O
)	O
This	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
Extended	O
Service	O
Branch	O
(	O
ESB	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	B-Application
Horizon	I-Application
7.10	O
(	O
Sep	O
17	O
,	O
2019	O
)	O
This	O
is	O
an	O
ESB	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	B-Application
Horizon	I-Application
7.11	O
(	O
Dec	O
12	O
,	O
2019	O
)	O
VMware	O
announces	O
that	O
Horizon	O
Administrator	O
(	O
FLASH	O
based	O
)	O
will	O
be	O
deprecated	O
in	O
early	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	B-Application
Horizon	I-Application
7.13	O
(	O
Oct	O
15	O
,	O
2020	O
)	O
This	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
significant	O
release	O
of	O
Horizon	O
7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	B-Application
Horizon	I-Application
8.0	O
2006	O
(	O
Aug	O
11	O
,	O
2020	O
)	O
Naming	O
convention	O
changed	O
to	O
denote	O
the	O
year	O
and	O
month	O
of	O
build	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
format	O
(	O
YYMM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	B-Application
Horizon	I-Application
8.4	O
2111	O
(	O
Nov	O
29	O
,	O
2021	O
)	O
This	O
is	O
an	O
ESB	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	B-Application
Horizon	I-Application
8.5	O
2203	O
(	O
April	O
5	O
,	O
2022	O
)	O
This	O
release	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
updates	O
for	O
Horizon	O
Connection	O
Server	O
.	O
</s>
