This page introduces Horizon Cloud and Horizon Control Plane with links to additional documentation to help get you started.
Note: There are two generations of Horizon Cloud and Horizon Control Plane. Next-gen is the modern evolution from the initial generation's architecture. Since the first-gen Horizon Cloud and Horizon Control Plane are no longer available, this information specifically addresses the capability of the next-gen Horizon Cloud and Horizon Control Plane.
Horizon Control Plane is a modern, cloud-based platform that 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 Control Plane enables you to consistently manage and monitor them.
There are two main use cases for Horizon Control Plane:
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Platform for deploying Horizon Cloud (DaaS).
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Control plane for connecting to Omnissa 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 Control Plane and consume additional SaaS services.
The remainder of this chapter will primarily focus on Horizon Cloud on Azure.
Compared to Horizon Cloud on Azure initial generation, the next-gen service has several benefits to improve the experience. These are listed below.
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Lower costs
"Pod-less" infrastructure results in lower operational costs, faster time to value, and reduced maintenance.
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Improved visibility and troubleshooting
Using the same model across all platforms improves visibility and troubleshooting capabilities with proactive alerting and advanced reporting.
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Advanced automation
API-driven platform supports advanced automation and integration with third-party apps and services or Day 2 management processes.
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Unprecedented scalability
"Thin edge" architecture and a cloud-native architecture increases scalability across all platforms.
To get started, see the Horizon Cloud documentation:
For more details about the architecture, read Tech Zone's Horizon Cloud next-gen Architecture chapter). For more details about the system components, see the sub-articles listed under this documentation page.
Note: For details about the agent service that enables virtual machines to be used as Horizon remote desktops, see Horizon Agent.
With Horizon Cloud on Azure many of the infrastructural components and functionality that were traditionally deployed into an on-premises site are now provided by the Horizon Cloud and lets you limit the footprint of the infrastructural component to the thin edge of an Omnissa Horizon Edge and the distributed services it runs.
The Horizon Cloud on Azure enables administrators to do the following:
- Perform administrative and policy management tasks.
- Manage virtual desktops and multi-session server farms.
- Assign applications and desktops to users and groups using a browser on any machine with an Internet connection.
- Implement end-user services, such as identity management and session brokering.
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