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August 27, 2025

Using the Horizon Cloud Migration Wizard in the First-Gen Horizon Universal Console

You use this wizard to start the self-service migration from your first-generation Horizon Cloud environment (Horizon Cloud - first-gen) to Horizon Cloud.

When the Horizon Migration team has enabled your first-generation environment for migration, the Horizon Universal Console displays a migration-related banner, as illustrated in the following screenshot.

Screenshot of the migration-related banner in the first-generation console.

Clicking the LET'S GO button in that banner starts the Horizon Cloud Migration wizard at its first step.

Overview

This first step gives an overview of the migration process. To move forward, you click Next to the wizard's Get Started step.

Screenshot of the Horizon Cloud Migration wizard as displayed after clicking LET'S GO in the banner.

Get Started

The following screenshot illustrates this step when initially displayed.

Screenshot of the wizard's Get Started step when initially displayed.

In this wizard step, read the on-screen question and select the choice that corresponds to your scenario.

  • No - have not ever logged in to the Horizon Cloud console

    Follow the on-screen guidance and complete the onboarding to the Horizon Cloud environment. This initial onboarding is required before you can migrate your pods. For documentation, refer to Phase 1 - Initial Onboarding and Determine the Cloud Services Organization to Use.

    After you are onboarded in the Horizon Cloud environment, navigate to the Migration page in the Horizon Cloud console and follow the on-screen guidance there. For documentation, refer to Phase 2 - Pair Your First-Gen and Horizon Cloud Environments.

  • Yes - have previously logged in to the Horizon Cloud console

    When you click Yes, the displayed Get Started changes. The following screenshot depicts the step with Yes selected. The redacted portion is the pairing code redacted for privacy.

    Screenshot of the Get Started step with Yes selected and the pairing code redacted.

    1. Copy the pairing code (Pairing Code > Copy.
    2. Click Start to launch the Horizon Cloud console and display the Migration page. Screenshot of the Migration page within the Horizon Cloud console.

When you can see that Migration screen, you can then begin with the steps described in Pair Environments.

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