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VMware Horizon 7 timeline

VMware Horizon 7 was released on March 22, 2016, and included some brand new features, as well as some ones. The full release notes can be found at https://bit.ly/2O3ZYoG, with the highlights listed as follows:

Instant Clones for faster desktop provisioning
Cloud Pod Architecture for 25 pods, across 5 sites, and up to 50,000 sessions
Smart policies
VMware Blast Extreme protocol with both TCP and UDP transport support
True SSO
Access Point integration

A tech preview of Windows Server 2016 running as an RDS server for remote desktops and apps
Broader support for Linux operating systems

The initial Horizon 7 release was then followed up with three minor update releases; 7.0.1 (https://bit.ly/2QkCrBA) added enhancements to Blast and the Linux-based virtual desktop; Horizon 7.0.2 (https://bit.ly/2NvorGw) added Client Drive Redirection, Horizon PowerCLI, RTAV for session-based desktops and apps, support for Windows 10 Build 1507, 1511, and 1607, plus support for vSphere 6.5; and Horizon 7.0.3 (https://bit.ly/2QfsTaZ) removed the View PowerCLI and replaced it with the Horizon PowerCLI. There were also Horizon Agent updates, particularly for Linux desktops, which added vGPU support, Persona Management support for V6 profiles, and updated Horizon clients.

Next came the VMware Horizon 7.1 release on March 16, 2017 (https://bit.ly/2Mj462g). The View Connection Server received numerous updates, along with new features for Blast Extreme and published apps and desktops, Instant Clones, and Cloud Pod Architecture. The ADM template files in the Horizon GPO bundle were deprecated and replaced with ADMX template files.

After 7.1 came VMware Horizon 7.2, which was released on Jun 20, 2017 (https://bit.ly/2QjAVzj). This version again concentrated on Connection Server updates, including Workspace ONE Access Policies, Instant Clone enhancements, Cloud Pod Architecture, which now supports 120,000 sessions, and the addition of the Horizon Help Desk Tool. Connection Server limits were also increased, now supporting 4,000 clones per vCenter server. Skype support was added to the Horizon Agent, along with an update for the Horizon Client.

The 7.3 release in October 2017 was found to have a few issues and so it was removed from the download page with a jump straight to VMware Horizon 7.3.2, which was released on November 20, 2017 (https://bit.ly/2QhM8Ax). This release included updates for the Horizon Help Desk Tool and Instant Clones, and an increase in regards to the scale of the Cloud Pod Architecture to 140,000 sessions across 7 sites. Again, more features were added to the Horizon Client, particularly the Linux version, along with a new Horizon Client release, version 4.6.

There were similar updates in VMware Horizon 7.4, which was released on Jan 04, 2018 (https://bit.ly/2BFJE6q), which also added session collaboration, a host of new ADMX templates, and an update to Horizon Client version 4.7.

Released on May 29, 2018, VMware Horizon 7.5 (https://bit.ly/2lBvrBU) concentrated on a number of new features for the connection server, adding the Horizon Console web interface that is now integrated the Horizon Help Desk Tool, and integration of the new workflow features for the just-in-time Management Platform, including the Horizon JMP Server installer. This release also added support for vSphere 6.7, along with the ability to deploy desktop pools that contain full virtual machines on VMware Cloud on AWS.

The Cloud Pod Architecture saw another increase in scale, and it now supports 200,000 sessions across 10 sites. Finally, there were several Horizon Agent enhancements and a new Horizon Client release with Horizon Client 4.8.

A maintenance release came next with Horizon 7.5.1 on July 19, 2018 (https://bit.ly/2oVxKS2). This fixed an issue with the insecure logging of credentials, as described in CVE-2018-6971 (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2018-6971).

That brings us right up to date with the latest release, VMware Horizon 7.6, which was released on Sep 6, 2018. This minor release incorporated updates for the connection server, the Horizon Agent, additional features for the Horizon GPO bundle, and a new Horizon Client, version 4.9.

To summarize, this timeline is shown pictorially in the following diagram:

In the next section, we will look at the different Horizon 7 product editions.