Introducing the key Horizon components

To start with, we are going to introduce, at a high level, the core infrastructure components and the architecture that make up the Horizon View product. We will start with the high-level architecture, as shown in the following diagram, before going on to drill down into each part in greater detail:

All of the VMware Horizon components described in the image are included as part of the licensed product, and the features that are available to you depend on whether you have the Standard Edition, the Advanced Edition, or the Enterprise Edition.

It's also worth remembering that Horizon licensing also includes ESXi and vCenter licensing, to support the ability to deploy the core hosting infrastructure. You can deploy as many ESXi hosts and vCenter servers as you require to host the desktop infrastructure.