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Horizon Application Manager includes the following components:
Horizon Connector:
synchronization and secure authentication of users to ThinApp packages. The connector is in OVA format,
and you need a compatible hypervisor, such as VMware vSphere, to run the virtual appliance.
Horizon Service in the cloud.
The Horizon Connector:
the cloud-based Horizon Service (Note: Only user and group attributes, not passwords, are retrieved
- Connects to the Windows application share where ThinApp packages are stored, gathers package
metadata, and synchronizes that metadata to the Horizon Service.
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Horizon Connector
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Figure 22: Horizon Connector
Horizon Service: An authentication hub to manage user access to cloud and virtualized Windows
Horizon and then entitled.
The Horizon Service has two parts:
- User portal (sometimes referred to as Horizon Application Manager): Users access applications,
including ThinApp packages, from the user portal.
- Administration portal (Horizon Administration): The administrator manages users, groups, and applications
from the administration portal. In addition, the administrator can monitor usage and run reports.