


Horizon View Security Server topology (courtesy of VMware) This minimizes the attack surface on the internal Horizon View Connection Server(s) as well as the ports opened to the outside world. The Horizon View Security Server is actually a special kind of Horizon View Connection Server that runs a small subset of the Horizon View Connection Server functions.Īs per best practices in VMware documentation, a Horizon View Security Server generally sits in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) network and acts as a proxy for Horizon View connections destined for the internal Horizon View Connection Server(s). What is VMware Horizon View Security Server?Īs the name "Security Server" describes, this component of Horizon View has the sole purpose of securing the VMware Horizon environment especially when it is public facing. In this post, we will look at VMware Horizon View Security Server installation and the requirements to integrate the Horizon View Security Server within the Horizon topology.

The VMware Horizon View Security Server is another component of the Horizon View infrastructure that provides an additional layer of security between the Internet and the internal Horizon View infrastructure.
