The digital workspace provides end-users with single-sign on (SSO) access to a variety of applications, such as Windows, SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) and mobile applications. While VMware Horizon provides both desktops and applications to end-users using the Horizon Client or HTML Access, as a stand-alone product it doesn’t offer the “digital workspace” experience with features such as True SSO, or SaaS integration unless it is deployed with Identity Manager.

For VMware Cloud Providers, extending beyond the traditional desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) offering can be achieved using Horizon 7, VMware Identity Manager, App Volumes and User Environment Manager.