VMware View is a commercial desktop-virtualization product developed by VMware, Inc. Its first two releases (2.0.0 and 2.1.0) sold under the name VMware VDM, but with the 3.0.0 release in 2008 VMware Inc. changed the name to "VMware View". "VMware View" became "Horizon View" with the launch of Horizon 6 in April 2014. VMware View provides remote-desktop capabilities to users using VMware's virtualization technology. A client desktop operating-system - typically Microsoft Windows 7, Vista or XP - runs within a virtual environment on a server. The VMware View product has a number of components which are required to provide the virtual desktops, including: VMware vSphere for Desktops (includes ESXi, VMware's hypervisor) VMware vCenter Server (management of virtualization environment) View Composer (advanced View management, with automation and cloning) View Manager (administration of the View Environment) View Client (communication between View and the desktop OS) VMware ThinApp (application virtualization) View Persona Management (user profile management) vShield Endpoint (offloaded desktop antivirus) Although VMware licenses vSphere hypervisor per physical CPU-socket, it licenses VMware View per concurrent desktop. The bundled hypervisor, vSphere for Desktops, is functionally equivalent to vSphere Enterprise Plus.