Horizon Guest OS Validation

Overview

The certification program enables Guest OS (Operating system) solution to work with Horizon to ensure that their solutions are compatible with Horizon platform solutions. Horizon platform solutions include Horizon Enterprise (On-Premises). 

Upon successful completion of the Horizon Guest OS certification process and the execution of the applicable agreements with Omnissa, certified solutions are posted on the Compatibility KB article. This signifies joint support for end users that deploy certified Guest OS solutions with Horizon solutions

Key Benefits

Program access includes the tools and resources needed during the development and release phases.

• Access to the Horizon Client Binaries, Horizon Binaries and Horizon Cloud

Partners receive access to the Horizon Client binaries

Partners receive access to the Horizon product binaries for testing their solutions.

Partners receive access to the Horizon Cloud environment for testing their solutions.

• Certification guides

The certification guides describe the certification procedures and test cases for certifying Guest OS compatibility with Horizon solutions.

• Compatibility KB article posting

Upon successful certification, the partner works with Omnissa team to update the compatibility KB article entry. 

• Program Communication

Ongoing program communications pertaining to updated clients and associated milestones.

Versions Supported

This program supports the following product versions:

Target Audience

The program supports the following type of integrations:

• Guest OS

Roles and Responsibilities

Partners who participate in the program provide the following team members:

A partner program manager that acts as the primary point of contact on behalf of their team, and who acts as the lead for planning and issue prioritization.

A partner technical support contact that manages the support relationship, owns and serves as a single point of contact for all support-related activities, including escalations and ensures overall support readiness and training of the partner's support organization.

Related Programs

• EUC Integration Program
• EUC Foundation Program
• Rapid Desktop (Horizon Fast Track) Package
• Horizon Access Package
• Horizon Validations Package

Pricing & Requirements

There is no fee to join this program. To JOIN, please send an email to tap.support@omnissa.com

This program is governed by the following requirements:

• Maintain current TAP membership status for program participation and access
• Fully execute required program agreements
• Participation in the program requires a successful certification and posting of the corresponding solution on the Compatibility KB article.
• Adherence to product support requirements as documented in the program guide
• General support on Horizon, Horizon Cloud is purchased separately.
• Fully execute Horizon Cloud related legal agreements

U.S. Export Administration Regulations. All binary code and other materials received through this program are of U.S. origin and subject to U.S. export regulations. Partners need to take care to comply with the rules, including any restrictions on transferring or sharing any of the binary code/materials with any parties on the U.S. denied parties list. For reference, the list is posted by the U.S. Commerce at https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/lists-of-parties-of-concern/entity-list.

Branding

Ready Status: Not Eligible

The certifications in this program lead to listings on the  https://kb.omnissa.com/s/article/87277

Partner Ready Status: Not Eligible

Support

We offer a wide variety of partner programs under the Platform Extensibility Program Agreement (the “Agreement”) for hardware and software development relating to integration with Omnissa technologies. Most programs provide certifications for hardware and software.