What is VMware Workspace ONE?
VMware Workspace ONE is a management platform that allows IT administrators to centrally control end users' mobile devices and cloud-hosted virtual desktops and applications from the cloud or from an on-premises deployment.
The Workspace ONE suite includes VMware'sAirWatchenterprise mobility management (EMM) offering, itsHorizon Aircloud-based desktop delivery platform and the company's Identity Manager technology. Workspace ONE allows IT to deliver, manage and secure end users' remote access to corporate applications from their mobile workspaces, including mobile devices, laptops and PCs.
Identity Manager'ssingle sign-onauthentication provides end users with self-service access to their mobile apps and cloud-hosted virtual desktops and apps from smartphones, tablets, laptops or physical desktops. On Apple iOS, Google Android and Microsoft Windows mobile devices, users can download the Workspace ONE app to access a catalog containing their business applications. Workspace ONE'senterprise app storeuses AirWatch EMM to provide access to mobile apps and Horizon Air to deliver remote Windows applications. Workspace ONE also supportsWeb applicationsand remote Citrix apps.
Using technology from AirWatch and Identity Manager, Workspace ONE checks devices for compliance before allowing users to access applications. Administrators can also enablebiometricor multi-factor authentication for access to applications that contain proprietary or other confidential data. The AirWatch Secure Email Gateway and Content Locker allow IT to manage users' settings and permissions to provide secure data sharing on employee-owned mobile devices.
Workspace ONE also contains an email app that supports most mail services and integrates with a calendar and file-sharing services such asDropBoxandBox.
VMware's Workspace ONE suite is the cloud-enabled successor to its Workspace Suite offering, which was only available as an on-premises installation. Workspace ONE swaps in Horizon Air instead of theHorizonEnterprise edition desktop virtualization platform from Workspace Suite.
Workspace ONE's primary competition in the cloud-based management market isCitrix Workspace Cloud (CWC).
This was last updated in October 2021
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