A big plus was the enhanced restriction settings for virtual machines however, missing was a central management capability for the restricted virtual machines.
Recent feedback from Fusion Pro customers was extremely positive. VMware has been successful with the local virtual machine for many, many years. You can give contractors a restricted virtual machine with predefined expiration dates, and you can even “poison-pill” a virtual machine at any time, in circumstances such as employee termination or theft of the device. With VMware Horizon FLEX you can lock down your virtual machines by controlling USB devices, preventing file copy, and disabling drag and drop.
VMware Horizon FLEX provides key benefits that include: You can provide users with the corporate access they need, and enforce the security compliance you want. In other words, Horizon FLEX is a locked-down virtual machine for the user to run locally on a machine of their choice, that you as the administrator can control with various policies. VMware Horizon FLEX is a policy-based containerized desktop solution which provides IT with the flexibility to meet the needs of Mac users, contractors, and disconnected workers, while ensuring security, control, and compliance of the corporate desktop. This allows IT to save on training and support costs, while end-users quickly become productive on a Mac or PC whether or not they are connected to the corporate network. IT is now able to give Mac users, contractors and remote workers access to a secure corporate desktop in a cost effective package without sacrificing security or corporate compliance. VMware Horizon FLEX is a comprehensive enterprise solution that enables organizations to provision and manage local, corporate Windows-based virtual desktops to groups of employees that were previously difficult or costly to support. Today, VMware announced the general availability of VMware Horizon FLEX.
At VMworld Europe 2014 in Barcelona VMware introduced VMware Horizon FLEX.