Which layer in VMware Horizon's conceptual architecture diagram outlines server, network, and storage mapping?

Question

Options

• APhysical
• BVirtualization
• CApplication Resource
• DUser Access

• A
  6% (3)
• B
  87% (41)
• C
  4% (2)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

Option B (Virtualization) is correct because this layer in VMware Horizon's conceptual architecture is specifically responsible for abstracting and mapping physical infrastructure - compute (servers), network, and storage - into virtualized resources. It sits between the raw hardware and the higher-level application delivery layers, translating physical capacity into virtual pools that Horizon can consume.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Physical - This layer represents the actual hardware itself (the boxes and cables), not the mapping or abstraction of those resources.
• C. Application Resource - This layer concerns how applications and desktops are packaged and delivered to users, not infrastructure mapping.
• D. User Access - This layer deals with how end users connect (clients, protocols, endpoints), which is the opposite end of the architecture from infrastructure mapping.

Memory tip: Think of the Virtualization layer as the translator - it takes physical "raw materials" (servers, network, storage) and maps them into something Horizon can work with. If you remember the OSI model analogy: just as the Network layer abstracts physical connections, Horizon's Virtualization layer abstracts physical infrastructure into virtual resources.

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