Parks and Recreation VDI desktops are guest VMs on a vSphere cluster. What is Horizon's role versus the hypervisor?

Parks VDI desktops are guest VMs on vSphere; the hypervisor hosts the VM while Horizon brokers the user to the Horizon Agent in that guest. In municipal EUC terms, treat the endpoint as a window into city systems when the architecture says so, not as the system of record for the files or apps in the stem. Distractor concept: Horizon does not replace ESXi as the hypervisor for desktop VMs. Distractor concept: UEM does not host the desktop VM disk on the inspector's phone. Distractor concept: DEM is not the hypervisor that runs the Windows guest. Exam caveat: Hypervisor hosts; Horizon brokers—keep those layers separate on associate diagrams. Operational check: Trace a parks session: ESXi VM powered on, Agent inside guest, Connection Server brokering the user to that Agent. Record the chosen control and the rejected failure modes in the civic change ticket or runbook so on-call staff and auditors share the same rationale after the next maintenance window. Re-validate after personnel or image changes that the same control still meets the city's continuity, security, and support expectations for this service. Helpdesk coaching tip aligned to the conversational brief: Think apartment building versus front desk. vSphere is the building that holds the desktop VM; Horizon is the desk that connects the parks clerk to the agent inside. Horizon does not become the hypervisor.