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Connector Management Overview

Configuring connectors or DVM/VM providers in HyWorks is the initial step in setting up a virtual desktop infrastructure. The administrator can now Add, Update, Delete, and Monitor these session providers, now referred to as connectors in HyWorks.

These connectors host virtual machines that are delivered to end-users.

Supported Session Providers

HyWorks supports hypervisors and management software from VMware, Microsoft, and Nutanix. Additionally, HyWorks supports Azure, AWS, and Oracle Cloud services for virtual desktop delivery.

Session Providers

The table below presents information about the types of Session Providers supported in HyWorks along with their corresponding versions.

On-premise Session Providers:

  • VMware ESXi/vCenter Server 8.0, 7.0, 6.5, 6.0, 5.5

  • Microsoft Hyper-V 2025, 2022, 2019, 2016

  • Microsoft SCVMM - 2025, 2022, 2019, 2016

  • Nutanix Prism Element - AOS 7.0, AOS 6.10

  • Nutanix Prism Central - PC 7.5, PC 7.3, PC 2024.2.0.3

  • Proxmox: v8.1.0

Note

  • In recent versions of Nutanix Prism Central, Recovery points are available as an alternative to Snapshots. HyWorks v4.0 now supports Recovery points with the latest Prism Centrals.

  • It is strongly recommended to use Prism Central for deployments. Nutanix is shifting toward managing through Prism Central and has officially announced that legacy APIs v0.8, v1, v2, and v3 will be deprecated in Q4 2026. Reference: https://download.nutanix.com/misc/LegacyAPI-EOLNotification.pdf

  • The Nutanix versions specified here are only valid for HyWorks v4.0 or later. For compatibility with different versions of HyWorks and Nutanix, refer to the documentation for those specific versions.

Nutanix-Controller Compatibility Matrix

Nutanix AOS Prism Central Compatible HyWorks
AOS 7.5 PC 7.5 v4.0 or above
AOS 7.3 PC 7.3 v4.0 or above
AOS v7.0 PC 2024.3 v3.6-SP2 HF1.1 or above
AOS v6.10 PC 2024.2.0.3 v3.6-HF1.1 or above
Older versions Older versions Refer to the documentation of older versions of HyWorks

Cloud Services:

  • Microsoft Azure

    • Azure Local

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • OpenStack

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) [Beta]