User`s guide

Using URIs to Configure
Horizon View Client 2
Using uniform resource identifiers (URIs), you can create a Web page or an email with links that end users
click to launch Horizon View Client, connect to View Connection Server, and launch a specific desktop with
specific configuration options.
You can simplify the process of logging in to a remote desktop by creating Web or email links for end users.
You create these links by constructing URIs that provide some or all of the following information, so that
your end users do not need to supply it:
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View Connection Server address
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Port number for View Connection Server
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Active Directory user name
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RADIUS or RSA SecurID user name, if different from Active Directory user name
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Domain name
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Desktop display name
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Desktop actions, including reset, log off, and start session
To construct a URI, you use the vmware-view URI scheme with Horizon View Client specific path and query
parts.
NOTE You can use URIs to launch Horizon View Client only if the client software is already installed on
end users' client computers.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Syntax for Creating vmware-view URIs,” on page 17
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“Examples of vmware-view URIs,” on page 19
Syntax for Creating vmware-view URIs
Syntax includes the vmware-view URI scheme, a path part to specify the desktop, and, optionally, a query to
specify desktop actions or configuration options.
VMware Horizon View URI Specification
Use the following syntax to create URIs for launching Horizon View Client:
vmware-view://[authority-part][/path-part][?query-part]
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