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To set the security mode, tap the Settings icon in the upper-right corner of the Horizon Client screen, tap
General Settings, and tap Security Mode. You have three choices:
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Never connect to untrusted servers. If any of the certificate checks fails, the client cannot connect to the
server. An error message lists the checks that failed.
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Warn before connecting to untrusted servers. If a certificate check fails because the server uses a self-
signed certificate, you can click Continue to ignore the warning. For self-signed certificates, the
certificate name is not required to match the View Connection Server name you entered in
Horizon Client.
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Do not verify server identity certificates. This setting means that View does not perform any certificate
checking.
If the certificate checking mode is set to Warn, you can still connect to a View Connection Server instance
that uses a self-signed certificate.
If an administrator later installs a security certificate from a trusted certificate authority, so that all certificate
checks pass when you connect, this trusted connection is remembered for that specific server. In the future,
if that server ever presents a self-signed certificate again, the connection fails. After a particular server
presents a fully verifiable certificate, it must always do so.
Create a Desktop or Application Shortcut for the Android Home
Screen
You can use a desktop or application shortcut to create a shortcut for your Android Home screen.
NOTE This feature is not available on Kindle Fire devices.
Prerequisites
Connect to the remote desktop or application at least once from the device so that a shortcut for the desktop
or application appears on the Recent Connections screen (Horizon Client 3.0) or Recent tab (Horizon Client
3.1 and later).
If you have not logged in at least once, familiarize yourself with the procedure “Connect to a Remote
Desktop or Application for the First Time,” on page 23.
Procedure
1 On the Recent Connections screen (Horizon Client 3.0) or Recent tab (Horizon Client 3.1 and later),
touch and hold the shortcut.
Add To Home appears at the bottom of the screen.
2 Drag the shortcut to Add To Home.
3 Type a name for the shortcut and tap OK.
If the name is longer than 12 characters, the extra characters do not appear on the Android Home
screen.
Manage Server Shortcuts
After you connect to a server, Horizon Client creates a server shortcut. You can edit and remove server
shortcuts.
Horizon Client saves the server name or IP address in a shortcut, even if you mistype the server name or
type the wrong IP address. You can delete or change this information by editing the server name or IP
address. If you do not type a server description, the server name or IP address becomes the server
description.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Android
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