User manual
Table Of Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Store
- Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Store
- Setup and Installation
- Using URIs to Configure Horizon Client
- Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections
- Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application for the First Time
- Certificate Checking Modes for Horizon Client
- Manage the Saved List of Servers
- Pin or Unpin a Desktop or Application Shortcut to the Start Screen
- Disconnecting from a Remote Desktop or Application
- Log Off from a Desktop
- Switch Desktops or Applications
- Using a Remote Desktop or Application
- Feature Support Matrix
- Using the Sidebar with a Remote Application
- Adjusting the Screen Resolution for Remote Desktops
- Gestures and Navigation Aids
- Multitasking and Keeping the Application or Desktop Running in the Background
- Saving Documents in a Remote Application
- Copying and Pasting Text
- Quit the VMware Horizon App
- Internationalization and International Keyboards
- Troubleshooting Horizon Client
- Index
Install or Upgrade Horizon Client for Windows Store
Horizon Client for Windows Store is a Windows Store app, and you install it just as you do other Windows
Store apps. You can install Horizon Client for Windows Store on tablets, desktop computers, or laptops that
run Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1, or Windows 8.1 Pro.
Prerequisites
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Verify that your client device uses the recommended operating system, which is Windows RT 8.1.
Although you can install VMware Horizon Client for Windows Store on a Windows 8.1 or Windows 8.1
Pro device, VMware recommends that for these x86- and x64-based systems, you install
VMware Horizon Client for Windows (rather than Windows Store).
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If you have not already set up the device, do so. See the manufacturer's user's guide for your device.
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Verify that you have the URL for a download page that contains the VMware Horizon Client installer.
This URL might be for the Download VMware Horizon Clients page at
http://www.vmware.com/go/viewclients, or it might be for the Windows Store.
Procedure
1 On your device, browse or search the Windows Store for the VMware Horizon app.
2 Download and install the app.
Help Topics Available in Horizon Client
To access the help system from within Horizon Client, swipe in from the right to display the Settings panel,
and tap Help.
The help system uses features of your Web browser, as well as some additional capabilities, to help you
access product information. You can search the help using queries that contain quotation marks, wildcards,
and Boolean operators.
Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware
If your company participates in the customer experience improvement program, VMware collects data from
certain Horizon Client fields. Fields containing sensitive information are made anonymous.
VMware collects data on the clients to prioritize hardware and software compatibility. If your company's
administrator has opted to participate in the customer experience improvement program, VMware collects
anonymous data about your deployment in order to improve VMware's response to customer requirements.
No data that identifies your organization is collected. Horizon Client information is sent first to View
Connection Server and then on to VMware, along with data from View servers, desktop pools, and remote
desktops.
Although the information is encrypted while in transit to View Connection Server, the information on the
client system is logged unencrypted in a user-specific directory. The logs do not contain any personally
identifiable information.
The administrator who installs View Connection Server can select whether to participate in the VMware
customer experience improvement program while running the View Connection Server installation wizard,
or an administrator can set an option in View Administrator after the installation.
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