User manual
Table Of Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows
- Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows
- System Requirements and Setup for Windows-Based Clients
- System Requirements for Windows Clients
- System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
- Requirements for Scanner Redirection
- Requirements for Using Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
- Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection
- Requirements for Using Microsoft Lync with Horizon Client
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Client Browser Requirements for Using the Horizon Client Portal
- Supported Desktop Operating Systems
- Preparing View Connection Server for Horizon Client
- Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware
- Installing Horizon Client for Windows
- Configuring Horizon Client for End Users
- Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections
- Working in a Remote Desktop or Application
- Feature Support Matrix for Windows Clients
- Internationalization
- Enabling Support for Onscreen Keyboards
- Using Multiple Monitors
- Connect USB Devices
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Using Scanners
- Copying and Pasting Text and Images
- Using Remote Applications
- Printing from a Remote Desktop or Application
- Control Adobe Flash Display
- Using the Relative Mouse Feature for CAD and 3D Applications
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Troubleshooting Horizon Client
- Index
Table 5‑1. Remote Desktop Features Supported on Windows-Based Horizon Client Systems
Feature
Windows XP
Desktop
(View Agent
6.0.2 and
earlier)
Windows
Vista
Desktop
(View Agent
6.0.2 and
earlier)
Windows 7
Desktop
Windows
8.x Desktop
Windows
Server 2008
R2 Desktop
Windows Server
2012 R2 Desktop
(View Agent 6.1
and later)
USB access Limited Limited X X X X
Real-Time Audio-
Video (RTAV)
Limited Limited X X X X
Scanner
redirection
Limited X X X X
RDP display
protocol
Limited Limited X X X X
PCoIP display
protocol
Limited Limited X X X X
Persona
Management
Limited Limited X X
Wyse MMR Limited Limited
Windows Media
MMR
X X
Location-based
printing
Limited Limited X X X X
Virtual printing Limited Limited X X X X
Smart cards Limited Limited X X X X
RSA SecurID or
RADIUS
Limited Limited X X X X
Single sign-on Limited Limited X X X X
Multiple monitors Limited Limited X X X X
IMPORTANT View Agent 6.1 and later releases do not support Windows XP and Windows Vista desktops.
View Agent 6.0.2 is the last View release that supports these guest operating systems. Customers who have
an extended support agreement with Microsoft for Windows XP and Vista, and an extended support
agreement with VMware for these guest operating systems, can deploy the View Agent 6.0.2 version of their
Windows XP and Vista desktops with View Connection Server 6.1.
For information about which editions of each client operating system are supported, or which service packs,
see “System Requirements for Windows Clients,” on page 7.
Feature Support for Session-Based Desktops on RDS Hosts
RDS hosts are server computers that have Windows Remote Desktop Services and View Agent installed.
Multiple users can have desktop sessions on an RDS host simultaneously. An RDS host can be either a
physical machine or a virtual machine.
NOTE The following table contains rows only for the features that are supported.
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