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Monitors and Screen Resolution

You can extend a remote desktop to multiple monitors. If you have a high-resolution monitor, you can see

the remote desktop or application in full resolution.

If you are using All Monitors display mode and click the Minimize button, if you then maximize the

window, the window will go back to All Monitors mode. Similarly, if you are using Fullscreen mode and

minimize the window, when you maximize the window, the window will go back to Fullscreen mode on

one monitor.

From the Horizon Client desktop and application selection window, you can right-click a desktop icon and

select Display to choose whether to have the desktop window use one monitor or multiple monitors.

Using All Monitors in a Multiple-Monitor Setup

Regardless of the display protocol, you can use multiple monitors with a remote desktop. If you have

Horizon Client use all monitors, if you maximize an application window, the window expands to the full

screen of only the monitor that contains it.

Horizon Client supports the following monitor configurations:

If you use 2 monitors, the monitors are not required to be in the same mode. For example, if you are

using a laptop connected to an external monitor, the external monitor can be in portrait mode or

landscape mode.

Monitors can be placed side by side, stacked 2 by 2, or vertically stacked only if you are using 2

monitors and the total height is less than 4096 pixels.

To use the 3D rendering feature, you must use the Blast Extreme display protocol or the PCoIP display

protocol. You can use up to 2 monitors, with a resolution of up to 1920 X 1200. For a resolution of 4K

(3840 X 2160), only one monitor is supported.

If you use instant clone desktops pools, the maximum number of monitors that you can use to display a

remote desktop is 2, with a resolution of up to 2560 X 1600.

With the VMware Blast display protocol or the PCoIP display protocol, a remote desktop screen

resolution of 4K (3840 x 2160) is supported. The number of 4K displays that are supported depends on

the hardware version of the desktop virtual machine and the Windows version.

Hardware Version Windows Version

Number of 4K Displays

Supported

10 (ESXi 5.5.x compatible) 7, 8, 8.x, 10 1

11 (ESXi 6.0 compatible) 7 (3D rendering feature disabled; Windows Aero

disabled)

11 7 (3D rendering feature enabled) 1

11 8, 8.x, 10 1

The remote desktop must have View Agent 6.2 or later, or Horizon Agent 7.0 or later, installed. For best

performance, VMware recommends that the virtual machine have at least 2GB of RAM and 2 vCPUs.

This feature might require good network conditions, such as a bandwidth of 1000Mbps with low

network latency and a low package loss rate.

NOTE When the remote desktop screen resolution is set to 3840 x 2160 (4K), items on the screen might

appear smaller, and you might not be able to use the Screen Resolution dialog box in the remote

desktop to make text and other items larger.

Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows

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