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Verify that you have the fully qualied domain name (FQDN) of the server that provides access to the
remote desktop or application. Underscores (_) are not supported in server names. You also need the
port number if the port is not 443.
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If you plan to use the RDP display protocol to connect to a remote desktop, verify that the
AllowDirectRDP agent group policy seing is enabled.
Procedure
1 Either open a terminal window and enter vmware-view or search the applications for VMware Horizon
Client, and double-click the icon.
2 Double-click the + Add Server buon if no servers have yet been added, or click the + New Server
buon in the menu bar, and enter the name of View Connection Server or a security server, and click
Connect.
Connections between Horizon Client and View Connection Server always use SSL. The default port for
SSL connections is 443. If View Connection Server is not congured to use the default port, use the
format shown in this example: view.company.com:1443.
You might see a message that you must conrm before the login dialog box appears.
N After a successful connection is made, an icon for this server is saved to the Horizon Client home
screen. The next time you open Horizon Client to connect to this server, you can double-click the icon,
or, if you use only this one server, you can right-click the icon for the server and select Autoconnect to
this Server from the context menu.
3 If you are prompted for RSA SecurID credentials or RADIUS authentication credentials, enter the user
name and passcode and click OK.
4 Enter your user name and password, select a domain, and click OK.
You might see a message that you must conrm before the login dialog box appears.
5 If the desktop security indicator turns red and a warning message appears, respond to the prompt.
Usually, this warning means that Connection Server did not send a certicate thumbprint to the client.
The thumbprint is a hash of the certicate public key and is used as an abbreviation of the public key.
6 (Optional) To congure display seings for remote desktops, either right-click a desktop icon or select a
desktop icon and click the  (gear-shaped) icon next to the server name in the upper portion of
the screen.
Option Description
Display protocol
If your administrator has allowed it, you can use the Connect Via list to
select the display protocol. VMware Blast requires Horizon Agent 7.0 or
later.
Display layout
Use the Display list to select a window size or to use multiple monitors.
7 (Optional) To mark the remote desktop or application as a favorite, right-click the desktop or
application icon and select Mark as Favorite from the context menu that appears.
A star icon appears in the upper-right corner of the desktop or application name. The next time you log
in, you can click the Show Favorites buon to nd this application or desktop quickly.
8 Double-click a remote desktop or application to connect.
If you are connecting to a session-based remote desktop, which is hosted on a Microsoft RDS host, and
if the desktop is already set to use a dierent display protocol, you will not be able to connect
immediately. You will be prompted to either use the protocol that is currently set or have the system log
you o of the remote operating system so that a connection can be made with the protocol you selected.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Linux
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