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Requirements for URL Content Redirection
With URL Content Redirection, you can have URL content redirected from a client to a remote desktop or
application, or vice versa. For example, you can click a link in the native Microsoft Word application on the
client and the link opens in the remote Internet Explorer application, or you can click a link in the remote
Internet Explorer application and the link opens in a native browser on the client.
You can congure any number of protocols for redirection, including HTTP, mailto, and callto. This feature
supports redirection in both directions:
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From a client to a remote desktop or application (client to agent)
Horizon Client launches either a remote desktop or a remote application to handle the URL. If a
desktop is launched, the default application for the URL protocol processes the URL.
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From a remote desktop or application to a client (agent to client)
Horizon Agent sends the URL to Horizon Client, which launches the default application for the
protocol that is specied in the URL.
This feature has the following requirements:
Remote desktop or RDS
host that provides
remote applications
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Horizon Agent 7.0 or later. This feature must be installed if you want to
congure agent-to-client redirection.
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A Horizon administrator must congure seings that specify how
Horizon Agent redirects URL content from a remote desktop or
application to the client system. For more information, see the
Conguring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7 document.
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The supported browsers in which you can type or click a URL and have
that URL redirected are Internet Explorer 9,10, and 11.
Horizon Client computer
or client access device
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A Horizon administrator must congure seings that specify how
Horizon Client redirects URL content from the client system to a remote
desktop or application. For more information, see the Conguring Remote
Desktop Features in Horizon 7 document.
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The supported browsers in which you can type or click a URL and have
that URL redirected are Internet Explorer 9, 10, and 11.
Display protocol for the
remote session
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VMware Blast
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PCoIP
Supported Desktop Operating Systems
Administrators create virtual machines with a guest operating system and install agent software in the guest
operating system. End users can log in to these virtual machines from a client device.
For a list of the supported Windows guest operating systems, see the View Installation document.
Some Linux guest operating systems are also supported if you have View Agent 6.1.1 or later, or
Horizon Agent 7.0 or later. For information about system requirements, conguring Linux virtual machines
for use in Horizon, and a list of supported features, see Seing Up Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops or Seing Up
Horizon 7 for Linux Desktops.
Chapter 1 Setup and Installation
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