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Device Authentication Requirements
You can set up certicate authentication for client devices.
This feature has the following requirements:
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Access Point 2.6 or later.
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Horizon 7 version 7.0 or later.
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A certicate installed on the client device that Access Point will accept.
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.
Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client
Administrators must perform specic tasks to enable end users to connect to remote desktops and
applications.
Before end users can connect to Connection Server or a security server and access a remote desktop or
application, you must congure certain pool seings and security seings:
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If you plan to use Access Point, congure Connection Server to work with Access Point. See the
Deploying and Conguring Access Point document. Access Point appliances fulll the same role that was
previously played by only security servers.
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If you are using a security server, verify that you are using the latest maintenance releases of
Connection Server 5.3.x and Security Server 5.3.x or later releases. For more information, see the View
Installation document.
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If you plan to use a secure tunnel connection for client devices and if the secure connection is
congured with a DNS host name for Connection Server or a security server, verify that the client
device can resolve this DNS name.
To enable or disable the secure tunnel, in Horizon Administrator, go to the Edit Horizon Connection
Server Seings dialog box and use the check box called Use secure tunnel connection to desktop.
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Verify that a desktop or application pool has been created and that the user account that you plan to use
is entitled to access the pool. For information, see the Seing Up Virtual Desktops in Horizon 7 or Seing
Up Published Desktops and Applications in Horizon 7 document.
I If end users have a high-resolution display and will use the High Resolution Mode client
seing while viewing their remote desktops in full screen mode, you must allocate sucient VRAM for
each Windows 7 or later remote desktop. The amount of vRAM depends on the number of monitors
congured for end users and on the display resolution. To estimate the amount of vRAM you need, see
the View Architecture Planning document.
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To use two-factor authentication with Horizon Client, such as RSA SecurID or RADIUS authentication,
you must enable this feature on Connection Server. For more information, see the topics about two-
factor authentication in the View Administration document.
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