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Use Unauthenticated Access to Connect to Remote Applications
A Horizon administrator can use the Unauthenticated Access feature to create Unauthenticated Access users
and entitle those users to remote applications on a Connection Server instance. Unauthenticated Access
users can log in to the server anonymously to connect to their remote applications.
By default, users select the Log in anonymously using Unauthenticated Access seing from the Options
menu and choose a user account to log in anonymously. A Horizon administrator can congure group
policy seings to change Unauthenticated Access behavior so that the Log in anonymously using
Unauthenticated Access seing is already selected and users are logged in automatically with a specic
Unauthenticated Access user account.
Prerequisites
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Perform the administrative tasks described in “Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client,” on
page 19.
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Set up Unauthenticated Access users on the Connection Server instance. For information, see
"Providing Unauthenticated Access for Published Applications" in the View Administration document.
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(Optional) Congure the Account to use for Unauthenticated Access and Log in anonymously using
Unauthenticated Access group policy seings to change the default Unauthenticated Access behavior.
For information, see “Scripting Denition Seings for Client GPOs,” on page 45.
Procedure
1 Double-click the VMware Horizon Client desktop shortcut or click Start > Programs > VMware
Horizon Client.
2 If instructed to do so by your Horizon administrator, click the Options buon in the menu bar and
select Log in anonymously using Unauthenticated Access.
Depending on how your client system is congured, this seing might already be selected.
3 (Optional) To set the certicate checking mode, click the Options buon in the menu bar and select
 SSL.
You can congure this option only if your administrator has allowed it.
4 Connect to the server on which you have unauthenticated access to remote applications.
Option Action
Connect to a new server
Double-click the + Add Server buon or click the + New Server buon in
the menu bar, enter the name of the server, and click Connect.
Connect to an existing server
Double-click the server icon on the Horizon Client home screen.
Connections between Horizon Client and Connection Server always use SSL. The default port for SSL
connections is 443. If 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.
5 When the Login dialog box appears, select a user account from the User account drop-down menu, if
required.
If only one user account is available, the drop-down menu is disabled and the user account is
automatically selected.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows
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