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Verify that the security certicate for Connection Server is working properly. If it is not, in Horizon
Administrator, you might also see that the agent on desktops is unreachable.
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Verify that the tags set on the Connection Server instance allow connections from this user. See the View
Administration document.
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Verify that the user is entitled to access the desktop or application. See the Seing Up Virtual Desktops in
Horizon 7 or Seing Up Published Desktops and Applications in Horizon 7 document.
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.
Prerequisites
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Perform the administrative tasks described in “Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client,” on
page 8.
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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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Congure the certicate checking mode for the SSL certicate presented by Connection Server. See
“Seing the Certicate Checking Mode for Horizon Client,” on page 17.
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If you are accessing remote applications outside of the corporate network, verify that your client device
is set up to use a VPN connection and turn on that connection.
Procedure
1 If a VPN connection is required, turn on the VPN.
2 On your Chrome OS device, tap the Chrome App Launcher icon in the taskbar and tap the Horizon
Client for Chrome OS app.
The Horizon Client window opens.
3 Tap the  (gear) icon in the upper-right corner of the Horizon Client window, tap
Unauthenticated access, and select the Unauthenticated access check box.
4 Connect to the server on which you have unauthenticated access to remote applications.
Option Description
Connect to a new server
Enter the name of a server, enter a description (optional), and tap Connect.
Connect to an existing server
Tap the server shortcut on the Servers tab.
Connections between Horizon Client and servers always use SSL. The default port for SSL connections
is 443. If the server is not congured to use the default port, use the format shown in this example:
view.company.com:1443.
5 When the login window appears, select a user account from the User account drop-down menu, if
required.
If only one user account is available, the user account is automatically selected.
6 (Optional) Select the Always use this account check box to bypass the login window the next time you
connect to the server.
To deselect this seing before you connect to the server the next time, touch and hold the server
shortcut until the context menu appears, tap Edit, tap Forget the saved Unauthenticated Access
account (name), and tap Done.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Chrome OS
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