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Using URIs to Configure
Horizon Client 2
Using uniform resource identiers (URIs), you can create a Web page or an email with links that end users
click to start Horizon Client, connect to a server, and open a specic desktop or application with specic
conguration options.
You can simplify the process of connecting to a remote desktop or application by creating Web or email links
for end users. You create these links by constructing URIs that provide some or all the following
information, so that your end users do not need to supply it:
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Connection Server address
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Port number for Connection Server
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Active Directory user name
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Domain name
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Desktop or application display name
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Window size
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Actions including reset, log out, and start session
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Display protocol
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Options for redirecting USB devices
To construct a URI, you use the vmware-view URI scheme with Horizon Client specic path and query parts.
N You can use URIs to start Horizon Client only if the client software is already installed on client
computers.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Syntax for Creating vmware-view URIs,” on page 19
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“Examples of vmware-view URIs,” on page 22
Syntax for Creating vmware-view URIs
Syntax includes the vmware-view URI scheme, a path part to specify the desktop or application, and,
optionally, a query to specify desktop or application actions or conguration options.
URI Specification
Use the following syntax to create URIs to start Horizon Client:
vmware-view://[authority-part][/path-part][?query-part]
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