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Managing Remote Desktop and
Application Connections 3
You can use Horizon Client to connect to a server and log in to remote desktops and applications.
Depending on how an administrator congures policies for remote desktops, end users might be able to
perform many operations on their desktops.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Seing the Certicate Checking Mode for Horizon Client,” on page 13
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“Select a Display Protocol,” on page 14
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“Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application,” on page 14
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“Disable Windows Hello in Horizon Client,” on page 16
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“Pinning a Remote Desktop or Application to the Start Screen,” on page 16
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“Disconnecting From a Remote Desktop or Application,” on page 17
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“Logging O From a Remote Desktop,” on page 17
Setting the Certificate Checking Mode for Horizon Client
Administrators and sometimes end users can congure whether client connections are rejected if any or
some server certicate checks fail.
Certicate checking occurs for SSL connections between Connection Server and Horizon Client. Certicate
verication includes the following checks:
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Has the certicate been revoked?
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Is the certicate intended for a purpose other than verifying the identity of the sender and encrypting
server communications? That is, is it the correct type of certicate?
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Has the certicate expired, or is it valid only in the future? That is, is the certicate valid according to
the computer clock?
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Does the common name on the certicate match the host name of the server that sends it? A mismatch
can occur if a load balancer redirects Horizon Client to a server that has a certicate that does not match
the host name entered in Horizon Client. Another reason a mismatch can occur is if you enter an IP
address rather than a host name in the client.
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Is the certicate signed by an unknown or untrusted certicate authority (CA)? Self-signed certicates
are one type of untrusted CA.
To pass this check, the certicate's chain of trust must be rooted in the device's local certicate store.
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