Installation and Setup Guide

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Verify that you have the fully qualied domain name (FQDN) of the server that provides access to the
remote desktop or application. Underscores (_) are not supported in server names. If the port is not 443,
you also need the port number.
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If you plan to use the RDP display protocol to connect to a remote desktop, verify that the
AllowDirectRDP agent group policy seing is enabled.
Procedure
1 Either open a terminal window and enter vmware-view or search the applications for VMware Horizon
Client, and double-click the icon.
2 If you are prompted for RSA SecurID credentials or RADIUS authentication credentials, enter the user
name and passcode and click OK.
3 If you are prompted for a user name and password, supply Active Directory credentials.
a Type the user name and password of a user who is entitled to use at least one desktop or
application pool.
If the Domain drop-down menu is disabled, you must type the user name as domain\username or
username@domain.
b (Optional) Select a domain value from the Domain drop-down menu.
c Click OK.
4 If the desktop security indicator turns red and a warning message appears, respond to the prompt.
Usually, this warning means that Connection Server did not send a certicate thumbprint to the client.
The thumbprint is a hash of the certicate public key and is used as an abbreviation of the public key.
5 (Optional) To congure display seings for remote desktops, either right-click a desktop icon or select a
desktop icon and click the  (gear-shaped) icon next to the server name in the upper portion of
the window.
Option Description
Display protocol
If the Horizon administrator has allowed it, you can use the Connect Via
list to select the display protocol. To use VMware Blast, Horizon Agent 7.0
or later must be installed.
Display layout
Use the Display list to select a window size or to use multiple monitors.
6 (Optional) To mark the remote desktop or application as a favorite, right-click the desktop or
application icon and select Mark as Favorite from the context menu that appears.
A star icon appears in the upper-right corner of the desktop or application name. The next time you log
in, you can click the Show Favorites buon to nd this application or desktop quickly.
7 Double-click a remote desktop or application to connect.
If you are connecting to a session-based remote desktop, which is hosted on a Microsoft RDS host, and
if the desktop is already set to use a dierent display protocol, you will not be able to connect
immediately. You will be prompted to either use the protocol that is currently set or have the system log
you o of the remote operating system so that a connection can be made with the protocol you selected.
After you are connected, the client window appears.
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