Installation and Setup Guide

System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
Real-Time Audio-Video works with standard webcam, USB audio, and analog audio devices, and with
standard conferencing applications like Skype, WebEx, and Google Hangouts. To support Real-Time Audio-
Video, your Horizon deployment must meet certain software and hardware requirements.
Remote desktops
The desktops must have View Agent 6.0 or Horizon Agent 7.0 or later
installed. To use Real-Time Audio-Video with published desktops and
applications, Horizon Agent 7.0.2 or later must be installed.
Horizon Client computer
or client access device
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Real-Time Audio-Video is supported on all operating systems that run
Horizon Client for Windows. For information, see “System
Requirements for Windows Client Systems,” on page 9.
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The webcam and audio device drivers must be installed, and the
webcam and audio device must be operable, on the client computer.
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To support Real-Time Audio-Video, you do not need to install the device
drivers on the remote desktop operating system where the agent is
installed.
Display protocols
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PCoIP
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VMware Blast (requires Horizon Agent 7.0 or later)
System Requirements for Scanner Redirection
End users can scan information into their remote desktops and applications with scanners that are
connected to their local client systems. To use this feature, the remote desktops, applications, and client
computers must meet certain system requirements.
Remote desktops
The remote desktops must have View Agent 6.0.2 or later, or Horizon Agent
7.0 or later, installed with the Scanner Redirection setup option, on the parent
or template virtual machines or RDS hosts. On Windows desktop and
Windows Server guest operating systems, the Horizon Agent Scanner
Redirection setup option is deselected by default.
For information about which guest operating systems are supported on
single-user virtual machines and on RDS hosts, and for information about
conguring scanner redirection in remote desktops and applications, see
"Congure Scanner Redirection" in the Conguring Remote Desktop Features in
Horizon 7 document.
Horizon Client computer
or client access device
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Scanner redirection is supported on Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, and
Windows 10.
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The scanner device drivers must be installed, and the scanner must be
operable, on the client computer. You do not need to install the scanner
device drivers on the remote desktop operating system where the agent
is installed.
Scanning device
standard
TWAIN or WIA
Display protocols
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PCoIP
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