Installation and Setup Guide

The supported browsers in which you can type or click a URL and have that URL redirected are Internet
Explorer 9, 10, and 11.
N This feature does not work for links clicked from inside Windows 10 universal apps, including the
Microsoft Edge Browser.
To use client-to-agent redirection, you must enable URL Content Redirection when you install
Horizon Client. You must install Horizon Client from the command line to enable URL Content Redirection.
For information, see “Installing Horizon Client From the Command Line,” on page 27.
To use agent-to-client redirection, a Horizon administrator must enable URL Content Redirection during
Horizon Agent installation. For information, see the Seing Up Virtual Desktops in Horizon 7 or Seing Up
Published Desktops and Applications in Horizon 7 documents.
A Horizon administrator must also congure seings that specify how Horizon Client redirects URL
content from the client system to a remote desktop or application, or how Horizon Agent redirects URL
content from a remote desktop or application to the client machine. For conguration information, see the
Conguring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7 document.
Requirements for Using Skype for Business with Horizon Client
An end user can run Skype for Business inside a virtual desktop without negatively aecting the virtual
infrastructure and overloading the network. All media processing takes place on the client machine, instead
of in the virtual desktop, during Skype audio and video calls.
To use this feature, you must install the Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business feature on the client
machine during Horizon Client for Windows installation. For information, see Chapter 2, “Installing
Horizon Client for Windows,” on page 25.
A Horizon administrator must also install the VMware Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business feature on
the virtual desktop during Horizon Agent installation. For information, see the Seing Up Virtual Desktops in
Horizon 7 document.
For complete requirements, see the Conguring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7 document.
Supported Desktop Operating Systems
A Horizon administrator creates virtual machines that have a guest operating system and installs agent
software in the guest operating system. End users can log in to these virtual machines from a client device.
For a list of the supported Windows guest operating systems, see the View Installation document.
Some Linux guest operating systems are also supported if you have View Agent 6.1.1 or later, or
Horizon Agent 7.0 or later. For information about system requirements, conguring Linux virtual machines
for use in Horizon, and a list of supported features, see Seing Up Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops or Seing Up
Horizon 7 for Linux Desktops.
Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client
A Horizon administrator must perform specic tasks to enable end users to connect to remote desktops and
applications.
Before end users can connect to a Connection Server instance or a security server and access a remote
desktop or application, a Horizon administrator must congure certain pool seings and security seings:
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If you plan to use Unied Access Gateway, congure Connection Server to work with
Unied Access Gateway. See the Deploying and Conguring Unied Access Gateway document.
Unied Access Gateway appliances fulll the same role that was previously played by only security
servers.
Chapter 1 System Requirements and Setup for Windows-Based Clients
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