Installation and Setup Guide

Contents
VMware Horizon Client for Windows Installation and Setup Guide 7
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System Requirements and Setup for Windows-Based Clients 9
System Requirements for Windows Client Systems 9
System Requirements for Horizon Client Features 11
Smart Card Authentication Requirements 11
System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video 13
System Requirements for Scanner Redirection 13
System Requirements for Serial Port Redirection 14
System Requirements for Multimedia Redirection (MMR) 15
System Requirements for Flash Redirection 15
Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection 16
System Requirements for HTML5 Multimedia Redirection 16
System Requirements for Microsoft Lync with Horizon Client 17
Requirements for Using URL Content Redirection 18
Requirements for Using Skype for Business with Horizon Client 19
Supported Desktop Operating Systems 19
Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client 19
Clearing the Last User Name Used to Log In to a Server 20
Congure VMware Blast Options 21
Using Internet Explorer Proxy Seings 22
Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware 22
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Installing Horizon Client for Windows 25
Enabling FIPS Mode in the Windows Client Operating System 25
Install Horizon Client for Windows 26
Installing Horizon Client From the Command Line 27
Installation Commands for Horizon Client 27
Installation Properties for Horizon Client 28
Install Horizon Client From the Command Line 30
Verify URL Content Redirection Installation 32
Update Horizon Client Online 32
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Conguring Horizon Client for End Users 35
Common Conguration Seings 35
Using URIs to Congure Horizon Client 36
Syntax for Creating vmware-view URIs 36
Examples of vmware-view URIs 39
Seing the Certicate Checking Mode in Horizon Client 41
Conguring Certicate Checking for End Users 42
Conguring Advanced TLS/SSL Options 43
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