Installation and Setup Guide

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If you are outside the corporate network and require a VPN connection to access remote desktops and
applications, verify that the client device is set up to use a VPN connection and turn on that connection.
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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.
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If an administrator has allowed it, congure the certicate checking mode for the SSL certicate
presented by the server. To determine which mode to use, see “Seing the Certicate Checking Mode in
Horizon Client,” on page 41.
Procedure
1 If a VPN connection is required, turn on the VPN.
2 Double-click the VMware Horizon Client desktop shortcut or click Start > Programs > VMware
Horizon Client.
3 (Optional) To log in as the currently logged-in Windows domain user, click the Options buon on the
menu bar and select Log in as current user.
This seing is available only if the Log in as current user feature is installed on the client system.
4 Double-click the + Add Server buon if no servers have yet been added, or click the + New Server
buon in the menu bar and enter the name of a server, and click Connect.
Connections between Horizon Client and the server always use SSL. The default port for SSL
connections is 443. If the server is not congured to use the default port, use the format shown in this
example: view.company.com:1443.
You might see a message that you must conrm before the login dialog box appears.
5 If you are prompted for RSA SecurID credentials or RADIUS authentication credentials, enter the user
name and passcode and click Continue.
6 Enter the credentials of a user who is entitled to use at least one desktop or application pool, select the
domain, and click Login.
If you enter the user name using the format username@domain, the name is treated as a user principal
name (UPN) because of the @ sign, and the Domain drop-down menu is disabled.
If the Domain drop-down menu is hidden, you must enter the user name as username@domain or
domain\username.
7 If you are prompted to install applications or desktops to the Start menu, click Yes or No.
This prompt can appear the rst time you connect to a server on which shortcuts have been congured
for remote applications or desktops. If you click Yes, Start menu shortcuts are installed on the client
system for those remote applications or desktops, if you are entitled to use them. If you click No, Start
menu shortcuts are not installed.
You can congure the Automatically install shortcuts when  on the Horizon server group
policy seing to prompt end users to install shortcuts (the default), install shortcuts automatically, or
never install shortcuts.
VMware Horizon Client for Windows Installation and Setup Guide
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