Installation and Setup Guide

Use Unauthenticated Access to Connect to Remote Applications
A Horizon administrator can use the Unauthenticated Access feature to create Unauthenticated Access users
and entitle those users to remote applications. Unauthenticated Access users can log in to the server
anonymously to connect to their remote applications.
Before you have end users access a remote application with the Unauthenticated User feature, test that you
can connect to the remote application from a client device. You might need to specify a server and supply
credentials for your user account.
By default, users select the Log in anonymously using Unauthenticated Access seing from the Options
menu and select a user account to log in anonymously. A Horizon administrator can congure group policy
seings to preselect the Log in anonymously using Unauthenticated Access seing and log in users with a
specic Unauthenticated Access user account.
Prerequisites
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Perform the administrative tasks described in “Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client,” on
page 19.
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Set up Unauthenticated Access users on the Connection Server instance. For information, see
"Providing Unauthenticated Access for Published Applications" in the View Administration document.
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If you are outside the corporate network, verify that your 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 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 an administrator has allowed it, congure the certicate checking mode for the SSL certicate
presented by the server in Horizon Client. To determine which mode to use, see “Seing the Certicate
Checking Mode in Horizon Client,” on page 41.
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(Optional) Congure the Account to use for Unauthenticated Access and Log in anonymously using
Unauthenticated Access group policy seings to change the default Unauthenticated Access behavior.
For information, see “Scripting Denition Seings for Client GPOs,” on page 45.
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 If instructed to do so by your system administrator, click the Options buon in the menu bar and select
Log in anonymously using Unauthenticated Access.
Depending on how your client system is congured, this seing might already be selected.
4 Connect to the server on which you have unauthenticated access to remote applications.
Option Action
Connect to a new server
Double-click the + Add Server buon or click the + New Server buon in
the menu bar, enter the name of the server, and click Connect.
Connect to an existing server
Double-click the server icon on the Horizon Client home window.
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.
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