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6 In the login dialog box, enter your user name and password, select a domain, and click Login.
If you selected Log in as current user in the Options menu and you are authorized to log in to the
server, you are not prompted to enter a user name and password.
If you enter the user name as username@domain, it is treated as a user principal name (UPN) because of
the at-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. In some companies, shortcuts are installed automatically and you are
not prompted.
8 (Optional) To congure display seings for remote desktops, either right-click a desktop icon or select a
desktop icon and click the  (gear-shaped) icon next to the server name in the upper portion of
the window.
Option Description
Display protocol
If the Horizon administrator has allowed it, you can use the Connect Via
list to select the display protocol. To use VMware Blast, Horizon Agent 7.0
or later must be installed.
Display layout
Use the Display list to select a window size or to use multiple monitors.
9 To connect to a remote desktop or application, either double-click its icon or right-click the icon and
select Launch from the context menu.
If you are connecting to a published desktop, which is hosted on a Microsoft RDS host, and if the
desktop is already set to use a dierent display protocol, you cannot connect immediately. You are
prompted to either use the protocol set or have the system log you o the remote operating system so
that a connection can be made with the protocol you selected.
After you are connected, the remote desktop or application window appears. If you are entitled to more
than one desktop or application, the desktop and application selector window also remains open, so that
you can connect to multiple items at the same time.
If the client drive redirection feature is enabled, the Sharing dialog box appears and you can allow or deny
access to les on the local le system. For more information, see “Share Access to Local Folders and Drives
with Client Drive Redirection,” on page 20.
After a successful connection is made, an icon for this server is saved to the Horizon Client home window.
The next time you use Horizon Client to connect to this server, you can double-click the icon, or, if you use
only this one server, you can right-click the icon for the server and select Autoconnect to this Server from
the context menu.
What to do next
If you connected to a remote desktop and you want to connect to this remote desktop each time you log in,
select Autoconnect to this Desktop from the Options menu in the desktop.
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