Installation and Setup Guide

Table Of Contents
This procedure describes how to join a collaborative session from a collaboration invitation.
Note In a Cloud Pod Architecture environment, you cannot join a collaborative session by logging in to
the server unless you log in to the session owner's pod.
You cannot use the following remote desktop features in a collaborative session.
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Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV)
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Location-based printing
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Clipboard redirection
You cannot change the remote desktop resolution in a collaborative session.
Prerequisites
To join a collaborative session, you must have Horizon Client 4.7 for Windows, Mac, or Linux installed on
the client system, or you must use HTML Access 4.7 or later.
Procedure
1 Click the link in the collaboration invitation.
Horizon Client opens on the client system.
2 Enter your credentials to log in to Horizon Client.
After you are successfully authenticated, the collaborative session begins and you can see the
session owner's remote desktop. If the session owner transfers mouse and keyboard control to you,
you can use the remote desktop.
3 To return mouse and keyboard control to the session owner, click the VMware Horizon Session
Collaboration icon in the system tray and toggle the switch in the Control column to Off, or click the
Give Back Control button.
4 To leave the collaborative session, click Close from the sidebar.
Log O or Disconnect
With some configurations, if you disconnect from a remote desktop without logging off, applications in the
desktop can remain open. You can also disconnect from a server and leave published applications
running.
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