User manual
Table Of Contents
- Using VMware Horizon View Client for Windows
- Contents
- Using VMware Horizon View Client for Windows
- System Requirements and Setup for Windows-Based View Clients
- System Requirements for Windows Clients
- System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
- Requirements for Using Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
- Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection
- Requirements for Using Microsoft Lync with Horizon View Client
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Client Browser Requirements for View Portal
- Supported Desktop Operating Systems
- Preparing View Connection Server for Horizon View Client
- Horizon View Client Data Collected by VMware
- Installing View Client for Windows
- Configuring Horizon View Client for End Users
- Managing Server Connections and Desktops
- Working in a View Desktop
- Feature Support Matrix
- Internationalization
- Using Multiple Monitors
- Connect USB Devices
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Copying and Pasting Text and Images
- Printing from a Remote Desktop
- Control Adobe Flash Display
- Using the Relative Mouse Feature for CAD and 3D Applications
- Troubleshooting Horizon View Client
- Index
Horizon View supports smart cards and smart card readers that use a PKCS#11 or Microsoft CryptoAPI
provider. You can optionally install the ActivIdentity ActivClient software suite, which provides tools for
interacting with smart cards.
Users that authenticate with smart cards must have a smart card or USB smart card token, and each smart
card must contain a user certificate.
To install certificates on a smart card, you must set up a computer to act as an enrollment station. This
computer must have the authority to issue smart card certificates for users, and it must be a member of the
domain you are issuing certificates for.
IMPORTANT When you enroll a smart card, you can choose the key size of the resulting certificate. To use
smart cards with local desktops, you must select a 1024-bit or 2048-bit key size during smart card
enrollment. Certificates with 512-bit keys are not supported.
The Microsoft TechNet Web site includes detailed information on planning and implementing smart card
authentication for Windows systems.
In addition to meeting these requirements for Horizon View Client systems, other Horizon View
components must meet certain configuration requirements to support smart cards:
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For information about configuring View servers to support smart card use, see the topic "Configure
Smart Card Authentication," in the VMware Horizon View Administration document.
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For information on tasks you might need to perform in Active Directory to implement smart card
authentication, see the topics about preparing Active Directory for smart card authentication, in the
VMware Horizon View Installation document .
Client Browser Requirements for View Portal
From a client system, you can open a browser and browse to a View Connection Server instance. The Web
page that appears is a portal that contains links for downloading the installer file for Horizon View Client.
To use the portal to download a Horizon View Client installer, you must have one of the following Web
browsers:
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Internet Explorer 8
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Internet Explorer 9
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Internet Explorer 10 (from a Windows 8 system in Desktop mode)
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Firefox 6 and later releases
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Safari 5 (on a Mac)
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Chrome 14 or later
If you administrator has installed VMware Horizon View HTML Access on the server, you might also see an
icon for connecting to a virtual desktop using the browser, without installing any client software. Using this
HTML Access feature requires newer browsers:
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Chrome 28 or later
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Internet Explorer 9 or later
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Safari 6 or later
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Mobile Safari on iOS devices running iOS 6 or later
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Firefox 21 or later
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