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Contents Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows 7 1 System Requirements and Setup for Windows-Based Clients 9 System Requirements for Windows Clients 10 System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video 11 Requirements for Scanner Redirection 12 Requirements for Serial Port Redirection 12 Requirements for Multimedia Redirection (MMR) 13 Requirements for Flash Redirection 14 Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection 15 Requirements for URL Content Redirection 15 Requirements for Using Microsoft Lync with
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows View PCoIP Client Session Variables ADM Template Settings Running Horizon Client from the Command Line 54 Horizon Client Command Usage 54 Horizon Client Configuration File 56 Using the Windows Registry to Configure Horizon Client 51 57 4 Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections 59 Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application 59 Tips for Using the Desktop and Application Selector 62 Share Access to Local Folders and Drives 62 Hide the VMware Horizon Clien
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Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows This guide, Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows, provides information about installing and using VMware Horizon™ Client™ software on a Microsoft Windows client system to connect to a remote desktop or application in the datacenter. The information in this document includes system requirements and instructions for installing and using Horizon Client for Windows.
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System Requirements and Setup for Windows-Based Clients 1 Systems running Horizon Client components must meet certain hardware and software requirements. Horizon Client on Windows systems uses Microsoft Internet Explorer Internet settings, including proxy settings, when connecting to View Connection Server. Ensure that your Internet Explorer settings are accurate and that you can access the View Connection Server URL through Internet Explorer. NOTE Starting with version 7.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows System Requirements for Windows Clients You can install Horizon Client for Windows on PCs or laptops that use a supported Microsoft Windows operating system. The PC or laptop on which you install Horizon Client, and the peripherals it uses, must meet certain system requirements.
Chapter 1 System Requirements and Setup for Windows-Based Clients Hardware Requirements for PCoIP and VMware Blast n x86-based processor with SSE2 extensions, with a 800MHz or higher processor speed. n Available RAM above system requirements to support various monitor setups.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Display protocol for View n The webcam and audio device drivers must be installed, and the webcam and audio device must be operable, on the client computer. To support Real-Time Audio-Video, you do not have to install the device drivers on the desktop operating system where the agent is installed. n PCoIP n VMware Blast (requires Horizon Agent 7.0 or later) Real-Time Audio-Video is not supported in RDP desktop sessions.
Chapter 1 System Requirements and Setup for Windows-Based Clients The following guest operating systems are supported on single-user virtual machines: n 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7 n 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 8.x n 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 10 n Windows Server 2008 R2 configured as a desktop n Windows Server 2012 R2 configured as a desktop This feature is not currently supported for Windows Server RDS hosts.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows n For information about operating system requirements and other software requirements and configuration settings for the remote desktop or application, see the topics about Windows Media Multimedia Redirection in Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View. Horizon Client computer or client access device 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.x, or Windows 10. Supported media formats Media formats that are supported on Windows Media Player are supported.
Chapter 1 System Requirements and Setup for Windows-Based Clients Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection Streaming Flash content directly from Adobe Media Server to client endpoints lowers the load on the datacenter ESXi host, removes the extra routing through the datacenter, and reduces the bandwidth required to simultaneously stream live video events to multiple client endpoints. The Flash URL redirection feature uses a JavaScript that is embedded inside a Web page by the Web page administrator.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Horizon Client computer or client access device Display Protocol for the Remote Session n The supported browsers in which you can type or click a URL and have that URL redirected are Internet Explorer 9,10, and 11. n This feature must be installed if you want to configure client-to-agent redirection. n The supported browsers in which you can type or click a URL and have that URL redirected are Internet Explorer 9, 10, and 11.
Chapter 1 System Requirements and Setup for Windows-Based Clients Remote desktop (agent) software n View Agent 5.3 or later, or Horizon Agent 7.0 or later n Microsoft Lync 2013 Client With the View 5.3 or later agent, the Lync 2013 client bit-level is not required to match the bit-level of the virtual machine operating system.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows In addition to meeting these requirements for Horizon Client systems, other View components must meet certain configuration requirements to support smart cards: n For information about configuring Connection Server to support smart card use, see "Configure Smart Card Authentication" in the View Administration document.
Chapter 1 System Requirements and Setup for Windows-Based Clients To enable or disable the secure tunnel, in View Administrator, go to the Edit View Connection Server Settings dialog box and use the check box called Use secure tunnel connection to desktop. n Verify that a desktop or application pool has been created and that the user account that you plan to use is entitled to access the pool. For Connection Server 5.3.x, see the topics about creating desktop pools in the View Administration document.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware If your company participates in the customer experience improvement program, VMware collects data from certain Horizon Client fields. Fields containing sensitive information are made anonymous. VMware collects data on the clients to prioritize hardware and software compatibility.
Chapter 1 System Requirements and Setup for Windows-Based Clients Table 1‑1. Data Collected from Horizon Clients for the Customer Experience Improvement Program (Continued) Description Is This Field Made Anonymous ? Host operating system kernel No Example Value Examples include the following: Windows 6.1.7601 SP1 n Darwin Kernel Version 11.0.0: Sun Apr 8 21:52:26 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1878.11.10~1/RELEASE_ARM_S5L8945X n Darwin 11.4.2 n Linux 2.6.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Table 1‑1. Data Collected from Horizon Clients for the Customer Experience Improvement Program (Continued) Description Is This Field Made Anonymous ? USB device family No Example Value Examples include the following: Security n Human Interface Device n Imaging n USB device usage count 22 No (Number of times the device was shared) VMware, Inc.
Installing Horizon Client for Windows 2 You can obtain the Windows-based Horizon Client installer either from the VMware Web site or from a Web access page provided by View Connection Server. You can set various startup options for end users after Horizon Client is installed.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows n If you plan to install Horizon Client with FIPS-compliant cryptography, enable FIPS mode in the Windows operating system before you run the client installer. See “Enabling FIPS Mode in the Windows Client Operating System,” on page 25. n Prerequisites for USB redirection: n Determine whether the person who uses the client device is allowed to access locally connected USB devices from a virtual desktop.
Chapter 2 Installing Horizon Client for Windows 4 Follow the prompts to install the components you want. Use the following guidelines. Option Description IP protocol The installer prompts you to select a network protocol. Do not select IPv6 unless all components in your View setup use IPv6. If you select IPv6, several features are unavailable. For more information, see the chapter about installing View in an IPv6 environment, in the View Installation document.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows For more information about FIPS mode, go to https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/811833. IMPORTANT If you do not enable FIPS mode before running the client installer, you will not see the installer option to use FIPS-compliant cryptography. If you install Horizon Client without this option and you later decide to use this option, you must uninstall the client, enable FIPS mode in the client operating system, and run the client installer again.
Chapter 2 Installing Horizon Client for Windows Procedure 1 On the client system, download the Horizon Client installer file from the VMware product page at http://www.vmware.com/go/viewclients. Select the appropriate installer file, where xxxxxx is the build number and y.y.y is the version number. Option Action Horizon Client on 64-bit operating systems Select VMware-Horizon-Client-x86_64-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe, where y.y.y is the version number and xxxxxx is the build number.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Table 2‑1. MSI Properties for Silently Installing Horizon Client (Continued) MSI Property Description Default Value STARTMENU_SHORTCUT Configures a shortcut for Horizon Client in the Start menu. A value of 1 installs the shortcut. A value of 0 does not install the shortcut. 1 URL_FILTERING_ENABLED Specifies whether to install the URL Content Redirection feature. A value of 1 installs the feature. 0 NOTE The option ADDLOCAL=ALL does not include this feature.
Chapter 2 Installing Horizon Client for Windows Table 2‑3. Command-Line Options for the Bootstrap Program Option Description /s Disables the bootstrap splash screen and extraction dialog box, which prevents the display of interactive dialogs. For example: VMware-Horizon-Client-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe /s The /s option is required to run a silent installation. In the examples, xxxxxx is the build number and y.y.y is the version number.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Table 2‑4. MSI Command-Line Options and MSI Properties (Continued) MSI Option or Property Description ADDLOCAL (Optional) Determines the component-specific features to install. In an interactive installation, the installer displays custom setup options to select. The MSI property, ADDLOCAL, lets you specify these setup options on the command line. To install all available custom setup options, enter ADDLOCAL=ALL. For example: VMware-Horizon-Client-y.y.y-xxxxxx.
Chapter 2 Installing Horizon Client for Windows Installation and configuration example for the Log In as Current User feature: VMware-Horizon-Client-x86_64-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe /s /v"/qn INSTALLDIR=install_folder ADDLOCAL=Core,TSSO LOGINASCURRENTUSER_DISPLAY=1 LOGINASCURRENTUSER_DEFAULT=1 DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=1 STARTMENU_SHORTCUT=1 VDM_SERVER=view.mycompany.com /l*v "%TEMP%\log.
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Configuring Horizon Client for End Users 3 Horizon Client provides several configuration mechanisms to simplify the login and desktop selection experience for end users, and also to enforce security policies. The following table shows only some of the configuration settings that you can set in one or more ways. Table 3‑1.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows n Port number for Connection Server n Active Directory user name n RADIUS or RSA SecurID user name, if different from Active Directory user name n Domain name n Desktop or application display name n Window size n Actions including reset, log off, and start session n Display protocol n Options for redirecting USB devices To construct a URI, you use the vmware-view URI scheme with Horizon Client specific path and query parts.
Chapter 3 Configuring Horizon Client for End Users To specify a port number, use the following syntax: server-address:port-number path-part Specifies the desktop or application. Use the desktop display name or application display name. This name is the one specified in View Administrator when the desktop or application pool was created. If the display name has a space in it, use the %20 encoding mechanism to represent the space.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Table 3‑3. Valid Values for the desktopLayout Query Value Description fullscreen Full screen on one monitor. This is the default. multimonitor Full screen on all monitors. windowLarge Large window. windowSmall Small window. WxH Custom resolution, where you specify the width by height, in pixels. An example of the syntax is desktopLayout=1280x800. desktopProtocol For remote desktops, valid values are RDP, PCOIP, and BLAST.
Chapter 3 Configuring Horizon Client for End Users Examples of vmware-view URIs You can create hypertext links or buttons with the vmware-view URI scheme and include these links in email or on a Web page. Your end users can click these links to, for example, launch a particular remote desktop with the startup options you specify. URI Syntax Examples Each URI example is followed by a description of what the end user sees after clicking the URI link. 1 vmware-view://view.mycompany.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Horizon Client is launched and connects to the view.mycompany.com server. The login box prompts the user for a user name, domain name, and password. After a successful login, Horizon Client displays a dialog box that prompts the user to confirm the reset operation for Primary Desktop. After the reset occurs, depending on the type of client, the user might see a message indicating whether the reset was successful.
Chapter 3 Configuring Horizon Client for End Users Use the Client Configuration ADM template file (vdm_client.adm) to set the verification mode. All ADM and ADMX files that provide group policy settings are available in a .zip file named VMware-Horizon-ExtrasBundle-x.x.x-yyyyyyy.zip, where x.x.x is the version and yyyyyyy is the build number. You can download this GPO bundle from the VMware Horizon download site at http://www.vmware.com/go/downloadview.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows When you use Horizon Client to log in to a desktop, if your administrator has allowed it, you can click Configure SSL to set the certificate checking mode. You have three choices: n Never connect to untrusted servers. If any of the certificate checks fails, the client cannot connect to the server. An error message lists the checks that failed. n Warn before connecting to untrusted servers.
Chapter 3 Configuring Horizon Client for End Users Using the Group Policy Template to Configure VMware Horizon Client for Windows VMware Horizon Client includes a Group Policy Administrative (ADM) template file for configuring VMware Horizon Client. You can optimize and secure remote desktop connections by adding the policy settings in this ADM template file to a new or existing GPO in Active Directory. The View ADM template file contains both Computer Configuration and User Configuration group policies.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Table 3‑4. VMware Horizon Client Configuration Template: Scripting Definitions (Continued) Setting Description Disable 3rd-party Terminal Services plugins Determines whether VMware Horizon Client checks third-party Terminal Services plugins that are installed as normal RDP plugins. If you do not configure this setting,VMware Horizon Client checks thirdparty plugins by default. This setting does not affect View-specific plugins, such as USB redirection.
Chapter 3 Configuring Horizon Client for End Users Table 3‑5. Horizon Client Configuration Template: Security Settings Setting Description Allow command line credentials (Computer Configuration setting) Determines whether user credentials can be provided with Horizon Client command line options. If this setting is disabled, the smartCardPIN and password options are not available when users run Horizon Client from the command line. This setting is enabled by default.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Table 3‑5. Horizon Client Configuration Template: Security Settings (Continued) Setting Description Default value of the 'Log in as current user' checkbox (Computer and User Configuration setting) Specifies the default value of the Log in as current user check box on theHorizon Client connection dialog box. This setting overrides the default value specified during Horizon Client installation.
Chapter 3 Configuring Horizon Client for End Users Table 3‑5. Horizon Client Configuration Template: Security Settings (Continued) Setting Description Configures SSL protocols and cryptographic algorithms (Computer and User Configuration setting) Configures the cipher list to restrict the use of certain cryptographic algorithms and protocols before establishing an encrypted SSL connection. The cipher list consists of one or more cipher strings separated by colons.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Table 3‑6. Horizon Client Configuration Administrative Template: RDP Settings Setting Description Audio redirection Determines whether audio information played on the remote desktop is redirected. Select one of the following settings: n Disable Audio: Audio is disabled. n Play in VM (needed for VoIP USB Support): Audio plays within the remote desktop. This setting requires a shared USB audio device to provide sound on the client.
Chapter 3 Configuring Horizon Client for End Users Table 3‑6. Horizon Client Configuration Administrative Template: RDP Settings (Continued) Setting Description Redirect clipboard Determines whether the local clipboard information is redirected when clients connect to the remote desktop. Redirect drives Determines whether local disk drives are redirected when clients connect to the remote desktop. By default, local drives are redirected.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Table 3‑7. Horizon Client Configuration Template: General Settings 48 Setting Description Always on top (User Configuration setting) Determines whether the Horizon Client window is always the topmost window. Enabling this setting prevents the Windows taskbar from obscuring a full-screen Horizon Client window. This setting is disabled by default.
Chapter 3 Configuring Horizon Client for End Users Table 3‑7. Horizon Client Configuration Template: General Settings (Continued) Setting Description URL for View Client online help (Computer Configuration setting) Specifies an alternate URL from which Horizon Client can retrieve help pages. This setting is intended for use in environments that cannot retrieve the remotelyhosted help system because they do not have internet access.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows The following table describes each policy setting for filtering USB devices in the Horizon Client Configuration ADM template file. The settings apply at computer level. Horizon Client preferentially reads the settings from the GPO at computer level, and otherwise from the registry at HKLM\Software\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Client\USB.
Chapter 3 Configuring Horizon Client for End Users Table 3‑9. Horizon Client Configuration Template: USB Filtering Settings (Continued) Setting Properties Exclude Vid/Pid Device Excludes devices with specified vendor and product IDs from being redirected. The format of the setting is vid-xxx1_pid-yyy2[;vid-xxx2_pid-yyy2]... You must specify ID numbers in hexadecimal. You can use the wildcard character (*) in place of individual digits in an ID.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Table 3‑10. View PCoIP Client Session Variables Setting Description Configure PCoIP client image cache size policy Controls the size of the PCoIP client image cache. The client uses image caching to store portions of the display that were previously transmitted. Image caching reduces the amount of data that is retransmitted. When this setting is not configured or when it is disabled, PCoIP uses a default client image cache size of 250MB.
Chapter 3 Configuring Horizon Client for End Users Table 3‑10. View PCoIP Client Session Variables (Continued) Setting Description Configure the maximum PCoIP session bandwidth Specifies the maximum bandwidth, in kilobits per second, in a PCoIP session. The bandwidth includes all imaging, audio, virtual channel, USB, and control PCoIP traffic.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Table 3‑10. View PCoIP Client Session Variables (Continued) Setting Description Configure the PCoIP session bandwidth floor Specifies a lower limit, in kilobits per second, for the bandwidth that is reserved by the PCoIP session. This setting configures the minimum expected bandwidth transmission rate for the endpoint.
Chapter 3 Configuring Horizon Client for End Users Table 3‑11. Horizon Client Command-Line Options Option Description /? Displays the list of command options. -appName application_name Specifies the name of the application as it would appear in the desktop and application selection window. This is the display name that was specified for the application pool in the pool creation wizard.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Table 3‑11. Horizon Client Command-Line Options (Continued) Option Description -password password Specifies the password that the end user uses to log in to Horizon Client. The password is processed in plain text by the command console or any scripting tool. You do not need to specify this option for clients in kiosk mode if you generate the password automatically. For improved security, it is recommended that you do not specify this option.
Chapter 3 Configuring Horizon Client for End Users Example: Example of a Configuration File for a Noninteractive Application The following example shows the contents of a configuration file for a noninteractive application. -serverURL https://view.yourcompany.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Table 3‑13. Horizon Client Registry Settings (Continued) Registry Setting Description ServerURL Specifies the default View Connection Server instance by its URL, IP address, or FQDN. EnableSoftKeypad If set to true and a Horizon Client window has focus, then physical keyboard, onscreen keyboard, mouse, and handwriting pad events are sent to the remote desktop or remote application, even if the mouse or onscreen keyboard is outside of the Horizon Client window.
Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections 4 Use Horizon Client to connect to Connection Server or a security server and log in to or off of a remote desktop, and use remote applications. For troubleshooting purposes, you can also reset remote desktops and applications. Depending on how the administrator configures policies for remote desktops, end users might be able to perform many operations on their desktops.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows n If you are outside the corporate network and are not using a security server to access the remote desktop, verify that your client device is set up to use a VPN connection and turn that connection on. IMPORTANT VMware recommends using a security server rather than a VPN. n Verify that you have the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the server that provides access to the remote desktop or application.
Chapter 4 Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections 7 8 (Optional) To configure display settings for remote desktops, either right-click a desktop icon or select a desktop icon and click the Settings (gear-shaped) icon next to the server name in the upper portion of the screen. Option Description Display protocol If your administrator has allowed it, you can use the Connect Via list to choose among VMware Blast, PCoIP, and Microsoft RDP display protocols.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Tips for Using the Desktop and Application Selector For your convenience, you can reorganize or reduce the number of icons on the Horizon Client desktop and application selector screen. After you authenticate and connect to a particular server, a window appears that includes icons for all the remote desktops and applications you are entitled to use.
Chapter 4 Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections You do not need to be connected to a remote desktop or application to configure client drive redirection settings. The settings apply to all your remote desktops and applications. That is, you cannot configure the settings so that local client folders are shared with one remote desktop or application but not with other remote desktops or applications.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Option Action Share USB storage devices with remote desktops and applications Select the Allow access to removable storage check box. The client drive redirection feature automatically shares all USB storage devices inserted in your client system and all FireWire and Thunderbolt-connected external drives. You do not need to select a specific device to share.
Chapter 4 Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections n To show the VMware Horizon Client window after it has been hidden, right-click the VMware Horizon Client icon in the system tray and select Show VMware Horizon Client, or, if you are logged in to a remote desktop, click the Options button in the menu bar and select Switch to Other Desktop.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Switch Desktops or Applications If you are connected to a remote desktop, you can switch to another desktop. You can also connect to remote applications while you are connected to a remote desktop. Procedure u Select a remote desktop or application from the same server or a different server.
Chapter 4 Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections Procedure n Disconnect from a remote desktop without logging off. Option Action From the remote desktop window Perform one of the following actions: n Click the Close button in the corner of the desktop window. n Select Options > Disconnect from the menu bar in the desktop window.
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Working in a Remote Desktop or Application 5 View provides the familiar, personalized desktop and application environment that end users expect. End users can access USB and other devices connected to their local computer, send documents to any printer that their local computer can detect, authenticate with smart cards, and use multiple display monitors.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Table 5‑1. Remote Desktop Features Supported on Windows-Based Horizon Client Systems Feature Windows XP Desktop (View Agent 6.0.2 and earlier) Windows Vista Desktop (View Agent 6.0.2 and earlier) Windows 7 Desktop Windows 8.
Chapter 5 Working in a Remote Desktop or Application Feature Support for Session-Based Desktops on RDS Hosts RDS hosts are server computers that have Windows Remote Desktop Services and View Agent or Horizon Agent installed. Multiple users can have desktop sessions on an RDS host simultaneously. An RDS host can be either a physical machine or a virtual machine. NOTE The following table contains rows only for the features that are supported.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Table 5‑3. Requirements for Specific Features Feature Requirements Windows Media MMR Requires View Agent 6.0.2 or later. To use the Windows Media MMR feature with RDS desktops, you must have View Agent 6.1.1 or later, or Horizon Agent 7.0 or later. If you use the VMware Blast Extreme display protocol, you must have Horizon Agent 7.0 or later. Serial port redirection Requires View Agent 6.1.1 or later. For Windows 10, requires View Agent 6.
Chapter 5 Working in a Remote Desktop or Application When this feature is turned on, the local IME is used. If an IME is installed and configured on the RDS host where the remote application is installed, that remote IME is ignored. By default the feature is turned off. Whenever you change the setting to turn the feature on or off, you must disconnect from the server and log in again before the change can take effect. Prerequisites n Verify that one or more IMEs are installed in the client system.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows n For 64-bit Windows: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Client\ Monitors and Screen Resolution You can extend a remote desktop to multiple monitors. If you have a high-resolution monitor, you can see the remote desktop or application in full resolution. If you are using All Monitors display mode and click the Minimize button, if you then maximize the window, the window will go back to All Monitors mode.
Chapter 5 Working in a Remote Desktop or Application n If you use Microsoft RDP 7, the maximum number of monitors that you can use to display a remote desktop is 16. n If you use Microsoft RDP display protocol, you must have Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 6.0 or higher installed in the remote desktop.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Procedure 1 On the client system, in the notification area (system tray), right-click the Horizon Client icon and select the option to open the Settings window. NOTE You can also open the Settings window from the application and desktop selection window. 2 Select the desktop and select a display option. Connect USB Devices You can use locally attached USB devices, such as thumb flash drives, cameras, and printers, from a remote desktop.
Chapter 5 Working in a Remote Desktop or Application You can connect USB devices to a remote desktop either manually or automatically. NOTE Do not redirect USB devices such as USB Ethernet devices and touch screen devices to the remote desktop. If you redirect a USB Ethernet device, your client system will lose network connectivity. If you redirect a touch screen device, the remote desktop will receive touch input but not keyboard input.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows e Select the application, and click OK. NOTE The name of the application in the list comes from the application itself and might not match the application name that your administrator configured to appear in the desktop and application selector window. You can now use the USB device with the remote application. After you close the application, the USB device is not released right away.
Chapter 5 Working in a Remote Desktop or Application If you use the Automatically Connect When Inserted option in Horizon Client, all devices that you plug in to the client system get redirected to the View desktop. If you do not want all devices to be connected, use the following procedure to configure Horizon Client so that only certain USB devices get automatically reconnected. Prerequisites Determine the hexadecimal format of the vendor ID (VID) and product ID (PID) of the device.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows When You Can Use Your Webcam If a View administrator has configured the Real-Time Audio-Video feature, and if you use the VMware Blast display protocol or the PCoIP display protocol, a webcam that is built-in or connected to your local computer can be used on your desktop. You can use the webcam in conferencing applications such as Skype, Webex, or Google Hangouts.
Chapter 5 Working in a Remote Desktop or Application 4 Search the log file for [ViewMMDevRedir] VideoInputBase::LogDevEnum to find the log file entries that reference the attached webcams. Here is an excerpt from the log file identifying the Microsoft Lifecam HD-5000 webcam: [ViewMMDevRedir] VideoInputBase::LogDevEnum - 2 Device(s) found [ViewMMDevRedir] VideoInputBase::LogDevEnum - Index=0 Name=Integrated Webcam UserId=vid_1bcf&pid_2b83&mi_00#7&1b2e878b&0&0000 SystemId=\\?\usb#vid_1bcf&pid_2b83&mi_00# [V
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Copying and Pasting Text and Images By default, you can copy and paste text from your client system to a remote desktop or application. If your administrator enables the feature, you can also copy and paste text from a remote desktop or application to your client system or between two remote desktops or applications. Supported file formats include text, images, and RTF (Rich Text Format). Some restrictions apply.
Chapter 5 Working in a Remote Desktop or Application To set the clipboard memory size, modify the Windows registry value HKLM\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDPService\Plugins\MKSVchan\ClientClipboardSize. The value type is REG_DWORD. The value is specified in KB. If you specify 0 or do not specify a value, the default client clipboard memory size is 8192 KB (8 MB). A large clipboard memory size can negatively affect performance, depending on your network.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Set Printing Preferences for the Virtual Printer Feature on a Remote Desktop The virtual printing feature lets end users use local or network printers from a remote desktop without requiring that additional print drivers be installed in the remote desktop. For each printer available through this feature, you can set preferences for data compression, print quality, double-sided printing, color, and so on.
Chapter 5 Working in a Remote Desktop or Application 7 To use custom paper forms, define the forms on the client. a Go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers. b Select the printer and click Print Server Properties at the top of the screen. c On the Forms tab, specify the settings and click Save Form. This form will now be available in the remote desktop. Using USB Printers In an View environment, virtual printers and redirected USB printers can work together without conflict.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Clicking URL Links That Open Outside of Horizon Client Your administrator can configure URL links that you click inside a remote desktop or application so that the link opens in your default local browser. Your administrator can also configure things so that links you click inside a browser or application on your client machine are redirected to Horizon Client, and if Horizon Client is not open, it starts automatically and you are prompted for credentials.
Chapter 5 Working in a Remote Desktop or Application Using Scanners You can scan information into your remote desktops and applications with scanners that are connected to your local client system. This feature redirects scanning data with a significantly lower bandwidth than can be achieved by using USB redirection. Scanner redirection supports standard scanning devices that are compatible with the TWAIN and WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) formats.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Using Serial Port Redirection With this feature, users can redirect locally connected, serial (COM) ports such as built-in RS232 ports or USB-to-serial adapters. Devices such as printers, bar code readers, and other serial devices can be connected to these ports and used in the remote desktops.
Chapter 5 Working in a Remote Desktop or Application When a redirected COM port is opened and in use on a remote desktop, you cannot access the port on the local computer. Conversely, when a COM port is in use on the local computer, you cannot access the port on the remote desktop. n In the remote desktop, you can use the Windows Device Manager Port Settings tab to set the default Baud rate for a particular COM port. Be sure to use the same settings in the Windows Device Manager on your client system.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Remote Desktop and Application Selector Shortcuts Table 5‑6.
Chapter 5 Working in a Remote Desktop or Application Table 5‑7.
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Troubleshooting Horizon Client 6 You can solve most problems with Horizon Client by resetting the desktop or by reinstalling the VMware Horizon Client application.
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows Solution u Restart Horizon Client. You can connect successfully as soon as View Connection Server is running again. If you continue to have connection problems, contact your View administrator. Reset a Remote Desktop or Application You might need to reset a desktop or application if the application or desktop operating system stops responding. Resetting a remote desktop shuts down and restarts the desktop. Resetting your remote applications quits the applications.
Index Numerics 3D applications 86 A ADM template files, View components 41 Adobe Flash video, control 85 Adobe Media Server 15 agent, installation requirements 18 autoconnect USB devices 76 C CAD applications 86 certificates, ignoring problems 38, 39 client drive redirection 62 client installer 23 client software requirements 9 client-side GPOs 41 clipboard memory size 82 COM ports, redirecting serial 12, 88 connect to a desktop 59 to View Connection Server 59 USB devices 76, 78 Connection Server 18 cont
Using VMware Horizon Client for Windows M media file formats, supported 13 microphone 81 Microsoft Lync support 16 Microsoft RDP 69, 74 Microsoft Windows Installer command-line options for silent installation 28 properties for View Client 27 multimedia redirection (MMR) 13 multiple monitors 74 O onscreen keyboards 73 operating systems, supported on the agent 18 options display protocol 59 screen layout 59 P pasting text and images 82 PCoIP 69 PCoIP client session variables 51 preferences, desktop 59 prer
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