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Connecting to VMware Horizon Desktops

VMware Horizon View provides remote desktop capabilities to users using the PCoIP protocol and VMware’s virtualization technology. You can configure PCoIP Zero Clients to connect to desktops in a VMware Horizon VDI or DaaS environment, or when connecting to VMware Horizon app-remoting desktops and applications published on an RDS server.

This topic contains the following sections:

• Prerequisites
• Configuration Options
• Connection Instructions

Prerequisites

Before connecting a PCoIP Zero Client to a VMware Horizon desktop, please ensure that the following prerequisites are in place:

• The VMware Horizon View installation, which includes the VMware View Manager and VMware View Agent, are version 4.0.1 or newer. For information about VMware Horizon DaaS and VMware Horizon 6 prerequisites, please refer to VMware documentation. For information on how to upload firmware, see How to Upload Firmware to a PCoIP Zero Client.
• For VMware Horizon connections to RDS-hosted published desktops and applications, you are using a Tera2 PCoIP Zero Client (TERA2321 or TERA2140 processor).
• Your network resources meet bandwidth, QoS, latency, jitter, and packet loss requirements. For more information about designing PCoIP network architecture, see “PCoIP® Protocol Virtual Desktop Network Design Checklist” (TER1105004) in the Teradici Support Documentation Center.

Configuration Options

The following session connection types are available for PCoIP Zero Client-to-VMware Horizon connections:

• AWI: View Connection Server
• OSD: View Connection Server
• AWI: View Connection Server + Auto-Logon
• OSD: View Connection Server + Auto-Logon
• AWI: View Connection Server + Kiosk
• OSD: View Connection Server + Kiosk
• AWI: View Connection Server + Imprivata OneSign
• OSD: View Connection Server + Imprivata OneSign

Connection Instructions

Before connecting, you will need to know the DNS name or IP address of your View Connection Server. For VMware Horizon DaaS, this is the DNS name or IP address of the VMware Horizon DaaS Desktop Portal.

Connecting Using Auto Detect

This connection type automatically detects which broker protocol a connection server is using so users in a mixed environment (e.g., one that uses View Connection Servers and PCoIP Connection Managers) do not have to manually reconfigure the session type each time they switch brokers.

1. From the Options > Configuration > Session menu on the PCoIP Zero Client’s OSD, select the Auto Detect connection type.
2. In the Server URI field, enter the DNS name or IP address of your View Connection Server (or VMware Horizon DaaS Desktop Portal), and then click OK.
3. Click the Connect button.
4. When prompted, enter your login credentials.

Note: After you make a successful connection using Auto Detect, the IP address or FQDN of your host is automatically saved in the Server drop-down list on the OSD Connect dialog, along with the IP address or FQDN of any other hosts to which you have connected.

Connecting Using View Connection Server

1. From the Options > Configuration > Session menu on the PCoIP Zero Client’s OSD, select the View Connection Server connection type.
2. In the DNS Name or IP Address field, enter the DNS name or IP address of your View Connection Server (or VMware Horizon DaaS Desktop Portal).
3. If you are making a VMware Horizon RDS-hosted application connection:
   1. Click Advanced.
   2. Click in the Enable RDS Application Access check box to enable it.
   3. Click Apply and then OK.
4. Click the Connect button.
5. When prompted, enter your login credentials.

Note: For details about advanced settings, see View Connection Server.

Connecting Using View Connection Server + Auto-Logon

1. From the Options > Configuration > Session menu on the PCoIP Zero Client’s OSD, select the View Connection Server + Auto-Logon connection type.
2. In the DNS Name or IP Address field, enter the DNS name or IP address of your View Connection Server (or VMware Horizon DaaS Desktop Portal).
3. Enter the user name, password, and domain name for the user to be automatically logged in.
4. If you are making a VMware Horizon RDS-hosted application connection:
   1. Click Advanced.
   2. Click in the Enable RDS Application Access check box to enable it.
   3. Click Apply and then OK.
5. Click the Connect button.

Note: For details about advanced settings, see View Connection Server + Auto-Logon.

Connecting Using View Connection Server + Kiosk

View Connection Server + Kiosk mode allows you to configure PCoIP Zero Clients to connect to a desktop that will be used for a kiosk implementation, such as when multiple users connect to a desktop to obtain information that is not specific to any one individual. At minimum, you will need to provide the DNS name or IP address of the View Connection Server and the kiosk user name—either a custom user name for the kiosk or its MAC address.

1. From the Options > Configuration > Session menu on the PCoIP Zero Client’s OSD, select the View Connection Server + Kiosk connection type.
2. In the DNS Name or IP Address field, enter the DNS name or IP address of your View Connection Server (or VMware Horizon DaaS Desktop Portal).
3. Select whether to populate the Username field with the MAC address of the PCoIP Zero Client (Zero Client MAC option) or use a customer name (Custom option).
4. If you have selected Custom, enter the custom name of the client.
5. Enter the password for the kiosk virtual machine.
6. If you are making a VMware Horizon RDS-hosted application connection:
   1. Click Advanced.
   2. Click in the Enable RDS Application Access check box to enable it.
   3. Click Apply and then OK.
7. Click the Connect button.

Note: For details about advanced settings, see View Connection Server + Kiosk.

Connecting Using View Connection Server + Imprivata OneSign

Imprivata OneSign allows users to access corporate networks, desktops, and applications with a single sign on. It also provides a range of authentication options that include proximity cards, smart cards, tokens, and other methods.

Note: The syntax of the Bootstrap URL (uniform resource locator) field on the Session page requires https:// before the FQDN. If you do not enter it, https:// will automatically be inserted when you click OK.

1. From the Options > Configuration > Session menu on the PCoIP Zero Client’s OSD, select the View Connection Server + Imprivata OneSign connection type.
2. In the Bootstrap URL field, enter the DNS of your OneSign authentication server.
3. If you are making a VMware Horizon RDS-hosted application connection:
   1. Click Advanced.
   2. Click in the Enable RDS Application Access check box to enable it.
   3. Click Apply and then OK.
4. Click the Connect button.

Note: For details about advanced settings, see View Connection Server + Imprivata OneSign.

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