Before you can use Connection Server, you must enter a product license key.

Note: The product license key is not required if you have a Horizon 7 subscription license. For more information about subscription licenses, see "Enabling Horizon 7 for Subscription Licenses," in the Horizon 7 Installation document.

The first time you log in, Horizon Console displays the Licensing and Usage page.

You do not have to configure a license key when you install a replicated Connection Server instance or a security server. Replicated instances and security servers use the common license key stored in the View LDAP configuration.

Note: Connection Server requires a valid license key. The product license key is a 25-character key.

Horizon term licenses include an additional 30 days beyond the written expiration date for continued access. You can use these 30 days to repurchase a Horizon license and install before the original term license expires.

Example: If you purchased a one year Horizon term license on 10 Oct 2021, the 30-day grace period means your license expires at 12:00 on 11 Nov 2022.

Procedure

  1. In Horizon Console, select Settings > Product Licensing and Usage.
  2. In the Licensing Settings panel, click Edit License.
  3. Enter the license serial number and click OK.
  4. Verify the license expiration date.
  5. Verify that the Desktop, Application Remoting, and View Composer licenses are enabled or disabled, based on the edition of VMware Horizon 7 that your product license entitles you to use.

    Not all features and capabilities of VMware Horizon 7 are available in all editions. For a comparison of feature sets in each edition, see http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/horizon-view/VMware-Horizon-View-Pricing-Licensing-FAQ.pdf.