When you install Horizon Agent on an RDS host, you can select custom setup options. In addition, Horizon Agent installs certain features automatically on all guest operating systems on which they are supported. These features are not optional.
To change custom setup options after you install the latest Horizon Agent version, see Modify Installed Components with the Horizon Agent Installer.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| USB Redirection | Gives users access to locally connected USB storage devices. This setup option is not selected by default. You must select the option to install it. This option is available on RDS hosts that run Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2 but not Windows Server 2008 R2. For information about using USB redirection securely, see the Horizon 7 Security document. For example, you can use group policy settings to disable USB redirection for specific users. For information about using the USB redirection feature, and USB device type limitations, see "Using USB Devices with Remote Desktops and Applications" in the Configuring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7 document. |
| HTML Access | Enables users to connect to published desktops and published applications by using HTML Access. The HTML Access Agent is installed when this setup option is selected. This agent must be installed on RDS hosts to enable users to make connections with HTML Access |
| 3D RDSH | Provides 3D graphics support to applications that run on this RDS host. |
| View Composer Agent | Select this option if this machine is a golden image virtual machine for the creation of an automated farm. Do not select this option if this machine is an RDS host in a manual farm. |
| Client Drive Redirection | Enables Horizon Client users to share local drives with their published desktops and published applications. After this setup option is installed, no further configuration is required on the RDS host. Client drive redirection is also supported on remote desktops that run on single-user virtual machines and on unmanaged machines. |
| Virtual Printing | Enables users to print to any printer available on their client computers. Users do not need to install additional drivers on their desktops. Virtual printing is supported on the following remote desktops and applications:
The virtual printing feature is supported only when you install it from Horizon Agent. If you install it with VMware Tools, it is not supported. If you select this option, you cannot select VMware Integrated Printing. |
| Help Desk Plugin for Horizon Agent | You must have a Horizon Enterprise edition license or Horizon Apps Advanced edition license for Horizon 7 to use the Help Desk Tool. This option is installed and enabled by default. |
| vRealize Operations Desktop Agent | Enables vRealize Operations Manager to work with vRealize Operations Manager for Horizon. |
| Scanner Redirection | Redirects scanning devices that are connected to the client system so that they can be used on the published desktop or published application. You must install the Desktop Experience feature in the Windows Server operating system on the RDS hosts to make this option available in the Horizon Agent installer. This setup option is not installed by default on Windows Server guest operating systems. You must select the option to install it. |
| Serial Port Redirection | Redirects serial COM ports that are connected to the client system so that they can be used on the published desktop or published application. This option is not selected by default. You must select the option to install it. |
| VMware Client IP Transparency | Enables remote connections to Internet Explorer to use the client's IP address instead of the remote desktop machine's IP address. This setup option is not selected by default. You must select the option to install it. |
| Instant Clone | Enables the creation of instant-clone virtual machines on a farm of RDS hosts. This setup option is not installed by default on Windows Server guest operating systems. You must select the option to install it. |
| Horizon Performance Tracker | Monitors the performance of the display protocol and system resource usage. This option is not selected by default. You must select the option to install it. .NET Framework 4.0 or later is required if you install Horizon Performance Tracker. |
| VMware Integrated Printing | Enables users to print to any printer available on their client machines. Location-based printing is supported.
VMware Integrated Printing is supported on the following remote desktops and applications:
This option is not selected by default. You must select the option to install it. If you select this option, you cannot select Virtual Printing.
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| Hybrid Logon | Provides unauthenticated access users access to network resources without the need to enter credentials. This setup option is not installed by default. You must select the option to install it. |
| Geolocation Redirection | Enables the Geolocation Redirection feature. This option is not selected by default. You must select the option to install it. |
In an IPv6 environment, the setup options are similar to IPv6.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| PCoIP Agent | Enables users to use the PCoIP display protocol to connect to applications and published desktops. |
| Windows Media Multimedia Redirection (MMR) | Provides multimedia redirection for published desktops. This feature delivers a multimedia stream directly to the client computer, which enables the multimedia stream to be processed on the client hardware instead of on the remote ESXi host. |
| Unity Touch | Enables tablet and smart phone users to interact with Windows applications that run on the remote desktop. Users can browse, search, and open Windows applications and files, choose favorite applications and files, and switch between running applications without using the Start menu or Taskbar. |
| PSG Agent | Installs the PCoIP Secure Gateway on RDS hosts to implement the PCoIP display protocol for desktop and application sessions that run on RDS hosts. |
| VMwareRDS | Provides the VMware implementation of Remote Desktop Services functionality. |
| HTML5 Multimedia Redirection | Redirects HTML5 multimedia content in a Chrome or Edge browser to the client for performance optimization. |
| Browser Redirection | Renders a website on the client system instead of the agent system, and displays the website over the remote browser's viewport, when a user uses the Chrome browser in a remote desktop. |
In an IPv6 environment, the automatically installed features are PCoIP Agent, PSG Agent, and VMwareRDS.
For additional features that are supported on RDS hosts, see "Feature Support Matrix for Horizon Agent" in the Horizon 7 Architecture Planning document.
