When planning which display protocol and features to make available to your end users, use the following information to determine which client operating systems support the feature.

Table 1. Features Supported for Windows Virtual Desktops
Feature Windows 7 Desktop Windows 8.x Desktop Windows 10 Desktop Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2016, or Windows Server 2019 Desktop
USB redirection X X X X
Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV) X X X X
Scanner redirection X X X X
Serial port redirection X X
RDP display protocol X X X X
PCoIP display protocol X X X X
VMware Blast display protocol X X X X
Persona Management
Windows Media MMR X X X
HTML5 Multimedia Redirection X X X X
Location-based printing X X X X
Virtual Printing X X X X
VMware Integrated Printing X X X X
Smart cards X X X X
RSA SecurID or RADIUS X X X X
Single sign-on X X X X
Multiple monitors X X X X
Client Drive Redirection X X X X

Windows Server 2016 desktops require Horizon Agent 7.0.2 or later.

VMware Blast requires Horizon Agent 7.0 or later.

HTML5 Multimedia Redirection requires Horizon Agent 7.3.2 or later for Chrome, or Horizon Agent 7.5 or later for Edge.

Feature Support for Published 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 remote 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. Where the text specifies a minimum version of View Agent, the text "and later" is meant to include Horizon Agent 7.0.x and later.
Table 2. Features Supported for RDS Hosts
Feature Windows Server 2012 R2 RDS Host Windows Server 2016 RDS Host Windows Server 2019 RDS Host
RSA SecurID or RADIUS X Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later Horizon Agent 7.7 and later
Serial port redirection Horizon Agent 7.6 and later Horizon Agent 7.6 and later Horizon Agent 7.6 and later
Smart card X Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later Horizon Agent 7.7 and later
Single sign-on X Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later Horizon Agent 7.7 and later
RDP display protocol X Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later Horizon Agent 7.7 and later
PCoIP display protocol X Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later Horizon Agent 7.7 and later
VMware Blast display protocol Horizon Agent 7.0 and later Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later Horizon Agent 7.7 and later
HTML Access X

(virtual machine only)

Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later Horizon Agent 7.7 and later
Windows Media MMR X Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later Horizon Agent 7.7 and later
HTML5 Multimedia Redirection Horizon Agent 7.3.2 or later Horizon Agent 7.3.2 or later Horizon Agent 7.3.2 or later
USB redirection X Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later Horizon Agent 7.7 and later
Client drive redirection X Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later Horizon Agent 7.7 and later
Virtual Printing View Agent 6.2.x through Horizon Agent 7.6 (virtual machine only)

Horizon Agent 7.7 and later (virtual machine and physical machine)

Horizon Agent 7.0.2 through Horizon Agent 7.6 (virtual machine only)

Horizon Agent 7.7 and later (virtual machine and physical machine)

Horizon Agent 7.7 and later
VMware Integrated Printing Horizon Agent 7.9 or later Horizon Agent 7.9 or later Horizon Agent 7.9 or later
Location-based printing View Agent 6.2.x through Horizon Agent 7.6 (virtual machine only)

Horizon Agent 7.7 and later (virtual machine and physical machine)

Horizon Agent 7.0.2 through Horizon Agent 7.6 (virtual machine only)

Horizon Agent 7.7 and later (virtual machine and physical machine)

Horizon Agent 7.7 and later
Multiple monitors X Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later Horizon Agent 7.7 and later
Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV) Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later Horizon Agent 7.0.3 and later Horizon Agent 7.7 and later

For information about which editions of each guest operating system are supported, see the Horizon 7 Installation document.

Limitations for Specific Features

Features that are supported on Windows desktops with Horizon Client for Linux have the following restrictions.

Table 3. Requirements for Specific Features
Feature Requirements
Real-Time Audio-Video

Requires the VMware Blast or PCoIP display protocol.

Virtual Printing and location-based printing for RDS desktops (on virtual machine RDS hosts) and remote applications

Requires the VMware Blast or PCoIP display protocol.

VMware Integrated Printing Requires Horizon Agent 7.9 or later.
HTML5 Multimedia Redirection

Requires the VMware Blast or PCoIP display protocol.

USB redirection

Requires the VMware Blast or PCoIP display protocol.

Scanner redirection Requires the VMware Blast or PCoIP display protocol.
Note: You can also use Horizon Client to securely access remote Windows-based applications, in addition to remote desktops. Selecting an application in Horizon Client opens a window for that application on the local client device, and the application looks and behaves as if it were locally installed.
Note: The vendor and model of each thin-client device and the configuration that an enterprise chooses to use determine the features that are available for the device. For information about the vendors and models for thin-client devices, see the VMware Compatibility Guide at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=vdm.

For descriptions of these features and their limitations, see the Horizon 7 Planning document.

Feature Support for Linux Desktops

Linux guest operating systems are supported. For a list of the latest supported Linux operating systems and information about supported features, see the Setting Up Horizon 7 for Linux Desktops document.