When planning which display protocol and features to make available to your end users, use the following information to determine which guest operating systems support the feature.
Feature | Windows 10 Desktop | Windows 8.x Desktop | Windows 7 Desktop | Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, or Windows Server 2019 Desktop |
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RSA SecurID or RADIUS | X | X | X | X |
Single sign-on | X | X | X | X |
PCoIP display protocol | X | X | X | X |
RDP display protocol | ||||
VMware Blast display protocol | X | X | X | X |
USB redirection | X | X | X | X |
Client drive redirection | X | X | X | X |
Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV) | X | X | X | X |
Windows 7 MMR | ||||
Virtual printing | X | X | X | X |
VMware Integrated Printing | X | X | X | X |
Location-based printing | X | X | X | X |
Smart cards | X | X | X | X |
Multiple monitors | X | X | X | X |
Windows Server 2016 remote desktops require Horizon Agent 7.0.2 or later. Windows Server 2019 remote desktops require Horizon Agent 7.7 or later.
For descriptions of these features, see the Horizon 7 Architecture Planning document.
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.
Feature | Windows Server 2012 R2 RDS Host | Windows Server 2016 RDS Host | Windows Server 2019 RDS Host |
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RSA SecurID or RADIUS | X | Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later | Horizon Agent 7.7 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 |
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 |
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
Specific features that are supported on Windows desktops for Horizon Client for Mac have certain restrictions.
Feature | Requirements |
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Real-Time Audio-Video | See System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video. |
Virtual Printing (including location-based printing) for published desktops and published applications | For Windows Server 2016 RDS hosts, requires Horizon Agent 7.0.2 or later. For Windows Server 2019 RDS hosts, requires Horizon Agent 7.7 or later. With Horizon Agent 7.7 and later, both virtual machine and physical machine RDS hosts are supported. With Horizon Agent 7.6 and earlier, only virtual machine RDS hosts are supported. |
VMware Integrated Printing | Requires Horizon Agent 7.9 or later. |
Feature Support for Linux Desktops
Some Linux guest operating systems are supported. For a list of supported Linux operating systems and information about supported features, see the Setting Up Horizon 7 for Linux Desktops document.