Share Location Information

This topic describes how to share location information of a client system.

When connecting to a remote desktop or published application, you can share the client system's location information using the Geolocation Redirection feature or with Microsoft Teams Optimization. For Geolocation Redirection, you must enable the feature. For Microsoft Teams Optimization, location information sharing (E911) is enabled by default. In addition to sharing the client system's information, you must also configure a setting in Horizon Client.

Prerequisites

For the Geolocation Redirection feature, a Horizon administrator must configure the Geolocation Redirection feature for the remote desktop or published application. Complete the following steps for this task:

Enable the Geolocation Redirection feature when you install Horizon Agent.
Set group policies to configure Geolocation Redirection features.
Enable the VMware Horizon Geolocation Redirection IE Plugin.

For complete requirements, see System Requirements for Geolocation Redirection.

To use Microsoft Teams Optimization, you must enable this feature. Enabling Microsoft Teams Optimization also enables E911 (location sharing). For complete requirements, see Configure E911 Services for Microsoft Teams.

Procedure

Using Horizon Client, connect to a server and open Settings.
- Click the Settings (gear) icon in the upper-right corner of the desktop and application selector window.
- Right-click a remote desktop or published application in the desktop and application selector window and select Settings.

Configure the geolocation settings and click Back (<).

Option	Action
Share the client system's location information with remote desktops and published applications	Toggle the Share your location option to on.
Do not show the Geolocation dialog box when you connect to a remote desktop or published application	Select the Do not show dialog when connecting a desktop or application check box. The Geolocation dialog box asks you whether you want to share location information with a remote desktop or published application. If this check box is deselected, the Geolocation dialog box appears the first time you connect to a remote desktop or published application. For example, if you log in to a server and connect to a remote desktop, you see the Geolocation dialog box. If you then connect to another remote desktop or published application, you do not see the dialog box again. To see the dialog box again, you must disconnect from the server and log in again.

Option

Action

Share the client system's location information with remote desktops and published applications

Toggle the Share your location option to on.

Do not show the Geolocation dialog box when you connect to a remote desktop or published application

Select the Do not show dialog when connecting a desktop or application check box. The Geolocation dialog box asks you whether you want to share location information with a remote desktop or published application.

If this check box is deselected, the Geolocation dialog box appears the first time you connect to a remote desktop or published application. For example, if you log in to a server and connect to a remote desktop, you see the Geolocation dialog box. If you then connect to another remote desktop or published application, you do not see the dialog box again. To see the dialog box again, you must disconnect from the server and log in again.