You can install Horizon Client for Windows on PCs and laptops that use a supported Microsoft Windows operating system.
- Operating systems
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Horizon Client supports the following operating systems.
OS Version Service Pack or Servicing Option Supported Editions Windows 11 64-bit Version 22H2
Version 21H2 GACHome, Pro, Pro for Workstations, Enterprise, Internet of Things (IoT) Enterprise, and Education Windows 10 64-bit Version 22H2
Version 21H2 GAC
Version 21H1 SAC
Version 20H2 SAC
Enterprise LTSC 2021
IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021
Enterprise LTSC 2019
IoT Enterprise LTSC 2019
Home, Pro, Pro for Workstations, Enterprise, Internet of Things (IoT) Enterprise, and Education Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit Latest update Standard and Datacenter Windows Server 2016 64-bit Latest update Standard and Datacenter Windows Server 2019 64-bit Latest update Standard and Datacenter Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019 are supported for the purposes of running Horizon Client in nested mode. For information about the features that are supported in nested mode, see VMware Knowledge Base (KB) article 67248.
- VMware Horizon deployments
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Horizon Client for Windows requires the latest maintenance release of one of the following deployment types:
- VMware Horizon 8 version 2006 or later
- VMware Horizon 7 version 7.13 or later
- VMware Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen
- Horizon Cloud in Microsoft Azure
- Connection Server and Horizon Agent
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Latest maintenance release of Horizon 7 is version 7.13.
If client systems connect from outside the corporate firewall, use a Unified Access Gateway appliance so that client systems do not require a VPN connection. If your company has an internal wireless network to provide routable access to remote desktops that devices can use, you do not need to set up Unified Access Gateway or a VPN connection.
- Display protocols
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- PCoIP
- VMware Blast
- RDP
- Network protocols
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- IPv4
- IPv6
During a custom Horizon Client installation, you can enable the automatic selection of the Internet protocol. For more information, see Enabling Automatic Internet Protocol Selection. For information about using Horizon in an IPv6 environment, see the Horizon Installation and Upgrade document.
- Hardware requirements for PCoIP and VMware Blast
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- x86-based processor with SSE2 extensions, with an 800 MHz or faster processor speed.
- Available RAM above system requirements to support various monitor setups. Use the following formula as a general guide. The unit of measurement is pixels.
20 MB + (24 * (# monitors) * (monitor width) * (monitor height))
In general, you can use the following calculations.1 monitor: 1600 x 1200: 64 MB 2 monitors: 1600 x 1200: 128 MB 3 monitors: 1600 x 1200: 256 MB
- Hardware requirements for RDP
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- x86-based processor with SSE2 extensions, with an 800 MHz or faster processor speed.
- 128 MB RAM.
- Software requirements for RDP
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- For Windows 10, use RDP 10.0.
- The agent installer configures the local firewall rule for inbound RDP connections to match the current RDP port of the host operating system, which is typically 3389. If you change the RDP port number, you must change the associated firewall rules.
You can download Remote Desktop Client versions from the Microsoft Download Center.
- Video and graphics requirements
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- Graphics card that supports Direct3D 11 Video.
- Latest video and graphics card drivers.
- .NET Framework requirements
- The Horizon Client installer requires .NET Framework version 4.5 or later. The installer checks whether .NET Framework version 4.5 or later is installed before installation. If the client machine does not meet this prerequisite, the installer downloads the latest version of .NET Framework automatically.
