| VMware Horizon Client for Windows 2309 | 26 OCT 2023 Check for additions and updates to these release notes. |
With VMware Horizon® Client™ for Windows 2309, you can access remote desktops and published applications from your Windows computer with the best possible user experience on the Local Area Network (LAN) or across a Wide Area Network (WAN).
Horizon Client for Windows 2309 includes the following new features:
Security enhancements for client login
If an administrator configures a fixed duration for SSO credentials to be cached, and that duration is exceeded, Horizon Client prompts for authentication when the user starts a new desktop or application. Horizon Client then re-caches the credentials.
Privacy mode for VMware Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen
Administrators can now configure privacy mode for end users in a VMware Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen environment. With privacy mode enabled, users must authenticate to log into Horizon Client and are redirected to the identity provider (IDP) logout page upon disconnecting from the current server or exiting the client.
Updated OS support
Beginning with this release, Horizon Client is supported on Windows 11 2023 Update (also known as Windows 11, version 23H2).
Beginning with this release, Horizon Client is no longer supported on Windows Server 2012 R2.
Support for Windows 11 ARM64 devices
Horizon Client for Windows is supported on Windows 11 ARM64 devices with ARM64EC (Emulation Compatible). For more information about ARM64EC, refer to Arm64EC - Build and port apps for native performance on Arm. The following ARM64-based devices were tested:
Lenovo ThinkPad x13s
Microsoft Surface Pro X
The following client features are supported on Windows 11 ARM64 devices with Emulation Compatible for this release:
VMware Integrated Printing (VIP)
Real-Time Audio-Video
USB Redirection
Fast Identity Online (FIDO2)
URL Content Redirection
Terminal Services Multimedia Redirection
UNC Path Redirection
Clipboard or DND or Feature Pack Redirection
TSDR
Scanner Redirection
Storage Drive Redirection
RDE plugin
Horizon client
Blast networking
End of support for Windows 10 ARM64 devices
Beginning with this release, Horizon Client is no longer supported on ARM64 devices running Windows 10. Horizon Client continues to be supported on ARM64 devices running Windows 11.
Enable Keylogger blocking
You can now configure the keylogger blocking feature on your Windows Client device to secure and block any malware from capturing your keystrokes when you are using a remote desktop or application.
Enhancements to speaker configuration
You can now handle multiple audio output devices on your Horizon Windows Client device. Use the Preferred Speakers option to select the preferred speaker. When you select All you can use multiple speakers and when you select Default you can use only the default speaker of the client.
Primary monitor for remote desktops
In a multiple-monitor configuration, Horizon Client now honors the primary monitor in the client configuration when displaying remote desktops. If the Horizon Client monitor selection includes the client system's primary monitor, that monitor is used as the primary monitor for the remote desktop. If the monitor selection does not include the client system's primary monitor, the top left monitor in the client configuration is used as the primary monitor for the remote desktop.
Echo cancellation in audio/video meetings
To cancel any echo that might be present while using a microphone in an audio or video meeting, you can enable Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) from the client registry.
For information about new remote desktop features, see the VMware Horizon 8 2309 Release Notes.
For the Windows operating systems that this release of Horizon Client for Windows supports, see the VMware Horizon Client for Windows Guide document.
Horizon Client for Windows is supported with the latest maintenance release of the following deployment types:
VMware Horizon 8 version 2006 and later
VMware Horizon 7 version 7.13 and later
VMware Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen
Horizon Cloud in Microsoft Azure
To use Horizon Client 2309 in FIPS mode, you must use Connection Server version 2309 or later; if using Unified Access Gateway, you must also use Unified Access Gateway 2309 or later. For more information, see VMware Knowledge Base (KB) article 95144.
To install Horizon Client for Windows, download the installer from the VMware Horizon Client download page.
For installation instructions, see the VMware Horizon Client for Windows Guide document.
For information about the features that are supported in nested mode, see VMware Knowledge Base article 67248, "VMware Horizon Guidelines for Nested Mode."
Beginning with Horizon Client for Windows 2006, Virtual Printing (also known as ThinPrint) is not supported. Use VMware Integrated Printing instead.
The list below indicates major issue(s) resolved in this release. The number provided before each resolved issue refers to the VMware internal issues tracking system.
VCART-1420, VCART-1418: This release includes a fix for the security vulnerability for Chromium CVE-2023-5217. Chromium features are used by HTML5MMR Redirection, Browser Content Redirection and Geolocation Redirection. WebRTC features are used by MS Teams Optimization and WebRTC Redirection SDK.
Enable Relative Mouse feature does not work on touch-enabled screen
If you use a touch-enabled screen on your client system to work in a remote desktop, do not use the Enable Relative Mouse feature. This feature provides improved mouse performance for 3D and CAD applications, but for touch-enabled screens and tablets, the mouse coordinates are not translated properly, even in 3D and CAD applications.
Workaround: None.
Tax issues for IBM Credit Memos
N/A
Remote application launches and displays a black area after legal notice confirmation
After confirming the legal notice, the remote application launches and displays a black area in the UI.
Workaround: Disconnect then reconnect the remote application.
Keylogger blocking does not work in nested sessions
When users attempt to open a nested session in which both the host and guest desktops have keylogger blocking enabled and all required drivers installed, the connection is denied.
Workaround: None.
When a remote desktop is reconnected, Powermic Speechmic does not work with DMO 2022.2
When a remote desktop is reconnected after being disconnected, Powermic device does not work with dictation on DMO 2022.2. This happens when using a USB split and RTAV solution.
Workaround: Use Nuance extension to redirect Powermic devices on the remote desktop.
Horizon Client for Windows quits when launching a remote desktop
Horizon Client for Windows might quit unexpectedly when launching a remote desktop with multiple monitors at a high resolution.
Workaround: Check the supported multiple monitor configurations in the documentation to resolve this issue. If you still encounter this issue, consider the following workarounds:
Configure your monitor layout so that it’s not very wide or very tall (for example, use a tile/matrix layout instead of using single row/column of monitors).
Try not to launch multiple desktops with multiple monitors in one client instance, but start a new client instance to launch another remote desktop.
Use the VMware Blast protocol to start the remote desktop.
Limited context menu with Browser Redirection feature
With the Browser Redirection feature, the context menu options on right click are limited to open link in new tab, open link in new window, back, and forward.
Workaround: None.
Incorrect event log report
With the clipboard audit feature, the event log reports one byte more than the actual length of the data that was copied from the agent machine to the client machine. For example, if you copy 10 bytes of data from a remote desktop to the client machine, the event log reports "XXX copy 11 bytes CPFORMAT_TEXT data from Horizon Agent to Horizon Client XXX with clipboard." Also, if "\r\n" is in the copied text, the event log records only the length of "\r." For example, if you copy the following text, the audit message records the length as 12 bytes:
"aaa
bbb
ccc"Workaround: None.
Error when connecting to a remote desktop with the Microsoft RDP display protocol
A “Pending session expired” error might occur when you try to connect to a remote desktop with the Microsoft RDP display protocol. This problem only occurs in large-scale environments where a Unified Access Gateway appliance is used, and virtual printing is enabled.
Workaround: Establish a connection to the remote desktop without using a Unified Access Gateway appliance, or disable virtual printing and establish a connection using RDP.
RDP session ends on the physical machine
If you use the RDP protocol to connect to a published desktop from a physical machine, and then you try to connect to the same published desktop from a zero client, the RDP session ends on the physical machine and the zero client cannot connect.
Workaround: Relaunch the same desktop pool with RDP from the physical machine, select Options > Disconnect and logoff in the launched RDP session, and then reconnect to the same desktop pool from the zero client.
Client's "log in as current user" function is not available
If you install Horizon Agent and then install Horizon Client on the same Windows machine (a nested mode installation), and you later uninstall Horizon Agent, the client's "log in as current user" function is lost after Horizon Agent is uninstalled. This problem occurs because the wsnotify.dll file is removed after Horizon Agent is uninstalled.
Workaround: Reinstall Horizon Agent or Horizon Client to bring back the "log in as current user" function.
Windows Fax and Scan hangs
On Windows 10, Windows Fax and Scan hangs when using a CardScan 800 device.
Workaround: None.
Mouse pointer does not move downward
If you have multiple monitors with different screen resolutions and expand Horizon Client to all monitors and then select the Enable Relative Mouse feature, occasionally, the mouse pointer might not be able to move downward beyond a certain position.
Workaround: Press Ctrl+Alt.
Horizon Client may stop responding when Automatically Connect at Startup is selected
If you select Connect USB Device > Automatically Connect at Startup for a camera in nested mode, Horizon Client may stop responding when you reconnect the second hop agent but the USB audio devices are removed immediately in the client side.
Workaround: None.
Bandwidth Limit setting for serial port redirection fails to take effect
The serial port redirection group policy setting Bandwidth Limit does not set a limit on the bandwidth.
Workaround: Use third-party software to limit the bandwidth.
Performance of VMware Blast slows down with serial port redirection at high baud rate
With serial port redirection at a high baud rate such as 115200, the performance of VMware Blast slows down, and the connection might sometimes hang.
Workaround: Use a baud rate of 9600.
IPv6 IP mapping for LBP results in issues
In an IPv6 environment, if you configure IP address mapping for location-based printing, users might encounter a problem accessing the printer because the client can have multiple IPv6 addresses. Anytime the client connects, it can use any one of the addresses.
Workaround: Use the location-based printing group policy setting IP Range to include the multiple addresses. However, the printing problem might still occur because the client might use a temporary address, which is not in the specified range.
White border appears to the right side of the desktop window
On a Windows 11 client machine, a white border appears to the right side of the desktop window. When you launch a desktop in All Monitors mode and then quit the All Monitors mode and maximize the desktop, a white border is displayed to the right side of the desktop window.
Workaround: This is a Microsoft Windows 11 issue. Until Microsoft fixes this issue, launch the desktop directly in large mode.
Wacom500B cannot be unshared from agent
If you enable Automatically Connect when Inserted for Wacom500B, it is not unshared on the local client after the device is redirected. This is because the arbitrator deletes the device when unsharing it from agent to client but if the device is still plugged in on the client side, it is re-added.
Workaround: None.
VMware Horizon Client for Windows documentation is in the VMware Horizon Documentation Center.
The user interface and documentation for Horizon Client are available in English, Japanese, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Spanish.
To receive support, access VMware Customer Connect. To learn more about the support policies, see Support Policies.
For information on filing a support request in Customer Connect and via Cloud Services Portal, see the VMware knowledge base article at https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2006985.
