Horizon Agent and Horizon Client, and the virtual desktop or RDS host and client machine on which you install the agent and client software, must meet certain requirements to support the Geolocation Redirection feature.

With Geolocation Redirection, geolocation information is sent from the client system to the remote desktop or published application.

Virtual desktop or RDS host
  • The Windows Location service setting must be On in Settings > Privacy > Location.
  • The Geolocation Redirection feature supports the following remote desktop applications.
    Application Platform
    Google Chrome (latest version) All virtual desktops or RDS hosts
    Internet Explorer 11 All virtual desktops or RDS hosts
    Edge, Maps, Weather, and other Win32 and UWP apps Windows 8.1 and Windows 10

    The Location permission setting, if any, must be enabled individually in each supported browser.

  • Horizon Agent 7.6 or later must be installed with the Geolocation Redirection custom setup option selected. This option is not selected by default. See the topics about installing Horizon Agent in the Setting Up Virtual Desktops in Horizon 7 and Setting Up Published Desktops and Applications in Horizon 7 documents.
  • The VMware Geolocation Redirection group policy settings must be configured on the Active Directory server. See the topics about configuring Geolocation Redirection in the Configuring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7 document.
  • For Internet Explorer 11, the VMware Horizon Gelocation IE Plugin must be enabled for Windows 7 virtual desktops and RDS hosts. You do not need to enable the VMware Horizon Geolocation Redirection IE plugin for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 virtual desktops. Internet Explorer is supported on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 virtual desktops with the VMware Geolocation Redirection driver. See the topics about configuring Geolocation Redirection in the Configuring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7 document.
  • For Chrome, the VMware Horizon Geolocation Redirection Chrome Plugin must be enabled. See the topics about configuring Geolocation Redirection in the Configuring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7 document.
Client system
  • For Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 client systems, the Windows Location service setting must be On in Settings > Privacy > Location for Horizon to access your location.
  • To share the client system's location information, you must configure the Geolocation settings in Horizon Client. For information, see Share Location Information.
Display protocol for the remote session
  • PCoIP
  • VMware Blast