When you access a remote desktop or application from the browser-based HTML Access client, some features are not available.
Feature Support for Single-User Virtual Machine Desktops
Feature |
Windows 7 Desktop |
Windows 8.x Desktop |
Windows 10 Desktop |
Windows Server 2008 R2 Desktop |
Windows Server 2012 R2 Desktop |
Windows Server 2016 Desktop |
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RSA SecurID or RADIUS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Single sign-on |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
RDP display protocol |
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PCoIP display protocol |
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VMware Blast display protocol |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
USB redirection |
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Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Wyse MMR |
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Windows Media MMR |
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Virtual printing |
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Location-based printing |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Smart cards |
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Multiple monitors |
For descriptions of these features and their limitations, see the View Architecture Planning document.
Feature Support for Session-Based Desktops and Hosted Applications on RDS Hosts
RDS hosts are server computers that have Windows Remote Desktop Services and View Agent installed. Multiple users can have desktop and application sessions on an RDS host simultaneously. An RDS host can be either a physical machine or a virtual machine.
The following table contains rows only for the features that are available from RDS hosts if you use HTML Access. Additional features are available if you use natively installed Horizon Client, such as Horizon Client for Windows.
Feature |
Windows Server 2008 R2 RDS Host |
Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2 RDS Host |
Windows Server 2016 |
---|---|---|---|
RSA SecurID or RADIUS |
X |
X |
Horizon Agent 7.0.2 or later |
Single sign-on |
X |
X |
Horizon Agent 7.0.2 or later |
VMware Blast display protocol |
X |
X |
Horizon Agent 7.0.2 or later |
Location-based printing |
X (virtual machine only) |
X (virtual machine only) |
Horizon Agent 7.0.2 or later (virtual machine only) |
Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV) |
Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later |
Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later |
For information about which editions of each guest operating system are supported, or which service packs, see "Supported Operating Systems for Horizon Agent" in the View Installation document.