When planning which features to make available to your end users, use the following information to determine which guest operating systems support the feature when they use HTML Access. Additional features are available if end users use a natively installed Horizon Client application, such as Horizon Client for Windows.
Feature | Windows 7 Desktop | Windows 8.x Desktop | Windows 10 Desktop | Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, or Windows Server 2019 Desktop |
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RSA SecurID or RADIUS | X | X | X | X |
Single sign-on | X | X | X | X |
RDP display protocol | ||||
PCoIP display protocol | ||||
VMware Blast display protocol | X | X | X | X |
USB redirection | ||||
Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV) | X | X | X | X |
Windows Media MMR | ||||
Virtual printing | ||||
VMware Integrated Printing | X | Windows Server 2016/2019 only | ||
Location-based printing | X | X | X | X |
Smart cards | ||||
Multiple monitors | X | X | X | X |
For descriptions of these features and their limitations, see the Horizon 7 Architecture Planning document.
Feature Support for Published Desktops on RDS Hosts
RDS hosts are server computers that have Windows Remote Desktop Services and Horizon Agent installed. Multiple users can have remote desktop sessions on an RDS host simultaneously. An RDS host can be either a physical machine or a virtual machine.
Feature | Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2 RDS Host | Windows Server 2016 | Windows Server 2019 |
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RSA SecurID or RADIUS | X | Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later | Horizon Agent 7.7 and later |
Single sign-on | X | Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later | Horizon Agent 7.7 and later |
VMware Blast display protocol | X | Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later | Horizon Agent 7.7 and later |
VMware Integrated Printing | Horizon Agent 7.12 later | Horizon Agent 7.12 and later | |
Location-based printing | X (virtual machine only) | Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later (virtual machine only) | Horizon Agent 7.7 and later |
Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV) | Horizon Agent 7.0.2 and later | Horizon Agent 7.0.3 and later | Horizon Agent 7.7 and later |
Multiple monitors (for session-based desktops only) | X | X | X |
For information about which editions of each guest operating system are supported, see the Horizon 7 Installation document.