Horizon Agent communicates with Connection Server and supports the display protocols PCoIP and Blast Extreme. You must install Horizon Agent on an RDS Host.
Prerequisites
- Verify that you have prepared Active Directory. See the Horizon Installation document.
- To use a Windows Server virtual machine as an RDS host, see Prepare Windows Server Operating Systems for Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Host Use.
- Install the Remote Desktop Services role described in Install Remote Desktop Services on Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2 or 2016.
- Restrict users to a single desktop session. See Restrict Users to a Single Session.
- Familiarize yourself with the Horizon Agent custom setup options. See Horizon Agent Custom Setup Options for an RDS Host.
- If the machine has the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package installed, verify that the version of the package is 2005 SP1 or later. If the package version is 2005 or earlier, you can either upgrade or uninstall the package.
- Download the Horizon Agent installer file from the VMware product page at http://www.vmware.com/go/downloadview.
Procedure
What to do next
Create a farm. See Creating Farms in Horizon Console.