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.

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
    Microsoft Edge (Chromium) All virtual desktops or RDS hosts
    Microsoft Edge, Maps, Weather, and other Win32 and UWP apps Windows 10
  • The Location permission setting, if any, must be enabled individually in each supported browser.
  • Horizon Agent 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 Windows Desktops and Applications in Horizon 8 document.
  • The VMware Geolocation Redirection group policy settings must be configured on the Active Directory server. See Install and Configure Geolocation Redirection.
  • For Internet Explorer 11, the VMware Horizon Geolocation Redirection IE Plugin must be enabled for RDS hosts. See Enable the VMware Horizon Geolocation Redirection Plugin for Internet Explorer. You do not need to enable the VMware Horizon Geolocation Redirection IE plugin for Windows 10 virtual desktops. Internet Explorer is supported on Windows 10 virtual desktops with the VMware Geolocation Redirection driver.
  • For Chrome, the VMware Horizon Geolocation Redirection Chrome extension must be installed on the remote desktop. See Install the VMware Horizon Geolocation Redirection Extension for Chrome.

Client system

  • Install Horizon Client for Chrome, Horizon Client for Windows, or HTML Access on a client system. Other clients are not supported. For information, see the Client Guide for the client you are using.
  • Select the option to share the client system's location information in the client's Geolocation settings.
  • For Windows 10 client systems, the Windows Location service setting must be On in Settings > Privacy > Location to make your location information accessible.
  • For Horizon Client for Chrome, the permissions for location services must be On in Settings > Manage your apps > Apps > Horizon > Permissions > Location.

Display protocol for the remote session

  • Horizon Client for Chrome - VMware Blast
  • Horizon Client for Windows - PCoIP or VMware Blast
  • HTML Access - VMware Blast