Retiring Horizon Client for UWP
Sometimes things just don’t work out. Microsoft launched the Metro-tiled version of Windows 10 with visions of apps that would run seamlessly on all Windows devices – including Windows Phones! VMware answered with Horizon Client for UWP. Since then, things have changed: Microsoft has dropped support for Office Mobile and acknowledged that customers want 32-bit apps. VMware is following Microsoft’s lead and dropping our Horizon Client...
Virtual Smart Cards for Desktop and App Virtualization
Physical smart cards are so old-fashioned and, well, physical. At least when it comes to mobile devices. Carrying a smart card and smart card reader with your iPhone or Android device really interferes with your TikTok cred. That’s what the kids are calling it, right? We introduced support for derived credentials a couple of years ago with our Horizon Clients for iOS, Android and Windows. Since then, we’ve improved the feature by...
VMware Horizon: Windows 7 and Window 8 Support
There is a moment when your jeans are perfectly broken in, soft but still presentable. It’s magic. But it’s tempting to wear those jeans for too long, pretending they are okay when they are actually on the verge of ripping. Microsoft announced years ago that it was dropping support for Windows 7 but not all organizations are ready. To keep our customers from having an embarrassing accident, we are laying out our Windows 7 and 8...
Changes in Logon for VMware Horizon
To improve the security of the Horizon environment, we are making some changes in the upcoming Horizon 7.8 release. The default settings for the servers will be not to send a list of domains, safeguarding company environment information. However, this improvement will require that end users provide their domain information during logon. In other words, they will no longer select the correct domain from a drop down. What this means...
Make a Moom Move
Co-authored by Aishwarya Venkatesh In our never-ending quest to make Horizon remote applications feel just like native applications, we have added support for Moom into the Horizon Client for Mac. Moom is a clever third-party utility for the Mac that makes it easy to resize windows to pre-defined areas. With Moom, you can set windows to resize to half screen, quarter screen or full screen. You can also set custom sizes and locations,...
Introducing Horizon Client for Chrome 4.8
The new Horizon Client for Chrome 4.8 is here! The Horizon team’s strategy for Chromebooks is like finger jello, with lots of colorful layers. We generally recommend that customers install the Horizon Client for Android from the Google Play Store. But some older Chromebooks can’t access to the Google Play store. For those users, we have a new, completely rewritten Horizon Client for Chrome. The new Chrome 4.8 client is more stable and...
