VMware Horizon View Client for Windows Store Release Notes - Tech Preview
Horizon View Client for Windows Store 2.0 | 14 March 2013
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Last Updated: 14 March 2013
Note: For this release, VMware Horizon View Client for Windows Store is being released as a Tech Preview, meaning that the product is available
for you to try out, but it is not recommended for production use, and no technical support is provided.
These release notes cover the following topics:
Key Features
VMware Horizon View Client for Windows Store makes it easy to access your Windows virtual desktop from your Windows 8 or Windows RT device over RDP on the Local Area Network
(LAN) or across a Wide Area Network (WAN).
- Work the way you want to - Use your Windows 8 or Windows RT device to work on your Windows-based VMware View virtual desktop from any location.
- Simple connectivity - Horizon View Client is tightly integrated with VMware Horizon View for simple setup and connectivity.
Quickly reconnect to your desktop by selecting from the Desktops selector list.
- Multitasking - In a Wi-Fi network, Horizon View Client can continue to run in the background for a few minutes. You can also snap the
Horizon View Client app so that it takes up part of the screen alongside another app.
- Secure from any location - At your desk or away from the office your data is always secure. Access your View desktop over Wi-Fi or 3G.
Your View desktop is delivered securely to you wherever you are.
Horizon View Client also supports RADIUS authentication with VMware View 5.1 and View Client for Windows Store 1.7 or later.
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What's New in This Release
VMware Horizon View Client for Windows Store 2.0 includes the following new features:
- Support for Windows 8 Pro client systems and Horizon View desktops
- Pin to Start - To create a desktop shortcut on your Start screen and save steps when logging in, you can now use Pin to Start with a Horizon View
desktop, just as you do with other Windows Store apps.
- Smart card support - You can now use smart cards on Windows 8 systems, though not yet on Windows RT systems. The following card and reader were tested:
Gemalto ID Prime .NET (formerly .NET V2+ Orange) with the Gemalto PC USB-SW smart card reader.
- User interface and documentation available in 7 languages - Both the Horizon View Client user interface and the documentation are available in
English, Japanese, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean.
- URI (Uniform resource identifier) support - Simplify the process of logging in to a Horizon View desktop for end users by creating a Web or email link they
can click to launch Horizon View Client and connect to a desktop with specific configuration options. For example, you can create a link that prompts an end user for a password
only, and then opens a particular desktop in full screen mode.
- Optional customer experience improvement program (CEIP) - If you are using View Connection Server 5.1 or later and your company participates in
the CEIP, Horizon View Client collects anonymous data about client usage to prioritize hardware and software compatibility. No user-identifiable data is collected. For a
complete list of the client information collected, see
Using VMware Horizon View Client for Windows Store.
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Internationalization
For Horizon View Client for Windows Store, both the documentation and the user interface are available in English, Japanese, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional
Chinese, and Korean.
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Before You Begin
- VMware Horizon View Client for Windows Store requires the Window 8 or Windows RT operating system.
- Horizon View Client for Windows Store is supported with VMware View 4.6.1 or later.
- Install and upgrade Horizon View Client for Windows Store just as you do any other Windows Store app. For example, you can get the latest version of the app from
the Windows Store or from the VMware Horizon View Client downloads site at http://www.vmware.com/go/viewclients.
- For system requirements and installation instructions, see
Using VMware Horizon View Client for Windows Store.
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Resolved Issues
The following issues were fixed in this release of Horizon View Client for Windows Store:
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Previously, if you had a secure tunnel connection to a View desktop and used the command to Reset the desktop, you might not be disconnected from the desktop. Instead,
the View
desktop might stop responding. This issue has been resolved.
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Previously, if users installed a security certificate for View Connection Server (a .crt file that contains a server certificate) in the current user store
on the client system rather than in the local machine store, the client would not be able to connect. This issue has been resolved.
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Known Issues
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If smart card authentication is either optional or required and you click Cancel in the dialog box that prompts for a smart card PIN, you get one of the following error
messages:
- If smart cards are optional, you see the message "The View Connection Server connection failed. Verify that the View Connection Server address and networking
settings are correct and that the server certificate is fully verifiable."
Workaround: To log in to View Connection Server by using Active Directory credentials, remove the smart card from its reader and connect to View
Connection Server again.
- If smart cards are required, you always see the message "Smart Card or Certificate authentication is required." To continue, restart Horizon View Client and log
in again.
Workaround: Quit Horizon View Client and re-launch it.
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If you log in with a smart card and a session timeout occurs due to inactivity, you will be able to reconnect to the server and reauthenticate without being prompted
for any credentials.
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If you use smart card authentication, the "Log off" button is not included in the commands at the bottom of the desktop selector screen.
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If you set a smart card removal policy in View Administrator (by going to Configuration > Servers > Connection Servers > Authentication > Disconnect user sessions on smart card removal), the setting has no effect on Windows Store clients.
Workaround: Set the Windows smart card removal policy on the client system or on the View desktop.
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If you insert a smart card and then remove it and insert a different type of smart card, you will not be prompted to select a certificate from a list of certificates in
the Personal Certificate Store. Instead, you will see the error message: "The smart card cannot perform the requested operation or the operation requires a different
smart card."
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When connecting to a virtual desktop from Horizon View Client for Windows Store, you must not disable the group policy setting AllowDirectRDP. This policy is part of
the View Agent Configuration ADM template file (vdm_agent.adm). If this setting is disabled, the connection fails with an Access is denied error. Ordinarily,
this policy determines whether non-Horizon View clients can connect directly to View desktops with RDP.
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The handwriting option does not work when inside of an RDP session.
Workaround: Select the Keyboard option in the Settings panel and select Keyboard rather than Handwriting.
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If you enable the Touch Pointer app command, occasionally the mouse pointer might stop working.
Workaround: In the Horizon View Client app commands that appear when you swipe up from the bottom of the screen, disable the Touch Pointer app command and
then enable it again.
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You cannot use the input method editor (IME) on your Windows 8 or Windows RT device to input double-byte characters, such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean characters.
Workaround: Use the Touch Cover or another external keyboard to input double-byte characters.
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Because Horizon VMware Horizon View Client is available in Korean, whereas View Connection Server 4.6.x is not, if you use Horizon View Client on a Korean system, you will
find that messages
that originate from the client are available in Korean, but messages that originate from View Connection Server 4.6.x appear in English.
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