Hardware and Software Requirements for Windows Client Systems

You can install Omnissa Horizon Client for Windows on PCs and laptops that use a supported Microsoft Windows operating system.

The PC or laptop on which you install Horizon Client, and the peripherals it uses, must meet certain system requirements.

• Models

  All x86-64 Windows devices

• Memory

  At least 1 GB of RAM

• Operating systems

  Horizon Client supports the following operating systems.

  OS	Version	Service Pack or Servicing Option	Supported Editions
  Windows 11	64-bit	Version 22H2, Version 21H2 GAC	Home, Pro, Pro for Workstations, Enterprise, Internet of Things (IoT) Enterprise, and Education
  Windows 10	64-bit	Version 22H2, Version 21H2 GAC, Version 21H1 SAC, Version 20H2 SAC, Enterprise LTSC 2021, IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021, Enterprise LTSC 2019, IoT Enterprise LTSC 2019	Home, Pro, Pro for Workstations, Enterprise, Internet of Things (IoT) Enterprise, and Education
  Windows Server 2012 R2	64-bit	Latest update	Standard and Datacenter
  Windows Server 2016	64-bit	Latest update	Standard and Datacenter
  Windows Server 2019	64-bit	Latest update	Standard and Datacenter

  Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019 are supported for the purposes of running Horizon Client in nested mode. For information about the features that are supported in nested mode, see Omnissa Knowledge Base (KB) article 67248.

  Important: Sometimes, new Windows operating systems are supported after this document is published. For the most up-to-date operating system support information, see Omnissa Knowledge Base (KB) article 58096.

• Omnissa Horizon deployments

  Horizon Client for Windows requires the latest maintenance release of one of the following deployment types:

  • Omnissa Horizon 8 version 2006 or later
  • Omnissa Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen
  • Horizon Cloud in Microsoft Azure

• Omnissa Horizon Connection Server and Horizon Agent

  If client systems connect from outside the corporate firewall, use an Omnissa Unified Access Gateway appliance so that client systems do not require a VPN connection. If your company has an internal wireless network to provide routable access to remote desktops that devices can use, you do not need to set up Unified Access Gateway or a VPN connection.

• Display protocols

  • PCoIP
  • Omnissa Horizon Blast
  • RDP

• Network protocols

  • IPv4
  • IPv6 During a custom Horizon Client installation, you can enable the automatic selection of the Internet protocol. For more information, see Enabling Automatic Internet Protocol Selection. For information about using Horizon in an IPv6 environment, see the Horizon Installation and Upgrade document.

• Hardware requirements for PCoIP and Horizon Blast

  • x86-based processor with SSE2 extensions, with an 800 MHz or faster processor speed.

  • Available RAM above system requirements to support various monitor setups. Use the following formula as a general guide. The unit of measurement is pixels.

    20 MB + (24 * (# monitors) * (monitor width) * (monitor height))
    

    In general, you can use the following calculations.

    1 monitor: 1600 x 1200: 64 MB
    2 monitors: 1600 x 1200: 128 MB
    3 monitors: 1600 x 1200: 256 MB
    

• Hardware requirements for RDP

  • x86-based processor with SSE2 extensions, with an 800 MHz or faster processor speed.
  • 128 MB RAM.

• Software requirements for RDP

  • For Windows 10, use RDP 10.0.
  • The agent installer configures the local firewall rule for inbound RDP connections to match the current RDP port of the host operating system, which is typically 3389. If you change the RDP port number, you must change the associated firewall rules. You can download Remote Desktop Client versions from the Microsoft Download Center.

• Video and graphics requirements

  • Graphics card that supports Direct3D 11 Video.
  • Latest video and graphics card drivers.

• .NET Framework requirements

  The Horizon Client installer requires .NET Framework version 4.5 or later. The installer checks whether .NET Framework version 4.5 or later is installed before installation. If the client machine does not meet this prerequisite, the installer downloads the latest version of .NET Framework automatically.

  To use Horizon Client, .NET Desktop Runtime for Windows x64 version 6.0 or later is required. The Horizon Client installer installs a recent version of Desktop Runtime. After you install Horizon Client, you can update Desktop Runtime from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0/runtime.