Note: Omnissa Horizon Web Client is available with Horizon 8 versions 2412 and later. For Horizon 8 versions 2406 and earlier, Horizon Web Client is called "HTML Access." This documentation page uses the name "Horizon Web Client" to refer to both Horizon Web Client and HTML Access.
The client software for accessing remote desktops and applications can run on a tablet, a phone, a Windows, Linux, or Mac PC or laptop, a thin client, and more.
After logging in, users select from a list of remote desktops and applications that they are authorized to use. Authorization can require Active Directory credentials, a UPN, a smart card PIN, or an RSA SecurID or other two-factor authentication token.
An administrator can configure Horizon Client to allow end users to select a display protocol. Protocols include PCoIP, Omnissa Horizon Blast Extreme, and Microsoft RDP for remote desktops. The speed and display quality of PCoIP and Horizon Blast Extreme rival that of a physical PC.
Features differ according to which Horizon Client you use. This guide focuses on Horizon Client for Windows. The following types of clients are not described in detail in this guide:
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Details about Horizon Client for tablets, Linux clients, and Mac clients. See the Horizon Clients documentation.
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Details about Horizon Web Client, which allows you to open a remote desktop inside a browser. No client application is installed on the client system or device. See the Horizon Web Client documentation.
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Various third-party thin clients and zero clients, available only through certified partners.
Horizon Clients can be used with Omnissa Horizon 8 or Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure.
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