VMware Horizon 8 (2209)

VMware have released a new version of VMware Horizon 8 (2209), and this release is general available from October 2022. This is a major release, so I hope you like this article I put together. VMware have made some huge improvements in this release, which customers/partners are going to benefit from. Lets dig into what is new.

What is new in VMware Horizon 8 (2209)

VMware Horizon 8 2209 provides the following new features and enhancements
  • VMware Horizon Connection Server
  • VMware Horizon Agent for Linux
  • VMware Horizon Agent for Windows
  • VMware Horizon GPO Bundle
  • VMware Dynamic Environment Manager 2209
  • VMware Unified Access Gateway 2209
  • VMware Horizon Clients 2209 for Android, Linux, iOS, Mac, Windows, HTML Access
  • VMware Horizon Cloud services 2209
VMware Horizon 8 version 2209 is a CR release provides the following new features and enhancements. This information is grouped by installable component. Version numbering is based on the planned year and the month of the release. The actual release date can vary based on business needs and engineering schedule changes to address critical customer requirements. VMware Horizon 8 version 2209 provides the following new features and enhancements. This information is grouped by installable component.

Important Note

  • vSphere 6.5/6.7 reached End of Support on 15th October 2022. Horizon 2209 is therefore not generally supported on vSphere 6.5/6.7. Support is limited to Horizon 2209 Connection Server running on and managing workloads on vSphere 6.5/6.7 during an upgrade window. After upgrading to Horizon 2209 Connection Server, upgrade vSphere 6.5/6.7 to a supported vSphere version before upgrading other Horizon components. See Horizon Installation and Upgrade for details.

Version numbering is based on the planned year and the month of the release. The actual release date can vary based on business needs and engineering schedule changes to address critical customer requirements.

Security improvements were made in the following components to enable Horizon 8 2209 to be Common Criteria certified. Note that Horizon 2209 is currently going through certification testing and should not be considered certified until the process is completed. The Common Criteria certification is an evaluation of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Information Technology (IT) products for conformance to the international Common Criteria.

  • Windows Agent (must be in FIPS mode)

  • Linux Agent (must be in FIPS mode)

  • Windows Client (must be in FIPS mode)

  • Android Client (must be in Common Criteria mode)

  • Blast Secure Gateway (must be in FIPS mode)

  • Horizon Server (must be in FIPS mode)

Version numbering is based on the planned year and the month of the release. The actual release date can vary based on business needs and engineering schedule changes to address critical customer requirements.

  • Horizon 8 VDI use cases are now supported on Amazon WorkSpaces.

  • The Refresh Interval GPO setting allows you to specify the interval, in seconds, that the watermark is refreshed. This makes the time shown in the watermark more accurate.

  • Depending on how you want your golden image to be managed, you can change the source of the virtual machine template by editing the pool.  You can edit an instant-clone desktop pool to change the virtual machine template source from vCenter to Image Catalog or reverse. You can edit a full-clone desktop pool or farm to change the golden image and snapshot from vCenter to Image Catalog or reverse.

VMware Horizon Connection Server On-Premises

    • Alert mechanism for Forensics Select Hold feature

      The hold and release APIs for the forensics select hold feature have been enhanced to include the machine state for all desktops assigned to a held user. In addition, a new environment variable has been added to identify whether the user is a held user so that an administrator can trigger data collection scripts when a held user logs on to a desktop.

    • Network enhancements for instant clone pools and farms

      Networks displayed during the create instant clone pool or farm workflow are now filtered based on the network type of the network configured in the snapshot’s preferred network adapter (Network Adapter 1 while the snapshot was taken).

    • TrueSSO Trigger Mode has been added to the SAML 2.0 tab under Other Components in the System Health dashboard (Monitor > Dashboard).

    • The new Enable Host Redirection setting sets the load balancer name and enable HTTP host redirection capability. When an HTTP request from a load balancer host reaches the Connection Server, the Connection Server responds with an external HTTP redirection URL. For subsequent requests, the Horizon Client directly connects to the Connection Server using the external URL, thereby minimizing misroutes that might occur at the load balancer.

    • Pre-login message now requires administrator to acknowledge the message before proceeding to login.

    • Encoder Name has been added to the Horizon Help Desk Tool in Horizon 8.

    • View Unrecognized Session Count was added to the Connection Servers and Gateway Servers tabs in the System Health dashboard (Monitor > Dashboard) in the Admin Console. This allows administrators to troubleshoot random disconnections of end user sessions due to unrecognized requests received either at UAG or at the Connection Server.

Virtual Desktops

  • Option to create multiple custom compute profiles (CPU, RAM, Cores per Socket) for a single golden image snapshot during desktop pool creation.

  • VMware Blast now detects the presence of a vGPU system and applies higher quality default settings.

  • vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) in vSphere 7.0 U3f and later can now be configured to automatically migrate vGPU desktops when entering ESXi host maintenance mode. For more information, see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/88271.

  • Forensic quarantine feature that archives the virtual disks of selected dedicated or floating Instant Clone desktops for forensic purposes.

  • The Blast CPU controller feature is now enabled by default in scale environments.

  • Removed pop-up for suggesting best practices during creation of an instant clone. The information now appears on the first tab/screen of the creation wizard.

  • Help Desk administrator roles are now applicable to all access groups, not just to the root access group as with previous releases.

  • Administrators can encrypt a session recording file into a .bin format so that it cannot be played from the file system.

  • If using an older Web browser, a message appears when launching the Horizon Console indicating that using a modern browser will provide a better user experience.

  • Added Support for HW encoding on Intel GPU for Windows

  • VVC-based USB-R is enabled by default for non-desktop (Chrome/HTML Access/Android) Blast clients.

  • Physical PC (as Unmanaged Pool) now supports Windows 10 Education and Pro (20H2 and later) and Windows 11 Education and Pro (21H2) with the VMware Blast protocol.

  • Storage Drive Redirection (SDR) is now available as an alternative option to USB or CDR redirection for better I/O performance.

VMware Horizon Agent 8 2209 for Linux

  • This release adds support for the following Linux distributions.

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Workstation 9.0

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 9.0 and 8.4

  • Beginning with this release, the following Linux distributions are no longer supported.

    • RHEL Server 8.5

  • You can now install Horizon Agent on Linux virtual machines deployed in a vSphere 8.0 environment.

  • This release supports the use of Linux desktops and multi-session hosts in an IPv6 environment. Use the --ipv6 command-line option to install Horizon Agent with IPv6 support. The Subnet6 option in the /etc/vmware/viewagent-custom.confconfiguration file lets you specify the IPv6 subnet of the Linux machine.

  • For SSO logins, Linux desktops use the new VMware display manager and VMware greeter, instead of Gnome Display Manager (GDM) and X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP), to control the login and launch of user sessions. The VMware display manager improves launch performance and eliminates problems with SSO that occurred previously from the dependency on GDM.

  • Smart card redirection now works with all versions of PC/SC Lite. The /etc/vmware/config file includes two new options, pcscd.maxReaderContext and pcscd.readBody, that let you configure reader context and message reading settings if you use a custom-built PC/SC Lite library.

  • This release supports smart card single sign-on (SSO). Smart card SSO enables users to launch desktop sessions automatically without entering their smart card credentials.

  • A new configuration file, /etc/vmware/viewagent-greeter.conf, allows you to configure the behavior of the VMware greeter in cases where True SSO or smart card SSO fails. The file also contains the PKCS #11 settings required for smart card SSO.

VMware Horizon Agent 8 2209 for Windows

  • Firewall logs are now included in the Horizon Agent log bundle that you generate on the Horizon Console.

  • Microsoft Teams Optimization is now supported on M1-based Macs in addition to Intel processors.

  • You can now install Horizon Agent on Windows virtual machines deployed in a vSphere 8.0 environment.

  • The UNC Path Redirection feature supports redirection from a remote desktop or published application to a client, and from a client to a remote desktop or published application.

VMware Horizon 8 2209 GPO Bundle

  • no new features

Windows OS Optimization Tool for Horizon

  • Windows OS Optimization Tool for Horizon
    The Windows OS Optimization Tool for Horizon optimizes Windows images for virtual desktops and RDS hosts by disabling or tuning unnecessary services, tasks, settings and features typically present in a default Windows installation. As a result, the Windows OS Optimization Tool improves the performance of Horizon virtual desktops and published applications, reducing resource consumption and improving user experience.

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager 2209

Updated Components: This release updates the main product components, VMware DEM FlexEngine, and VMware DEM Management Console. Application Profiler, Helpdesk Support Tool, and SyncTool are not updated for the 2209 release.

  • Support for skipping the profile archive Import/Export based on the user or device group membership.

  • Support for skipping the removal of local profile at logoff based on the user or device group membership.

  • Support for Windows 10 Version 22H2 and Windows 11 Version 22H2.

VMware Unified Access Gateway 2209

VMware Unified Access Gateway 2209 provides the following new features and enhancements:

  • Added uagcertutil command. This command is used to generate a new private key and a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to get a CA signed certificate and applied to Unified Access Gateway’s admin and internet interfaces.

  • Added support for handling HTTP redirect from Horizon broker. This feature can be used to simplify affinity requirements for load balancing Horizon broker. After a Horizon broker instance is selected by a load balancer, the selected broker instance returns an HTTP redirect. The Unified Access Gateway appliance now directly connects to Horizon broker without further need for load balancer affinity.

  • Powershell Enhancements:

    • Added support for deployment with PowerShell 7.

    • Added support for PowerShell deployment on Microsoft Azure using Az module in addition to the existing support for AzureRM module.

    • Extended configuration options – session timeout, authentication timeout, and monitor interval with PowerShell deployment.

  • Co-existence of SAML authentication with Basic authentication for the Admin interface. When Unified Access Gateway is configured to use SAML Authentication for the admin interface, you can also configure additional monitoring users with Basic authentication.

  • Added support for Certificate Based Authentication (CBA) for Network File Shares (NFS) in Content Gateway.

    • Archiving Unified Access Gateway statistics when its health is down.

    • Compression of rolled over log files.

    • Logging unhealthy state of Unified Access Gateway resulting from explicit configuration of quiesce mode as an informational log instead of warning log.

      Logging and monitoring improvements:

  • Updates to Photon OS package versions and Java component versions

Supported versions of Windows 10 on Horizon Agent Including All VDI Clones (Full Clones, Instant Clones, and Linked Clones on Horizon 8 2209)

  • Windows 10 22H2 SAC (Pro, Education, Enterprise) Full support
  • Windows 10 21H2 SAC (Pro, Education, Enterprise) Full support
  • Windows 10 21H1 SAC (Pro, Education, Enterprise) Full support
  • Windows 10 20H2 SAC (Pro,Education,Enterprise) Full support
  • Windows 10 2004 SAC (Pro,Education,Enterprise) Not Supported
  • Windows 10 1909 SAC (Pro,Education,Enterprise) Not Supported
  • Windows 10 1903 SAC and earlier (Pro,Education,Enterprise) Not Supported
  • Windows 10 LTSC 2021 (Enterprise) Full support
  • Windows 10 LTSC 2019 (Enterprise) Full support
  • Windows 10 LTSB 2016 (Enterprise) Full support
For more additional information please read this knowledge article

VMware Cloud Connector

Applicable to customers with VMware Horizon Universal Subscription, Horizon Enterprise Plus Subscription, Horizon Standard Plus Subscription, Horizon Apps Universal Subscription, or Horizon Apps Standard Subscription.

The Horizon Cloud Connector virtual appliance is a required component for VMware Horizon to support the management of Horizon pods using Horizon Cloud Service.

Horizon Deployed on VMware Cloud on AWS

For a list of VMware Horizon features supported on VMware Cloud on AWS, see VMware Knowledge Base article 58539.

Horizon Deployed on Azure VMware Solution

You can select Azure as an installation option to deploy Horizon on Azure VMware Solution (AVS). SeeDeploying VMware Horizon 8 on Azure VMware Solution.

VMware Horizon Client 2209 – new features

VMware Horizon Client 2209 for Android

Horizon Client for Android 2209 includes the following new features.

  • Support for new operating systems

    • Horizon Client for Android is supported on Android 13.

  • New “Auto-connect on insert” option

    • You can automatically connect a USB device to an activated session when the device is inserted into an Android device.

  • Real Time Audio Video support for H.264 video-in stream

    • Added software and hardware H.264 support for the Android client.

  • Support on Zebra devices

    • Horizon Client for Android is supported on Zebra devices.

VMware Horizon Client 2209 for ChromeOS

Horizon Client for Chrome 2209 includes the following new features.

  • Support for ChromeOS Flex

    You can now use Horizon Client on devices running ChromeOS Flex.

  • Request/take screen control in Microsoft Teams

    With Media Optimization for Microsoft Teams, users can request/take control of screen sharing in VDI and RDSH desktop sessions.

  • Improvements to multiple-monitor mode

    When users connect or disconnect a monitor with the display setting configured to Use all displays or Use selected displays, the display changes take effect immediately, without requiring users to reconnect to the current session. This release also fixes certain display issues that previously occurred after closing the cover of the client Chromebook device.

  • Keyboard shortcut mappings

    Users can configure mappings that interpret certain keyboard combinations on the Chrome client system as Windows shortcuts in the remote desktop. This feature integrates the shortcuts associated with the Enable Windows key for Desktops option and Enable Alt-Backspace option, which have been removed from the client settings.

  • Support for multiple speakers

    If more than one speaker is connected to the client computer, and the remote desktop supports multiple device redirection with the speaker feature, you can use all the speakers connected to the client computer in the remote desktop.

VMware Horizon Client 2209 for iOS

Horizon Client for iOS 2209 includes support for iOS16 and iPadOS 16.

VMware Horizon Client 2209 for Mac

Horizon Client for Mac 2209 includes the following new features:

  • Support for macOS 13

    Horizon Client for Mac now support macOS 13.

  • Support for ARM-based Mac in native mode

    Horizon Client for Mac is now supported on ARM-based Mac in native mode in addition to ARM-based Mac running in emulation with Rosetta 2.

  • Microsoft Teams Optimization is now supported with ARM-based Mac

    Microsoft Teams Optimization is supported on ARM-based Macs in addition to Intel processors.

VMware Horizon Client 2209 for Linux

Horizon Client for Linux 2209 includes the following new features.

  • Support for new operating systems

    Horizon Client is supported on the following Linux distribution:

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.0

  • Selective printer redirection

    Users can specify which local and network printers to redirect to remote sessions using the VMware Integrated Printing feature. Unselected printers are not redirected.

  • Configuration option to hide the Horizon Client window

    An administrator can use the view.hideClientAfterLaunchSession configuration key or –hideClientAfterLaunchSessioncommand-line option to hide the Horizon Client window after a remote desktop or published application opens. This configuration setting is required for kiosk mode.

VMware Horizon Client 2209 for Windows

Horizon Client for Windows 2209 includes the following new features:

  • Support for Windows 11 22H2 and Windows 10 22H2

    Horizon Client for Windows is supported on Windows 11 22H2 and Windows 10 22H2.

  • Multiple devices with the Real-Time Audio-Video feature supported on published desktops and published applications

    You can now use multiple devices with Real-Time Audio-Video on published desktops and published applications when Horizon Client 2209 or later is connected to Horizon Agent 2209 or later. The display name of a redirected device now matches the actual device name.

VMware have released a new version of VMware Horizon 8 (2209), and this release is general available from October 2022. This is a major release, so I hope you like this article I put together. VMware have made some huge improvements in this release, which customers/partners are going to benefit from. Lets dig into what is new.

What is new in VMware Horizon 8 (2209)

VMware Horizon 8 2209 provides the following new features and enhancements
  • VMware Horizon Connection Server
  • VMware Horizon Agent for Linux
  • VMware Horizon Agent for Windows
  • VMware Horizon GPO Bundle
  • VMware Dynamic Environment Manager 2209
  • VMware Unified Access Gateway 2209
  • VMware Horizon Clients 2209 for Android, Linux, iOS, Mac, Windows, HTML Access
  • VMware Horizon Cloud services 2209
VMware Horizon 8 version 2209 is a CR release provides the following new features and enhancements. This information is grouped by installable component. Version numbering is based on the planned year and the month of the release. The actual release date can vary based on business needs and engineering schedule changes to address critical customer requirements. VMware Horizon 8 version 2209 provides the following new features and enhancements. This information is grouped by installable component.

Important Note

  • vSphere 6.5/6.7 reached End of Support on 15th October 2022. Horizon 2209 is therefore not generally supported on vSphere 6.5/6.7. Support is limited to Horizon 2209 Connection Server running on and managing workloads on vSphere 6.5/6.7 during an upgrade window. After upgrading to Horizon 2209 Connection Server, upgrade vSphere 6.5/6.7 to a supported vSphere version before upgrading other Horizon components. See Horizon Installation and Upgrade for details.

Version numbering is based on the planned year and the month of the release. The actual release date can vary based on business needs and engineering schedule changes to address critical customer requirements.

Security improvements were made in the following components to enable Horizon 8 2209 to be Common Criteria certified. Note that Horizon 2209 is currently going through certification testing and should not be considered certified until the process is completed. The Common Criteria certification is an evaluation of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Information Technology (IT) products for conformance to the international Common Criteria.

  • Windows Agent (must be in FIPS mode)

  • Linux Agent (must be in FIPS mode)

  • Windows Client (must be in FIPS mode)

  • Android Client (must be in Common Criteria mode)

  • Blast Secure Gateway (must be in FIPS mode)

  • Horizon Server (must be in FIPS mode)

Version numbering is based on the planned year and the month of the release. The actual release date can vary based on business needs and engineering schedule changes to address critical customer requirements.

  • Horizon 8 VDI use cases are now supported on Amazon WorkSpaces.

  • The Refresh Interval GPO setting allows you to specify the interval, in seconds, that the watermark is refreshed. This makes the time shown in the watermark more accurate.

  • Depending on how you want your golden image to be managed, you can change the source of the virtual machine template by editing the pool.  You can edit an instant-clone desktop pool to change the virtual machine template source from vCenter to Image Catalog or reverse. You can edit a full-clone desktop pool or farm to change the golden image and snapshot from vCenter to Image Catalog or reverse.

VMware Horizon Connection Server On-Premises

    • Alert mechanism for Forensics Select Hold feature

      The hold and release APIs for the forensics select hold feature have been enhanced to include the machine state for all desktops assigned to a held user. In addition, a new environment variable has been added to identify whether the user is a held user so that an administrator can trigger data collection scripts when a held user logs on to a desktop.

    • Network enhancements for instant clone pools and farms

      Networks displayed during the create instant clone pool or farm workflow are now filtered based on the network type of the network configured in the snapshot’s preferred network adapter (Network Adapter 1 while the snapshot was taken).

    • TrueSSO Trigger Mode has been added to the SAML 2.0 tab under Other Components in the System Health dashboard (Monitor > Dashboard).

    • The new Enable Host Redirection setting sets the load balancer name and enable HTTP host redirection capability. When an HTTP request from a load balancer host reaches the Connection Server, the Connection Server responds with an external HTTP redirection URL. For subsequent requests, the Horizon Client directly connects to the Connection Server using the external URL, thereby minimizing misroutes that might occur at the load balancer.

    • Pre-login message now requires administrator to acknowledge the message before proceeding to login.

    • Encoder Name has been added to the Horizon Help Desk Tool in Horizon 8.

    • View Unrecognized Session Count was added to the Connection Servers and Gateway Servers tabs in the System Health dashboard (Monitor > Dashboard) in the Admin Console. This allows administrators to troubleshoot random disconnections of end user sessions due to unrecognized requests received either at UAG or at the Connection Server.

Virtual Desktops

  • Option to create multiple custom compute profiles (CPU, RAM, Cores per Socket) for a single golden image snapshot during desktop pool creation.

  • VMware Blast now detects the presence of a vGPU system and applies higher quality default settings.

  • vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) in vSphere 7.0 U3f and later can now be configured to automatically migrate vGPU desktops when entering ESXi host maintenance mode. For more information, see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/88271.

  • Forensic quarantine feature that archives the virtual disks of selected dedicated or floating Instant Clone desktops for forensic purposes.

  • The Blast CPU controller feature is now enabled by default in scale environments.

  • Removed pop-up for suggesting best practices during creation of an instant clone. The information now appears on the first tab/screen of the creation wizard.

  • Help Desk administrator roles are now applicable to all access groups, not just to the root access group as with previous releases.

  • Administrators can encrypt a session recording file into a .bin format so that it cannot be played from the file system.

  • If using an older Web browser, a message appears when launching the Horizon Console indicating that using a modern browser will provide a better user experience.

  • Added Support for HW encoding on Intel GPU for Windows

  • VVC-based USB-R is enabled by default for non-desktop (Chrome/HTML Access/Android) Blast clients.

  • Physical PC (as Unmanaged Pool) now supports Windows 10 Education and Pro (20H2 and later) and Windows 11 Education and Pro (21H2) with the VMware Blast protocol.

  • Storage Drive Redirection (SDR) is now available as an alternative option to USB or CDR redirection for better I/O performance.

VMware Horizon Agent 8 2209 for Linux

  • This release adds support for the following Linux distributions.

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Workstation 9.0

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 9.0 and 8.4

  • Beginning with this release, the following Linux distributions are no longer supported.

    • RHEL Server 8.5

  • You can now install Horizon Agent on Linux virtual machines deployed in a vSphere 8.0 environment.

  • This release supports the use of Linux desktops and multi-session hosts in an IPv6 environment. Use the --ipv6 command-line option to install Horizon Agent with IPv6 support. The Subnet6 option in the /etc/vmware/viewagent-custom.confconfiguration file lets you specify the IPv6 subnet of the Linux machine.

  • For SSO logins, Linux desktops use the new VMware display manager and VMware greeter, instead of Gnome Display Manager (GDM) and X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP), to control the login and launch of user sessions. The VMware display manager improves launch performance and eliminates problems with SSO that occurred previously from the dependency on GDM.

  • Smart card redirection now works with all versions of PC/SC Lite. The /etc/vmware/config file includes two new options, pcscd.maxReaderContext and pcscd.readBody, that let you configure reader context and message reading settings if you use a custom-built PC/SC Lite library.

  • This release supports smart card single sign-on (SSO). Smart card SSO enables users to launch desktop sessions automatically without entering their smart card credentials.

  • A new configuration file, /etc/vmware/viewagent-greeter.conf, allows you to configure the behavior of the VMware greeter in cases where True SSO or smart card SSO fails. The file also contains the PKCS #11 settings required for smart card SSO.

VMware Horizon Agent 8 2209 for Windows

  • Firewall logs are now included in the Horizon Agent log bundle that you generate on the Horizon Console.

  • Microsoft Teams Optimization is now supported on M1-based Macs in addition to Intel processors.

  • You can now install Horizon Agent on Windows virtual machines deployed in a vSphere 8.0 environment.

  • The UNC Path Redirection feature supports redirection from a remote desktop or published application to a client, and from a client to a remote desktop or published application.

VMware Horizon 8 2209 GPO Bundle

  • no new features

Windows OS Optimization Tool for Horizon

  • Windows OS Optimization Tool for Horizon
    The Windows OS Optimization Tool for Horizon optimizes Windows images for virtual desktops and RDS hosts by disabling or tuning unnecessary services, tasks, settings and features typically present in a default Windows installation. As a result, the Windows OS Optimization Tool improves the performance of Horizon virtual desktops and published applications, reducing resource consumption and improving user experience.

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager 2209

Updated Components: This release updates the main product components, VMware DEM FlexEngine, and VMware DEM Management Console. Application Profiler, Helpdesk Support Tool, and SyncTool are not updated for the 2209 release.

  • Support for skipping the profile archive Import/Export based on the user or device group membership.

  • Support for skipping the removal of local profile at logoff based on the user or device group membership.

  • Support for Windows 10 Version 22H2 and Windows 11 Version 22H2.

VMware Unified Access Gateway 2209

VMware Unified Access Gateway 2209 provides the following new features and enhancements:

  • Added uagcertutil command. This command is used to generate a new private key and a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to get a CA signed certificate and applied to Unified Access Gateway’s admin and internet interfaces.

  • Added support for handling HTTP redirect from Horizon broker. This feature can be used to simplify affinity requirements for load balancing Horizon broker. After a Horizon broker instance is selected by a load balancer, the selected broker instance returns an HTTP redirect. The Unified Access Gateway appliance now directly connects to Horizon broker without further need for load balancer affinity.

  • Powershell Enhancements:

    • Added support for deployment with PowerShell 7.

    • Added support for PowerShell deployment on Microsoft Azure using Az module in addition to the existing support for AzureRM module.

    • Extended configuration options – session timeout, authentication timeout, and monitor interval with PowerShell deployment.

  • Co-existence of SAML authentication with Basic authentication for the Admin interface. When Unified Access Gateway is configured to use SAML Authentication for the admin interface, you can also configure additional monitoring users with Basic authentication.

  • Added support for Certificate Based Authentication (CBA) for Network File Shares (NFS) in Content Gateway.

    • Archiving Unified Access Gateway statistics when its health is down.

    • Compression of rolled over log files.

    • Logging unhealthy state of Unified Access Gateway resulting from explicit configuration of quiesce mode as an informational log instead of warning log.

      Logging and monitoring improvements:

  • Updates to Photon OS package versions and Java component versions

Supported versions of Windows 10 on Horizon Agent Including All VDI Clones (Full Clones, Instant Clones, and Linked Clones on Horizon 8 2203)

  • Windows 10 22H2 SAC (Pro, Education, Enterprise) Full support
  • Windows 10 21H2 SAC (Pro, Education, Enterprise) Full support
  • Windows 10 21H1 SAC (Pro, Education, Enterprise) Full support
  • Windows 10 20H2 SAC (Pro,Education,Enterprise) Full support
  • Windows 10 2004 SAC (Pro,Education,Enterprise) Not Supported
  • Windows 10 1909 SAC (Pro,Education,Enterprise) Not Supported
  • Windows 10 1903 SAC and earlier (Pro,Education,Enterprise) Not Supported
  • Windows 10 LTSC 2021 (Enterprise) Full support
  • Windows 10 LTSC 2019 (Enterprise) Full support
  • Windows 10 LTSB 2016 (Enterprise) Full support
For more additional information please read this knowledge article

VMware Cloud Connector

Applicable to customers with VMware Horizon Universal Subscription, Horizon Enterprise Plus Subscription, Horizon Standard Plus Subscription, Horizon Apps Universal Subscription, or Horizon Apps Standard Subscription.

The Horizon Cloud Connector virtual appliance is a required component for VMware Horizon to support the management of Horizon pods using Horizon Cloud Service.

Horizon Deployed on VMware Cloud on AWS

For a list of VMware Horizon features supported on VMware Cloud on AWS, see VMware Knowledge Base article 58539.

Horizon Deployed on Azure VMware Solution

You can select Azure as an installation option to deploy Horizon on Azure VMware Solution (AVS). SeeDeploying VMware Horizon 8 on Azure VMware Solution.

VMware Horizon Client 2209 – new features

VMware Horizon Client 2209 for Android

Horizon Client for Android 2209 includes the following new features.

  • Support for new operating systems

    • Horizon Client for Android is supported on Android 13.

  • New “Auto-connect on insert” option

    • You can automatically connect a USB device to an activated session when the device is inserted into an Android device.

  • Real Time Audio Video support for H.264 video-in stream

    • Added software and hardware H.264 support for the Android client.

  • Support on Zebra devices

    • Horizon Client for Android is supported on Zebra devices.

VMware Horizon Client 2209 for ChromeOS

Horizon Client for Chrome 2209 includes the following new features.

  • Support for ChromeOS Flex

    You can now use Horizon Client on devices running ChromeOS Flex.

  • Request/take screen control in Microsoft Teams

    With Media Optimization for Microsoft Teams, users can request/take control of screen sharing in VDI and RDSH desktop sessions.

  • Improvements to multiple-monitor mode

    When users connect or disconnect a monitor with the display setting configured to Use all displays or Use selected displays, the display changes take effect immediately, without requiring users to reconnect to the current session. This release also fixes certain display issues that previously occurred after closing the cover of the client Chromebook device.

  • Keyboard shortcut mappings

    Users can configure mappings that interpret certain keyboard combinations on the Chrome client system as Windows shortcuts in the remote desktop. This feature integrates the shortcuts associated with the Enable Windows key for Desktops option and Enable Alt-Backspace option, which have been removed from the client settings.

  • Support for multiple speakers

    If more than one speaker is connected to the client computer, and the remote desktop supports multiple device redirection with the speaker feature, you can use all the speakers connected to the client computer in the remote desktop.

VMware Horizon Client 2209 for iOS

Horizon Client for iOS 2209 includes support for iOS16 and iPadOS 16.

VMware Horizon Client 2209 for Mac

Horizon Client for Mac 2209 includes the following new features:

  • Support for macOS 13

    Horizon Client for Mac now support macOS 13.

  • Support for ARM-based Mac in native mode

    Horizon Client for Mac is now supported on ARM-based Mac in native mode in addition to ARM-based Mac running in emulation with Rosetta 2.

  • Microsoft Teams Optimization is now supported with ARM-based Mac

    Microsoft Teams Optimization is supported on ARM-based Macs in addition to Intel processors.

VMware Horizon Client 2209 for Linux

Horizon Client for Linux 2209 includes the following new features.

  • Support for new operating systems

    Horizon Client is supported on the following Linux distribution:

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.0

  • Selective printer redirection

    Users can specify which local and network printers to redirect to remote sessions using the VMware Integrated Printing feature. Unselected printers are not redirected.

  • Configuration option to hide the Horizon Client window

    An administrator can use the view.hideClientAfterLaunchSession configuration key or –hideClientAfterLaunchSessioncommand-line option to hide the Horizon Client window after a remote desktop or published application opens. This configuration setting is required for kiosk mode.

VMware Horizon Client 2209 for HTML5

HTML Access 2209 includes the following new features:

  • ChromeOS Flex endpoints

    You can use HTML Access on devices running ChromeOS Flex.

  • Request/take screen control in Microsoft Teams

    With Media Optimization for Microsoft Teams, users can request/take control of screen sharing in VDI and RDSH desktop sessions.

  • Improvements to multiple-monitor mode

    When users connect or disconnect a monitor with the display setting configured to Use all displays, the display changes take effect immediately, without requiring users to reconnect to the current session. This release also fixes certain display issues that previously occurred after closing the cover of a client Chromebook device.

  • Keyboard shortcut mappings

    Users can configure mappings that interpret certain keyboard combinations on the client device as Windows shortcuts in the remote desktop. This feature integrates the shortcuts associated with the Enable Windows key for Desktops option and the Enable Command-A, Command-C, Command-V, and Command-X option (for Mac devices). These options have been removed from the HTML Access settings.

  • Client drive redirection

    With the client drive redirection feature, users running Chrome and Chromium-based Edge browsers can share folders or drives on the local client device with remote desktops and published applications.

  • webviewMode URI query

    This release introduces the webviewMode URI query option. When set to true, this option hides the sidebar during the desktop session. It also enables certain mobile apps to send soft keyboard events to the remote desktop and to switch between native touch mode and trackpad touch mode using the mobile app interface.

  • Support for multiple speakers

    If more than one speaker is connected to the client computer, and the remote desktop supports multiple device redirection with the speaker feature, you can use all the speakers connected to the client computer in the remote desktop.

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