


(Optional) Choose how to configure the Windows Firewall service.īy default, Configure Windows Firewall automatically is selected and the installer configures Windows Firewall to allow the required network connections.The installer filename is VMware-viewagent-direct-connection-x86_64-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe for 64-bit Windows or VMware-viewagent-direct-connection-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe for 32-bit Windows, where y.y.y is the version number and xxxxxx is the build number. Navigate to the download page for your release of VMware Horizon and then to the download page for Horizon Agent Direct-Connection. Download the Horizon Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In installer file from the VMware download page at.For more information on how to set the screen DMA, see the VMware Knowledge Base (KB) article 2144475. If screen DMA is not enabled, users see a black screen when they connect to the remote desktop. Enable the screen DMA setting for virtual machines on vSphere 6.0 and later.To support direct connections to multi-session desktops and applications, install Horizon Agent with the -multiple-session parameter included. To support direct connections to single-session desktops, install Horizon Agent with default installation parameters. For information on installing Horizon Agent on a Linux machine, see "Install Horizon Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine" and "Command-Line Options for Installing Horizon Agent for Linux" in Linux Desktops and Applications in Horizon 8.See Windows - Set Up the Desktop for HTML Access. If your environment does not include Connection Server, install Horizon Agent from the command line and specify a parameter that tells Horizon Agent not to register with Connection Server. For information on installing Horizon Agent on a Windows machine, see Windows Desktops and Applications in Horizon 8.Verify that Horizon Agent is installed on the machine.You can install Horizon Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In on a Windows or Linux machine where Horizon Agent is already installed. Horizon Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In (formerly View Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In) is packaged in an installer file that you can download from the VMware website and install.
