Now in Horizon View 5.3 Feature Pack 1, this ability now has an improved feature set and really makes this a viable alternative in some cases to the full VMware View Client. Since the release of VMware Horizon View 5.2 Feature Pack 1, it has been possible to access View virtual desktops simply via a HTML5 browser, without the need for the View Client. The Browser Redirection feature has certain limitations.Configuring HTML Access (Blast) in VMware Horizon View 5.3 Alternatively, you can install the extension silently, without user interaction, by using Microsoft Edge policy. You can install the extension from the Chrome Web Store. To use the Browser Redirection feature with the Microsoft Edge (Chromium) browser, you must install the VMware Horizon Browser Redirection extension on the remote desktop. Install the VMware Horizon Browser Redirection Extension for Edge (Chromium).

Alternatively, you can install the extension silently, without user interaction, by using group policy. To use the Browser Redirection feature with the Chrome browser, you must install the VMware Horizon Browser Redirection extension on the remote desktop.

Install the VMware Horizon Browser Redirection Extension for Chrome.

Installing and configuring the Browser Redirection feature involves installing the Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge (Chromium) browser, enabling the Browser Redirection feature on the agent machine, and specifying the URLs for redirection.

Install and Configure Browser Redirection.

The remote desktops and client systems on which you install the agent and client software must meet certain requirements to support the Browser Redirection feature.

System Requirements for Browser Redirection.

The viewport is the portion of the browser window that displays the content of a web page. With Browser Redirection, when an end user uses a Browser Redirection-supported browser in a remote desktop, the website is rendered on the client system instead of the agent system, and it is displayed over the remote browser's viewport.

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