Installing the Horizon View agent for RDSH

In the next part of the process, we are going to install the Horizon View agent onto the RDSH server. The agent is exactly the same agent as the one that you would install on the virtual desktop machines.

Browse to the shared software folder and navigate to the agent installation application, as shown in the following screenshot.

The file you are looking for is VMware-viewagent-x86_64-7.0.0-3618085. The seven-digit number at the end of the filename refers to the build version, and so you may have a different number depending on the build version you are using:

Installing the Horizon View agent for RDSH

Double-click to launch the View Agent installer ...

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