Lab 1: Connect to a Horizon desktop

Objective and Tasks

As an introduction to the Horizon 8 Install, Configure, Manage class you will walk through using the Horizon Client. You will authenticate to an existing Horizon 8 environment, and then connect to a Horizon desktop and a published application.

Complete the following tasks:

  1. Login to ControlCenter VM.
  2. Use the Horizon Client to connect to the Horizon-02 pod (running on Connection Server horizon-02b.omnissatraining.com).
  3. Launch a virtual desktop session.
  4. Launch an RDSH-based published application session.

 

Expand or collapse content Task 1: Login to ControlCenter VM
  1. Switch to the ControlCenter VM.
    • Use the right-hand tool pane in your lab and select the Resources tab.
    • Click on the tile for ControlCenter.
    • Click on the Ctrl-Alt-Delete button in the ControlCenter tile.
  2. Log in to the ControlCenter.
    • Username: OMINISSATRAINING\Administrator
    • Password: Pa$$w0rd
  3. Verify that you are on the main ControlCenter desktop before proceeding. 

You might want to change the display resolution in your ControlCenter VM.

Right-click on the ControlCenter Windows desktop and select Display settings. Then change the Display resolution to what works best for the monitor you are using and to your preference.

Expand or collapse content Task 2: Use Horizon Client to connect to an existing Horizon Connection Server

Horizon-02b has been pre-installed as a Horizon Connection Server, forming pod Horizon-02. It already has a desktop pool, RDSH published applications, and entitlements setup on it for you to connect to.

  1. Launch the Omnissa Horizon Client.
    • From the ControlCenter desktop, double click the Omnissa Horizon Client.
  2. Connect to  the Horizon-02 pod.
    • Click on the 3 dots on the pool tile for horizon-02a.omnissatraining.com and click Connect.
    • Alternatively you can double-click on the tile.
  3. Login and authenticate.
    • Username: Student1
    • Password : Pa$$w0rd
    • Click Login.
  4. Review the entitlements for Student1 in the Horizon-02 pod.
    • The tile Win11-Site2 represents a desktop pool of Windows 11 machines.
    • The tile NotepadS2 represents a published application (running on a RDSH server).
horizon-02a entitlements
Expand or collapse content Task 3: Launch a virtual desktop session
  1. Launch a virtual desktop session.
    • Click on the 3 dots on the pool tile for Win11-Site2 and click Launch.
    • Alternatively you can double-click on the tile.
  2. Confirm successful desktop launch.
    • Ensure the virtual desktop opens successfully and the user is logged into the Windows desktop.
    • Verify that the desktop is functioning properly and the user can interact with the environment (login, desktop display, basic functionality).
  3. Logout of the virtual desktop.
    • Use Windows > Student 1 > Sign out
    • Alternatively, you can use the Horizon menubar at the top of the screen, selecting the three dots (...), then Logoff Desktop, and confirm with OK.
Expand or collapse content Task 4: Launch an RDSH-based published application session
  1. Launch a RDSH-based published application session.
    • Click on the 3 dots on the pool tile for NotepadS2 and click Launch.
    • Alternatively you can double-click on the tile.
  2. Confirm successful application launch.
    • Notepad will launch. Note that is is displayed windowless as if it is natively running on the local machine.
  3. Logout of the published application.
    • Close Notepad.
  4. Close the Horizon Client.

This concludes this lab.

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