How do Chromebook thin client devices simplify life for IT?Ĭhromebooks make IT's jobs easier in a lot of ways, including simplifying endpoint management and improving security. Once that is done, IT can configure users' settings and applications, which will follow them to any Chromebook thin client. Fortunately, even midmarket VDI vendors now offer HTML5 clients that work well on Chromebooks. One major concern with Chromebooks is that they do not have a full operating system (OS), and only a few VDI vendors provide a fully native Chrome OS client. The second option is to set up a URL for an HTML5 client. If available, IT can install a client app for their VDI platform from the Chrome Web Store. Double click will open available virtual machine in that pool for you.IT could realistically connect a new Chromebook thin client to a remote desktop in five minutes.Ĭitrix offers a Receiver for Chrome client app for XenDesktop, and VMware has the Horizon Client for Chrome OS for Horizon View deployments. Next time when you open Horizon Client for Chrome OS application tab by default will be “Recent” with last used pools available to login. Double click on any available pools for you. Type under “Server Name or Address” and click “Connect”ġ5. On “Security mode” select “Do not verify server identity certificates” and click “OK”ġ3. Click “Security options” under “Connection settings”ġ2. Launch the application, Click on “Gear” on top-right side.ġ0. In addition, you will find application from all apps.ĩ. You can launch application from here first time. On the next page verify that you trying to install “Horizon Client for Chrome OS” and click “Add to Chrome”ħ. After restart, open Chrome and visit and select “Install VMware Horizon”ĥ. If your Chrome OS has, updates wait until installed and click restart.Ĥ.

VMware Horizon Client for Chrome OS, Installation and Setup Guideġ.

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