
No further user authentication is required. With Horizon Client for Windows, when users select Log in as current user in the Options menu, the credentials that they provided when logging in to the client system are used to authenticate to the Horizon Connection Server instance and to the remote desktop using Kerberos.
Using the Log In as Current User Feature Available with Windows-Based Horizon Client. Enabling hybrid logon provides unauthenticated access users domain access to network resources such as fileshare or network printers without the need to enter credentials. Consider setting up unauthenticated access if your users require access to a seamless application that has its own security and user management.Īfter you create an unauthenticated access user, you can enable hybrid logon for the user. Providing Unauthenticated Access for Published ApplicationsĪdministrators can set up the configuration for unauthenticated users to access their published applications from a Horizon Client without requiring AD credentials. For VMware Identity Manager, administrators can configure True SSO so that users who authenticate using some method other than AD credentials can then also log in to a published desktop or application without being prompted for AD credentials. Configure True SSO for VMware Identity Manager. With this feature, users do not need to remember AD credentials for SSO (single sign-on) after supplying them once to a mobile or Mac client. For mobile and Mac clients, administrators can configure the Horizon server to save credentials. Save credentials in mobile and Mac clients. For Windows-based clients, administrators can configure the setup so that users do not need to supply additional credentials to log in to a Horizon server after they log in to a Windows-based client with AD credentials. Use Log In as Current User for Windows-based clients.
Administrators can configure the set up so that users do not need to log in to Horizon Client with Active Directory (AD) credentials.
Provide users unauthenticated access to published applications.
After users log in to a client device or to VMware Identity Manager, they can connect to a published application or desktop without being prompted for Active Directory credentials.Īdministrators can choose to set up the configuration based on user requirements.