GPU Hardware h.264/h.265 offload may work in later versions (I still need to test this).GPU Hardware h.264 encoding on consumer GPUs (h.264 encoding is still handled by the CPU).VMware View Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In.Manual Desktop Pool (Manual is required for Physical PCs to be added).VMware Horizon 7.7 or higher (and Horizon 8) Agent on Physical PC/Workstation.VMware Horizon 7.7 or higher (and Horizon 8) Connection Server.Windows 10 Pro or Edu (for Horiand later).Windows 10 Enterprise (for Horizon versions before Horizon 8 2206).Physical PCs and workstations with WindEnterprise or higher can be brokered through Horizon 7 via Blast Extreme protocol. Some limitations apply.Īdditional information from the “Horizon 7.7 Release Notes” at

You can now use the Blast Extreme display protocol to access physical PCs and workstations. All this is to say if you are on 7.13 wait for the next release of 8.From the “What’s new in Horizon 7.7” doc at So essentially 7.13 - 8 2006 is a downgrade. He suggests that since 7.13 is newer than 8 2006, 7.13 users should wait until the next release of 8. A bit research on Google, and the only place I see any comment about this is in the esteemed Carl Stalhood's 2006 Connection server document, in the comments. Please uninstall the existing version before attempting to install this version.' I went back to review the upgrade documentation and nowhere does it say you first have to uninstall the 7.x connection server. Then, today, I went to upgrade to Horiand when I ran the Horizon 8 installer on the connection server I received the error: This installer can not upgrade over the existing Horizon connection server version. So on my project to upgrade to Horizon 8 I first upgraded to 7.13, and converted all my pools to IC, and then decommissioned composer. Then 7.13 came out and included instant clones with the standard license, I assume to assist users with upgrading to Horizon 8. We were on Horizon 7.11 Standard, which means we did not have the license for instant clones. This is more informational than it is a question, but I am surprised it is not documented.

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