Use Horizon VDI and VPN client

For us consultants, the VDI used in the Horizon environment can also be useful for having environments where we can install customers’ VPN clients.
Normally we find ourselves having, if the customer does not have Horizon infrastructure to give us access from the outside (Through UAG, MFA … all possible security), different VPN clients to support our customers, with the consequence of possible problems of compatibility between clients and degradation of your laptop.

In my case, I have a Horizon infrastructure in my Home Lab and I have created my own VDI where to install the clients’ VPN clients.
The only change to make, to prevent my Horizon session from ending when I activate a VPN connection, is to enter the following registry key
HKLM\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\IpPrefix = n.n.n.n/m (REG_SZ)

where in n.n.n.n is the subnet and m is the number of bits in the subnet mask. Specifically, the network that must be used for the connection between the horizon agent and the various components (Horizon Client, Connection server, etc..)

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Use Horizon VDI and VPN client

VMware Horizon 2106

VMware a few days ago released a new Horizon Version.
The new build 2106 (8.3) brings with it some very interesting features from some relating to the security of intellectual property to those related to the Teams collaboration tool, here is a list of those that I consider the most interesting:

  • Implementation of GPO for blocking the ability to take screenshots of VDI sessions from Windows and MAC Clients
  • Possibility in the instant clone to use the Microsoft Sysprep (this function slows down the deployment of an IC by performing a series of reboots)
  • Functionality for applications of run indefinitely
  • Possibility to use TrueSSO SAML authentication for non-Trust domains
  • Horizon Agent has support for Windows Server 2022 (Currently in Preview)
  • The Horizon Client for Linux has the optimization for Teams (as in some versions the functionality for the Windows client was present)
  • Cloud Burst support to extend your on-prem workload to the Cloud in case of a high load.

More details in this video

VMware Horizon 8 (2106) What’s New – YouTube

VMware Horizon 2106