If the RDSH role is already installed on the system, by default the Horizon Agent installer will install Horizon Agent in RDS mode. If you install Horizon Agent on a Windows Server machine on which the Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) role is not installed, the Horizon Agent installer prompts you to install Horizon Agent in RDS mode or Desktop mode.VMware-Horizon-Agent-x86-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe, where If you are installing Horizon Agent on an LSA enabled machine, use PowerShell to verify that the credential guard and LSA protected mode are enabled on the system.Verify that you have a minimum of 2 CPUs to install or upgrade Horizon Agent from versions 7.x or later.See the Horizon 7 Architecture Planning document for more information. Familiarize yourself with the TCP ports that the Horizon Agent installation program opens on the firewall.Familiarize yourself with the Horizon Agent custom setup options.Verify that you have administrative rights on the virtual machine.Download the Horizon Agent installer file from the VMware product page at.If you are installing the Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business component on a Windows 7 VM, verify that you have.If the package version is 2005 or earlier, you can either upgrade or uninstall the package. If the machine has the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package installed, verify that the version of the package is 2005 SP1 or later.To use a Windows Server virtual machine as an RDS host, see Prepare Windows Server Operating Systems for Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Host Use in the Setting Up Published Desktops and Applications in Horizon 7 document. To use a Windows Server virtual machine as a single-session virtual desktop (rather than as an RDS host), perform the steps described in Prepare Windows Server Operating Systems for Desktop Use.

See Prepare a Guest Operating System for Remote Desktop Deployment.

Prepare the guest operating system for remote desktop deployment.

Verify that you have prepared Active Directory.

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