Horizon Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In (formerly View Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In) is packaged in an installer file that you can download from the VMware website and install. Install Horizon Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In.For a list of operating systems that Horizon Agent supports, see 'Supported Operating Systems for Horizon Agent' in the Horizon 8 Installation and Upgrade document and 'System Requirements for Horizon Agent for Linux' in the Linux Desktops and Applications in Horizon 8 document. Horizon Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In (formerly View Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In) is installed on machines where Horizon Agent is already installed. Horizon Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In System Requirements.Horizon Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In is an extension to Horizon Agent and is installed on virtual machine-based desktops or multi-session hosts.

Horizon Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In (formerly View Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In) enables Horizon Client applications to directly connect to virtual machine-based desktops, published desktops, or applications.

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