Launch RDS Apps From Workspace Portal

After the Windows 7 desktop loads, click on the Horizon Workspace shortcut on the desktop. Enter the same EUC Demo Portal credentials, Username (ensure you have @vmwdemo.com appended to username) and Password that was issued to you and hit Sign In.

Let's show how an RDSH app can be launched from Workspace and how the RDSH session can follow to other desktops and devices. Depending on your portal display, hover your mouse over Word 2013. Then Click at bottom right corner of the icon and then on Launch.

Alternatively you can also double click on the Pool. Ensure Horizon Client 3.1 is installed on VM and when prompted by your web browser, hit Open Horizon Client

If further prompted Click on Allow

Allow the View Client to connect to the RDSH app and load it. After Word loads on the desktop, choose to start a new document. Type some text into the document.

Toggle back to Horizon Workspace that is open on your LOCAL machine and launch a Windows 8 desktop. Depending on your portal display, hover your mouse over (AMER, EMEA, or APAC)-WIN8. Then Click at bottom right corner of the icon and then on drop down next to Launch and choose ... in Horizon Client.

After the Windows 8 desktop loads, click on the Horizon Workspace shortcut on the desktop. Enter the same EUC Demo Portal credentials, Username (ensure you have @vmwdemo.com appended to username) and Password that was issued to you and hit Sign In.

From the Workspace portal page, launch Word 2013. After a few moments, you will see how your existing Word 2013 RDSH app session on the Windows 7 desktop has followed to your Windows 8 desktop.

To save your document, do a Save As in Word. Under Computer, click on Browse and you will be able to save the document to your HomeDrive located on the network file share.

Toggle back to Horizon Workspace portal that is open on your LOCAL machine and launch a Word 2013.

After a few moments, you will see how your existing Word 2013 RDSH app session on the Windows 8 desktop has followed to your LOCAL machine. In the example below, Word is now running on the Mac.

If you have an iPad with the latest Horizon Client for iOS installed, you can show how the RDSH app session can follow to your iPad. Launch a Safari browser. Depending on your own region, browse to https://workspace.vmwdemo.com and Enter the same EUC Demo Portal credentials, Username (ensure you have @vmwdemo.com appended to username) and Password that was issued to you and hit Sign In.

Alternatively, you can login to the View Client app by connecting to View Connection Server hv6amer.vmwdemo.com or hv6emea.vmwdemo.com, or hv6apac.vmwdemo.com (depending on your current region).

After login, touch the icon to launch Word 2013.



Allow a few moments for the View Client to load the RDSH app

If your RDSH app session was still open on a different desktop, it will follow to your session on the iPad.

On the iPad, you can show how to use the Unity Touch sidebar to launch other RDSH apps and launch desktops.