Horizon 7 HTML Blast and smart cards

[bkjackson78]

Has anyone used smart cards successfully with blast? Any issues with it? Did you use the access point or a security server? Is the set up the same? I cannot find any documentation on it.

[Bomin]

HTML Client does not support Smart Card.

[bkjackson78]

EUC8404 - What's New with Horizon 7

@33.00 min in. What do I lose if I switch from pcoip to blast? One thing ability to use zero client.

[bkjackson78]

EUC7998 - The Latest in High-Performance Desktops and Applications with Horizon 7, Blast Extreme Pro...

@11 min Blast Extreme must support everything pcoip supports like smart cards and printers

[grossag]

Yes but that comments ("must support everything pcoip supports like smart cards and printers") is specifically about native clients + Blast extreme. You were asking about the HTML client with Blast, which doesn't support all of the features that the native clients do. Blast is a protocol that is shared across multiple clients; it was first used with the HTML client but is now also used by native clients.

[bkjackson78]

Can you explain what a native client is? Like a windows client?

[grossag]

‌A client that you need to install, like the Windows client.

[Bleeder]

But not all native clients support smart cards.  For example, the client for Chrome OS (even though Smart Card Connector has been publicly available since May).

[markbenson]

>>Can you explain what a native client is? Like a windows client?

Yes. Native Horizon Clients are installed on the client OS and can support Smart Card authentication. They are available for Windows, Linux, Android, Mac OS X and iOS etc.

VMware Horizon HTML Access Client just runs in the browser and does not require a native Horizon Client install.

The advantages of native Horizon Clients is that they can support more features such as Smart Card authentication and other rich user experience features.

Mark