Report on client Version installed on Local Machines

[KWhit61]

Does anyone have a PowerCLI or any other way to determine the client version installed on user local machines?  From the Horizon 7 Admin HTML version you can pull up the information for individual users if they have an active connection.  However, it would be nice to get a list of users at a site that are running older versions of the Horizon Client.

[Mickeybyte2]

Hi,

You can find the version in the registry key:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Client

e.g.: Version      REG_SZ     5.2.0

Michiel

[Suman1209]

What are the end points used thin clients or thick clients If its a thick Client you can use the SCCM or SCOM to Pull the information of the clients installed at the end point.

If its a Thin client you can use the Management console of thin client to pull the information.

PS> Get-InstalledSoftware -ComputerName MYCOMPUTER -Name 'Application Name'

[mchadwick19]

You can use the ClientVersion property from the ViewAPI to see what connected users are connecting with. Although this will query only existing sessions, not all systems.

$viewServer = <FQDN of CS>

$viewCreds = Get-Credential

$hvServer = Connect-HVserver -server $viewServer -Credential $viewCreds

$ViewAPI = $hvServer.ExtensionData

$queryService = New-Object VMware.Hv.QueryServiceService

$query = New-Object VMware.Hv.QueryDefinition

$query.QueryEntityType = 'SessionLocalSummaryView'

$Sessions = $queryService.QueryService_Query($ViewAPI,$query)

Then you should be able to run:

$Sessions.results.namesdata | Select-Object UserName, ClientName,ClientVersion | ft

This will output all curently connected users, client system name and version. If the version is null or empty, the user is on a Thin Client.