In this post, I will show you, step by step, how to configure the locked.properties file for Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon) to work with the Omnissa UAG (Unified Access Gateway). The Omnissa Horizon locked.properties file is a key component of Horizon’s functionality and security. When the locked.properties file is not configured correctly, Horizon may…
In this post, I will show you step by step how to configure the Omnissa UAG (Unified Access Gateway) to work with Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon). Prerequisites If you need to learn how, my post Install Horizon Connection Server details all the steps. If you need to learn how, my post Install Omnissa Horizon…
The Omnissa Horizon locked.properties file feels like the best worst-kept secret. The Horizon locked.properties file allows you to change many settings that aren’t accessible from the main Horizon admin interface. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to create and configure the locked.properties file, along with all the settings I’ve found that can…
At the very core of Omnissa Horizon is an ADAM (Active Directory Application Mode) LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) database. Even though Horizon servers are typically domain-joined, they still maintain their own ADAM LDAP database for all the configurations in Horizon. It’s a good idea to back up the ADAM LDAP database as it can…
There are a few ways to preload the Omnissa Horizon client (formerly the VMware Horizon client) with a default Horizon Connection Server. One method is to deploy the Horizon prefs.txt file with the Horizon connection server. For more information about the prefs.txt file method, my blog post, Omnissa Horizon Client prefs.txt, goes into detail. Another…
There’s not a lot of official information about the prefs.txt file that the Omnissa Horizon client (formerly the VMware Horizon client) creates and uses. I’ve figured out that the prefs.txt text file is in XML format and is generated by the Horizon client, usually once the user changes a setting in the Horizon client. It…
The default theme for Company Portal is fine, but it always looks better when you customize it to match your origination’s theme. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to set a theme for Company Portal. The Process The default color for Company Portal is blue. I will be selecting Organization logo only…
With Windows 11, many visual elements have changed, and one of the most noticeable ones is the Start Menu. With a new star menu comes a new way to manage it. With Windows 10, you can control the start menu with an XML file. Now, with Windows 11, you can control it with a JSON…
The Company Portal application is a wonderful tool for Microsoft Intune. If you come from the world of ConfigMgr (Microsoft Configuration Manager aka SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager)), it is the Intune version of Software Center. Company Portal allows users to install programs you publish on the Company Portal. My favorite part is that the…
There’s not a lot of information about what happens when an Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon) term license expires, specifically what end users will and won’t see. In this post, I will detail what happens when an Omnissa Horizon Term License expires and the messaging that administrators and end users will see. Starting with Omnissa…
