
If at the end of the year, you haven’t been able to move everything in your environment, you may not want to update VMware Horizon since mixed environments won’t be supported.

So what should you do if your company uses Windows XP? You have a year to plan a transition to a newer OS. We will support version 3.2 on these OS versions for the next six months, meaning it will be compatible with updates to the Horizon Connection Server and Horizon Agent released before July 2015.
VMWARE HORIZON CLIENT FOR WINDOWS XP FOR MAC
Similarly, the Horizon Client for Mac client version 3.2 is the last version that will support Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7. However, we will not be adding any new features for XP or Vista. In other words, we will support the 6.0.2 agent on XP and Vista with newer connection servers and agents and the 3.2 client with updates to the agents and connection servers. VMware will fully support the 6.0.2 agent and 3.2 client on XP and Vista until the end of 2015, including with any broker updates over the next year. These are the last client and agents that will run on XP and Vista. The VMware Horizon Client 3.2 runs on XP and Vista client hardware the Horizon agent 6.0.2 runs on XP and Vista virtual desktops. On December 9, 2014, VMware released VMware Horizon 6.0.2, with updates to the clients and agent. Retiring Windows XP, Windows Vista and the older Mac OS X versions, 10.6 and 10.7, will enable the Horizon team to better support upcoming OS updates as well as put more energy into creating features that make our products even better. For all these reasons, VMware is clearly outlining the support plan for Horizon to give our customers time to plan a transition.įew Horizon customers are using Vista and with Microsoft’s end of support looming, it makes sense to create a policy for both operating systems.

VMWARE HORIZON CLIENT FOR WINDOWS XP DRIVERS
Therefor VMware announced End of Support for some old OS-es in VMware Horizon.Īs Windows XP will not be support, there will be no drivers for new hardware, libraries that our products use will be incompatible and XP will not get the benefits of regular security fixes. With Microsoft dropping support, it is time for VMware to align with Microsoft’s decision. Now, 8 months later, it’s time for VMware Horizon to accept that loss and plan a memorial.
