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Important: We recommend you migrate from Horizon 7 to Horizon 8 as soon as possible. Horizon 8 offers numerous improvements in performance, scale, and experience for both Administrators and end users. Please see Ensuring a successful migration from Horizon 7 to Horizon 8 (89840) for additional advice. The following table lists non-windows 10 guest operating system versions that are supported in Horizon Agent.Please reference the following articles for Information on windows 10: For Horizon 7, please see Supported versions of Windows 10 on Horizon Agent Including All VDI Clones (Full Clones, Instant Clones, and Linked Clones on Horizon 7).For Horizon 8, please see Supported Non-Windows 10 Guest Operating Systems for Horizon Agent and Remote Experience, for Horizon 8 version 2006 and later (78715) Persona is a legacy technology that has been deprecated with Horizon 8. Please see https://techzone.vmware.com/resource/modernizing-vdi-new-horizon for resources to plan a migration away from persona in advance of a move to Horizon 8. Note: Full Support means that the basic functionalities are supported for the particular OS. Some remote experience features may not be supported. For a detailed view of remote experience features by OS, see Feature Support Matrix for Horizon Agent. Please be aware there is an expectation of an active support contract for the OS and the ability to open a case with the vendor if requested by your assigned engineer. An extended support contract is needed for the support of Windows 7 for example, see Legacy Windows Support Plan for VMware Horizon.
Horizon 7 Non-Windows 10 Operating System Support (All VDI Clones) -- Agent, Remote Experience, Persona Management Horizon 7.13,7.13.1, 7.13.2, 7.13.3 Horizon 7.12Horizon 7.11Horizon 7.10, 7.10.1, 7.10.2. 7.10.3Horizon 7.9Horizon 7.8Horizon 7.7Horizon 7.6Horizon 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.5.3, 7.5.4Horizon 7.4Horizon 7.3Horizon 7.2Horizon 7.1Horizon 7.0.3Horizon 7.0.2Horizon 7.0.1Horizon 7Win 8.1 Latest Update (Enterprise and Professional) – 64 bit and 32 bitFull Support; LC and FC onlyFull Support; LC and FC onlyFull Support; LC and FC onlyFull Support; LC and FC onlyFull Support; LC and FC onlyFull Support; LC and FC onlyFull Support; LC and FC onlyFull Support; LC and FC onlyFull Support; LC and FC onlyFull Support; LC and FC onlyFull Support; Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support; Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyWin 8 (Enterprise and Professional) – 64 bit and 32 bitNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyWin 7 SP1 (Enterprise and Professional) – 64 bit and 32 bitFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportWin 2019 Server 64 bit(Standard and Datacenter)Full SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedWin Server 2016 (Standard and Datacenter) – 64 bitFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyWin server 2012 R2 (Standard and Datacenter) – 64 bitFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyWin Server 2012 (Datacenter) – 64 bitNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot supportedNot supportedNot supportedNot supportedNot supportedNot supportedWin Server 2008R2 (Datacenter)– 64bitNot SupportedNot SupportedFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyFull Support;Linked Clones and Full Clones onlyHorizon 7 Non-Windows 10 Operating System Support (RDS Desktops and Apps, All Clones) -- Agent, Remote Experience Horizon 7.13Horizon 7.12Horizon 7.11Horizon 7.10, 7.10.1,7.10.2,7.10.3Horizon 7.9Horizon 7.8Horizon 7.7Horizon 7.6Horizon 7.5,7.5.1,7.5.2,7.5.3,7.5.4Horizon 7.4Horizon 7.3Horizon 7.2Horizon 7.1Horizon 7.0.3Horizon 7.0.2Horizon 7.0.1Horizon 7Win 2019 Server 64 Bit (Standard and Datacenter)Full SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedNot SupportedWin Server 2016 (Standard and Datacenter) – 64 bitFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportWin server 2012 R2 (Standard and Datacenter) – 64 bitFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportWin Server 2012 (Datacenter) – 64 bitFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportWin Server 2008R2 (Datacenter) – 64 bitNot SupportedNot SupportedFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull SupportFull Support For a list of Linux guest operating system versions that are supported in Horizon 8, see System Requirements For Horizon Agent for Linux.Note:Full Support means that the basic functionalities are supported for the particular OS. Some remote experience features may not be supported. For a detailed view of remote experience features by OS, see Feature Support Matrix for Horizon Agent. Please be aware there is an expectation of an active support contract for the OS and the ability to open a case with the vendor if requested by your assigned engineer.An extended support contract is needed for support of Windows 7. For more information, see Legacy Windows Support Plan for VMware Horizon .