Display Size Fixes for Horizon View Desktop

High DPI screens:

One case I have ran into is using a Surface Pro 4 or any device that has a high DPI monitor for that fact to connect to a Horizon View Desktop. You will find that all the icons and text are so small it is almost not possible to read. I have found 2 solutions to fix this issue

Option 1: Use the display scaling option in VMware Horizon View Client

Requirement: VMware Blast Extreme or PCoIP display protocol

After you connect to the Virtual desktop you can select options from the top menu then select display scaling menu item. or you can select Enable display scaling check box in the settings window for the remote application or desktop.

Option 2: Editing Registry on the client system.

Requirement: VMware Horizon View Client 3.4 and higher

Add the following registry key:

KEY: HKCU\SOFTWARE\VMware, inc.\VMware VDM\Client
Value DWORD: EnableSessionDPIScaling = 1

A value of 1 = on
A value of 0 = off

Allowing users to adjust display size within the operating system:

The best way to complete this task is to first load the View Agent ADM template into a GPO and set the setting "Toggle Display Settings Control" to the value of "Disabled" This will allow users to edit display settings directly.

The User can now make display setting changes within the Operating System. One thing to keep in mind is if the desktop is not a persistent desktop you will need some kind of profile management solution to retain the settings that the user sets.