VMware Horizon 7.0.1

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New Features:

• Configure the clipboard memory size for VMware Blast and PCoIP sessions 
  View administrators can configure the server clipboard memory size by setting GPOs for VMware Blast and PCoIP sessions. Horizon Client 4.1 users on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems can configure the client clipboard memory size. The effective memory size is the lesser of the server and client clipboard memory size values.
• VMware Blast network recovery enhancements 
  Network recovery is now supported for VMware Blast sessions initiated from iOS, Android, Mac OS X, Linux, and Chrome OS clients. Previously, network recovery was supported only for Windows client sessions. If you lose your network connection unexpectedly during a VMware Blast session, Horizon Client attempts to reconnect to the network and you can continue to use your remote desktop or application. The network recovery feature also supports IP roaming, which means you can resume your VMware Blast session after switching to a WiFi network.
• Configure View Administrator to not remember the login name
  View administrators can configure View Administrator to not display the Remember user name check box and therefore not remember the administrator's login name. For more information, see KB 2145405: Configure View Administrator to not remember the login name.
• Allow Mac OS X users to save credentials
  View administrators can configure View Connection Server to allow Horizon Client Mac OS X systems to remember a user's user name, password, and domain information. If users choose to have their credentials saved, the credentials are added to the login fields in Horizon Client on subsequent connections.
• Horizon 7 for Linux desktops enhancements
  • Support for managed virtual machines
  • Support for smart card redirection with SSO
  • Support for Horizon Client for iOS
  • Support for SLES 12 SP1
  • Support for H.264 encoder software 

Resolved Issues:

• Using the Client Drive Redirection (CDR) feature to copy a file from Horizon Client to a desktop, the resulting file on the desktop is sometimes corrupted.
• Provisioning instant clones fails if vCenter Server is localized to a non-English language.
• On Windows 10, with Persona Management and folder redirection enabled, users cannot access any redirected folder.
• Persona Management converts some folder path names to all capital letters, causing applications that are case-sensitive to fail.
• In Horizon View releases prior to 7.0.1, with Persona Management enabled, desktops that have Trend Micro's OfficeScan installed have an issue where logins will be stuck at the welcome screen for a long time.
• Using the USB redirection feature, after a user connects a USB storage device, disconnecting from the remote desktop causes View Agent to terminate unexpectedly and the desktop to become unavailable.
• After a recompose, a desktop VM goes into maintenance mode unexpectedly and stays in that mode, making the desktop unavailable to users.
• Kiosk mode clients are now supported in a Cloud Pod Architecture environment if you implement a workaround. For instructions, see VMware Knowledge Base (KB) article 2148888, Using kiosk mode clients in a Cloud Pod Architecture environment. 
• In a two-monitor setup, on the main monitor, two issues might occur: (1) the cursor disappears when it is between two adjacent frames in an application's window; and (2) pressing a function key to toggle between cursor types, the cursor type does not refresh until the mouse is moved.
• In setting up smart card authentication for a user, when the altSecurityIdentities paramter is specified using SN to indicate surname and G to indicate given name, authentication to Connection Server fails. When the altSecurityIdentitiesparamter is specified using SurName to indicate surname and GivenName to indicate given name, authentication to Outlook Web Access fails. The administrator is not able to make authentication succeed with both Connection Server and Outlook Web Access. For more information, see KB 2145891: Smart card authentication to Outlook Web Access fails when the altSecurityIdentities parameter is specified using SurName and GivenName.
• In an Active Directory environment that consists of multiple sites and domain controllers, after a user logs in to a desktop in a newly created instant-clone desktop pool and logs off, the desktop VM is deleted and recreated as expected. However, customization fails for the new desktop VM with the error Failed to update the machine group policy (waited 25 seconds).
• In an Active Directory environment that consists of multiple sites and domain controllers, provisioning of an instant-clone desktop pool fails with the error AD_FAULT_FATAL - com.vmware.daas.cloneprep.ldap.LdapException: unable to create connection pool.
• If you connect to a Linux desktop without login and disconnect, the session is considered as Disconnected. The session cannot be released automatically. This issue is resolved by adding pending session timer:
  • If you connect to a Linux desktop before the Linux OS login is complete, the session is considered as pending state. Though its state is Available on Connection Server, other users are not allowed to connect to this desktop VM.
  • If you disconnect the session before login, the session is released after 15 minutes.
  • If you disconnect the session during login process and login is incomplete, after 15 minutes, the Linux OS session is logged off automatically and the session is released.
• On non-VSAN storage, any custom storage policy assigned to the master virtual machine is not propagated to the instant clones.