Install VMware Horizon Client using Winget

The enterprise has been rolling out the application packages using various available methods (GPOs, SCCM, WS1 UEM etc.) in the industry. Today we are going to take a step further and see how to deploy the VMware Horizon Client using the new Micrososft Windows Package Manager (Winget)

Available Commands for various verison of Horizon Client

Following are the commands however, it’s recommended only to install the latest or the matching version based on your VMware Horizon environment.

VMware Horizon 8.x	VMware Horizon Client 8.x
VMware Horizon 7.x	VMware Horizon Client 5.x

# Latest GA version VMware Horizon Client version 8.7.0.31805
winget install -e --id VMware.HorizonClient

# VMware Horizon Client version 8.6.0.29364
winget install -e --id VMware.HorizonClient -v 8.6.0.29364

# VMware Horizon Client version 8.5.0.26981
winget install -e --id VMware.HorizonClient -v 8.5.0.26981

# VMware Horizon Client version 8.4.1.26410
winget install -e --id VMware.HorizonClient -v 8.4.1.26410

# VMware Horizon Client version 8.3.0.21227
winget install -e --id VMware.HorizonClient -v 8.3.0.21227

# VMware Horizon Client version 8.2.0.18176
winget install -e --id VMware.HorizonClient -v 8.2.0.18176

# VMware Horizon Client version 8.1.0.15949
winget install -e --id VMware.HorizonClient -v 8.1.0.15949

# VMware Horizon Client version 8.0.0.13243
winget install -e --id VMware.HorizonClient -v 8.0.0.13243

# VMware Horizon Client version 5.5.4.26353
winget install -e --id VMware.HorizonClient -v 5.5.4.26353

# VMware Horizon Client version 5.5.3.24986
winget install -e --id VMware.HorizonClient -v 5.5.3.24986

# VMware Horizon Client version 5.5.2.19788
winget install -e --id VMware.HorizonClient -v 5.5.2.19788

# VMware Horizon Client version 5.5.1.17068
winget install -e --id VMware.HorizonClient -v 5.5.1.17068

# VMware Horizon Client version 5.5.0.14558
winget install -e --id VMware.HorizonClient -v 5.5.0.14558

Installing, Listing, Upgrading and Un-installing the latest version HZ Client

Open the PowerShell with administrative privileges

Installing

winget install -e --id VMware.HorizonClient

Listing the installed package

List the package and its details of the previous installation step

winget list --name 'VMware Horizon Client'

Upgrading from version 5.5.4 to 8.7.0

winget upgrade --id VMware.HorizonClient

Un-installing

Following is the command to uninstall the Horizon Client.

winget uninstall --id VMware.HorizonClient

I hope you will find this helpful post about the winget and VMware Horizon Client details. Give it a spin in your lab and production environment, if you find anything interesting. I hope you can share it back with me?

Thanks,
Aresh Sarkari

Tags: Horizon, PowerShell, VDI, VMware, VMware Horizon, VMware Horizon Client, Windows, Windows 10