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Step-by-step guide

Windows Instructions

1. Download and install the VMware Horizon Client on your personal computer  (the install file is usually located in the download folder)
   
   

2. Reboot your computer

   
   
   

3. Open the Horizon Client, click the “New Server” button, and enter: mydesktop.pccc.edu then click "Connect"
   
   
   
   
   
   

4. You will be taken to the PCCC Login Page
   
   
   
   

5.  You will be asked to perform a multifactor authentication
   
   

6. Double-click the icon to launch your VDI desktop

Mac Instructions

1. Download the Horizon Client for Mac
   
   
2. Double click on the VMware Horizon Client.dmg file to begin the install
   
3. Click “Agree” in the user license agreement window that appears.
   
   
4. When the VMWare Horizon Client window appears, drag the “VMWare Horizon Client icon to the Applications folder.
   
   
5. The first time you launch the VMWare Horizon Client, you may see a security popup asking if you want to open the file. Click the “Open” button.
   
   
6. When you open up VMware Horizon Client click “New Server” or “+”
   
   
   
   
   
7. Type in mydesktop.pccc.edu and click “Connect”.
   
   
8. You will be taken to the PCCC Login Page
   
   
   
   
9. You will be asked to perform a multifactor authentication
   
   
   
   
10. Double-click the icon to launch your VDI desktop

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