Some of the newer Blast Extreme functionality only works in Unified Access Gateway.

Horizon View Security Server has been removed from Horizon 2006 (aka Horizon 8). But you might need some Linux skills during troubleshooting. You can deploy and configure the appliance without any Linux skills.

Additional security with DMZ authentication. Some of the Authentication methods supported on Unified Access Gateway are RSA SecurID, RADIUS, CAC/certificates, etc.

No need to enable Gateway/Tunnel on the internal Horizon Connection Servers.

No need for IPSec or 4001 or the other ports.

Between Unified Access Gateway and Horizon Connection Servers you only need TCP 443.

You don’t need to build extra Connection Servers just for pairing. However, you might want extra Horizon Connection Servers so you can filter pools based on tags.

Unified Access Gateway (formerly known as Access Point) is a replacement for Horizon Security Servers. traffic flow), see Understanding Horizon Connections at VMware Tech Zone. For an explanation of how this works (i.e. Unified Access Gateway provides remote connectivity to internal Horizon Agent machines.

2020 July 11 – updated Import OVF section for UAG 3.10.

2020 Sep 30 – updated Import OVF section for UAG 20.09.

2020 Dec 27 – updated Import OVF section for UAG 20.12 (2012).

2021 Mar 23 – updated Import OVF section for UAG 2103.

2021 Apr 7 – updated Import OVF section for UAG 2103.1.

2021 July 6 – updated Import OVF section for UAG 2106.

2021 Aug 3 – updated Import OVF section for UAG 2106.1 – security fix.

2021 Aug 31 – updated Import OVF section for UAG 2106.2 – deadlock fix.

2021 Sep 30 – Horizon Edge configuration – added instructions to disable CORS to fix HTML Access in Horizon 2106 and newer.

2021 Dec 2 – updated Import OVF section for UAG 2111.

2021 Dec 21 – updated Import OVF section for UAG 2111.1.

2022 Jan 25 – updated Import OVF section for UAG 2111.2.

2022 Mar 29 – updated Import OVF section for UAG 2203.

2022 July 15 – updated Import OVF section for UAG 2207.2022 Oct 21 – updated Import OVF section for UAG 2209.2023 Jan 10 – updated Import OVF section for UAG 2212.2023 Mar 14 – updated Import OVF section for UAG 2303.Other UAG Configurations – High Availability, Network Settings, System Settings.vSphere Web Client Deploy OVF method – Upgrade Existing, or Deploy New.

PowerShell Deploy Script Method – both upgrade and new.

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