Instruc(onsonhowtoconnecttotheEngineeringRemoteDesktop(myappsvdi)

Youcanuseanywebbrowser,butChromeseemstobeworkingbe6er.Gotoh6ps://myappsvdi.utsa.eduandloginwithyourMyUTSAIDcredenFals(abc123).

YouwillbrieflyseetheDUOauthenFcaFonrequestpage,similartotheonebelow.

AOeryoureceivetheDUOrequestonyourphoneandapproveit,youshouldseethefollowing.

IfthereisaredexclamaFonmark,thenclickontheexclamaFonmark,andyouwillseethefollowing.

Clickonthe“Tryagain”andyoushouldseetheloginscreenasbelow.

TypeyourcredenFalsagain(MyUTSAID-abc123format),andyoushouldseethescreenbelow.

Whenyouseethemenuabove,clickonthe“EngineeringVDI”.

Atthispoint,youwillbepresentedwiththeopFontoselectthe“VMwareHorizon”orthe“HTML5”client.ThequickestwayistoselecttheHTML5client.YoucanalwayschangethisselecFonforfutureconnecFonsunderthe“VDIse\ngs”onthetoprightareaofthewebpage.

AOeraboutaminute,youwillseeaWindows10virtualmachineliketheonebelow.

FormoreopFons,clickinthemiddleleOsideofthepage.

Andyouwillgetthis.

MakesureyousaveyourworkonOneDriveoronanothersimilarplace,sincethemomentyoulogout,everythingonthisVirtualmachinewillberemoved(seeWindowsbackgroundwarning).Ifyouwanttodownloadthe“VMwareHorizonClient”andinstallit,thenyoucanuseh6ps://myappsvdi.utsa.eduasthe“Server”alongwithyourMyUTSAIDcredenFalstologintothevirtualmachine.OneoftheadvantagesofhavingtheHorizonClientisthatyoucouldconnect(share)oneofyourlocalcomputerfolders(likeyourhomefolderorMyDocumentsforexample),orevenanexternalUSBthatisconnectedtoyourcomputer.YoucanlookfortheseopFonsunderthe“Preferences”secFonoftheclient.Toseetheshares,justclickonthe“FileExplorer”shortcutontheDesktop,andthenon“ThisPC”.YouwillthenseethefoldersorUSBthatyousharedonyourlocalcomputeras“NetworkDrive(Z:)”oras“NetworkDrive(Y:)”etc.,ifyouhavemorethanone.