Monitors and Screen Resolution

When you use the VMware Blast display protocol or the PCoIP display protocol, you can extend a remote desktop to multiple monitors. If you have a Mac with Retina Display, you can see the remote desktop in full resolution.

With the VMware Blast display protocol or the PCoIP display protocol, a remote desktop screen resolution of 4K (3840 x 2160) is supported. The number of 4K displays that are supported depends on the hardware version of the desktop virtual machine and the Windows version.

Hardware Version	Windows Version	Number of 4K Displays Supported
10 (ESXi 5.5.x compatible)	7, 8, 8.x, 10	1
11 (ESXi 6.0 compatible)	7 (3D rendering feature disabled and Windows Aero disabled)	3
11	7 (3D rendering feature enabled)	1
11	8, 8.x, 10	1
13 or 14	7, 8, 8.x, 10 (3D rendering feature enabled)	1
13 or 14	7, 8, 8.x, 10	3

Subtopics

■	Using Full-Screen Mode with Multiple Monitors When a remote desktop window is open, you can use the Window > Enter Full Screen menu item or the expander arrows in the upper-right corner of the remote desktop window to extend the remote desktop across multiple monitors. You can select the Window > Use Single Display in Full Screen menu item to make the remote desktop fill only one monitor.
■	Using Remote Desktops with Split View With Split View, which is supported in El Capitan (10.11) and later, you can fill your Mac screen with two applications without manually moving and resizing windows. You can use Split View with remote desktops in full-screen mode (Full Screen or Use Single Display in Full Screen option).
■	Using a High-Resolution Mac with Retina Display If you use the VMware Blast display protocol or the PCoIP display protocol, Horizon Client supports high resolutions for client systems that support Retina Display. After you connect to a remote desktop, you can select the Connection > Resolution > Full Resolution menu item to enable high-resolution mode. This menu item appears only if the client system supports Retina Display.
■	Using DPI Synchronization The DPI Synchronization feature ensures that the DPI setting in a remote desktop matches the client system's DPI setting.
■	Select Specific Monitors to Display a Remote Desktop If you have multiple monitors, you can select the monitors on which to display a remote desktop window. For example, if you have three monitors, you can specify that the remote desktop window appears on only two of those monitors.
■	Using Exclusive Mode Exclusive mode is similar to full-screen mode in that the remote desktop fills the screen. With exclusive mode, unlike full-screen mode, the VMware Horizon Client menu bar and Dock do not appear when you move your pointer to the edges of the screen.