VMWare Horizon Client (Windows)

Because your Virtual Lab exists in a non-persistent environment, it is recommended that you save your work on your local computer or a drive such as an external hard drive or flash drive, rather than in the Lab environment.

1. In the Virtual Lab, click on the 3-dot settings icon in the taskbar and select Drive Sharing. Confirm that the options for Share your local files and Allow auto access to removable storage are toggled on. You should see listed within the Folder/Drive area a connection to your local C: drive.

2. When you are working on a document or project, to save your progess, you will need to select the appropriate location in which to save it. The below example will use a Word document, but the process will be similar for other types of files

3. Choosing File, Save As and then Browse to select a file destination

4. Within the File Explorer you will want to select Network Drive (Z:) and then wherever you'd like to save your file. In this example we have made a Virtual Lab saved work folder on our local desktop where we will keep all of our files

5. To move something from your local computer into the Lab environment just open up the File Explorer and from within the Network (Z:) drive browse to the location where your file is

VMWare Horizon Client (Mac)

Because your Virtual Lab exists in a non-persistent environment, it is recommended that you save your work on your local computer or a drive such as an external hard drive or flash drive, rather than in the Lab environment.

1. Click on VMWare Horizon Client and then select Preferences.

2. Select Drive Sharing to confirm that the options for Allow access to home folder and Allow access to removable storage are toggled on. You should see listed within the Folder area a connection to your Mac's local home folder.

3. When you are working on a document or project, to save your progess, you will need to select the appropriate location in which to save it. The below example will use a Word document, but the process will be similar for other types of files

4. Choosing File, Save As and then Browse to select a file destination

5. Within the File Explorer you will want to select Network Drive (Z:) and then wherever you'd like to save your file. In this example we have made a Virtual Lab saved work folder on our local desktop where we will keep all of our files

6. To move something from your local computer into the Lab environment just open up the File Explorer and from within the Network (Z:) drive browse to the location where your file is

Web Browser

Because your Virutal Lab exists in a non-persistent environment, it is recommended that you save your work on your local computer or a drive such as an external hard drive or flash drive, rather than in the Lab environment.

1. When you have a document that you will want to save from the Virtual Lab to your home computer or external drive from within the browser version of the Virtual Lab, click the three lines that appear to the left-hand side of the Lab window to open the taskbar

2. From here, click the File Transfer button. This button is toward the top of the panel on the left

3. A new window will open up on the right side of the browser window with instructions on how to download something from the Virtual Lab onto your machine or external hard drive

4. Click on the file you'd like to transfer in the file finder or on the desktop (wherever you saved it) in the Lab and click ctrl+c on your keyboard. You'll see the file name appear in the File Transfer Window. Click the download arrow on the right side of the File Transfer Window to begin the download process

5. The file will download like a normal file from the internet, and will appear in your local Downloads folder. Chrome and Firefox download windows are shown below:

Chrome

Firefox

Cloud-Based Saving

1. When you save in the Virtual Lab, save to the Desktop or Documents section

2. To save this file into a cloud location, first open a web browser within the Virtual Lab itself and log into your cloud service. The example below will use OneDrive, a service through Office365 which you may have access to through your home campus

3. Next, upload the document as normal. For OneDrive, click "Upload."

4. From here, find the file you saved to the Lab Desktop or Documents section and click "Open."

5. You should see the file begin to upload; once it does, it will appear in your cloud service files section