Installing the Nexthink VDI client extension

The Nexthink VDI Client Extension is included as a component in Nexthink Collector, therefore you do not need to install it separately on company-managed devices accessing virtual environments.

For company-managed devices, see the Installing Collector on Windows documentation to learn how to install Collector.

The Nexthink VDI Client Extension is a lightweight agent for devices connected to virtual desktop environments (VDIs). The extension sends only relevant data from devices on which Nexthink Collector cannot be installed to the Nexthink instance.

See the following table to understand which agent you must install on a specific device:

Device type (connected to a virtual environment)	Nexthink Collector	Nexthink VDI Client Extension
Device is managed by the company	✓
Device is self-managed / owned by the employee For example, a home computer owned and managed by an employee		✓
Device is managed by a third party For example, a device provided to contractors		✓

The Nexthink VDI Client Extension only sends relevant data while the device is connected to a VDI environment with Nexthink Collector running on it. No data is collected or sent when you are not connected or connected to a VDI environment without a Nexthink Collector running on it.

Any necessary configuration is done on the connector that is installed on the VM. The connector communicates all configuration changes to the extension that is running on the client device.

Download the extension

See the Infinity Release Notes page to download the VDI Client Extension.

Install the extension

You can choose between the following installation paths:

• Manual, which highlights all steps during the process

• Silent, which runs without user intervention

Manual installation

Launch the VDI Client Extension installer by unpacking the ZIP file and running the executable.

Silent installation

Run the following command in a command line interface (CLI) to install the plugin without user interactions:

msiexec /i Nexthink-VDI-Client-Extension.msi /qn

Connect to a VDI session

Once the installation is complete, you are ready to reconnect to your VDI session, and Nexthink can start complementing the remote session information with relevant metrics from the client device.