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VMware Horizon View requires KMS for Windows licensing. To work around this so MAK licensing can be used for lab environments the registry can be editing to skip license activation as a requirement of composing a desktop.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmware-viewcomposer-ga
# SkipLicenseActivation = 0
SkipLicenseActivation = 1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet001\Services\vmware-viewcomposer-ga
# SkipLicenseActivation = 0
SkipLicenseActivation = 1

https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026556

To silently install Horizon View agent on a vCenter Server unmanaged system use.

VMware-viewagent-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe /s /v"/qn VDM_VC_MANAGED_AGENT=0 VDM_SERVER_NAME=cs1.companydomain.com VDM_SERVER_USERNAME=admin.companydomain.com VDM_SERVER_PASSWORD=secret ADDLOCAL=Core,ThinPrint,USB"

To install Horizon View agent on a vCenter Server VM as an unmanaged system you must start the install from CLI.

VMware-viewagent-y.y.y-xxxxxx.exe /v"VDM_VC_MANAGED_AGENT=0"