Administrator Guide
• View Agent: A software service that is installed on all guest virtual machines, physical systems or terminal servers. View Manager
manages this software. The agent provides features such as Remote Desktop Connection monitoring, virtual printing, remote USB
support and single sign-on.
• View Client: It is locally installed software application that communicates with View Connection Server, to allow users to connect to
their desktops using Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection.
• View Portal: A component is similar to View Client but provides a View user interface through a web browser. It is supported on
multiple operating systems and browsers.
• View Administrator: A component provides View administration through a web browser. View administrators use it to do the following:
– Make conguration settings.
– Manage virtual desktops and entitlements of desktops of Windows users and groups.
View Administrator also provides an interface to monitor log events and is installed with View Connection Server.
• View Composer: To allow View Manager to rapidly deploy multiple linked clone desktops from a single centralized base image, View
Composer software service is installed on the Virtual Center server.
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