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OfflineDesktopoffersmobileuserstheabilitytocheckoutaclonedinstanceofcertain
typesofViewManagerdesktopontoalocalsystemsuchasalaptop.Oncecheckedout,
thelocalcopybehaveslikeastandalonedesktopsystemandcanbeusedwithor
withoutanetworkconnection;the
desktopisnowconsideredtobe“offline.”
ThefollowingsectionsprovideanoverviewofOfflineDesktop,itspurposeand
implementation.
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics:
“OverviewofOfflineDesktop”onpage 167
“InstallingandRunningViewClientwithOfflineDesktop”onpage 173
“OfflineDesktopStatus”onpage 176
Overview of Offline Desktop
OfflineDesktopaddressesthechallengeofcontinuousaccessthatisimplicitinany
onlinedesktopsolution:throughcircumstanceorchoice,usersoccasionallyfind
themselvesinenvironmentswherenetworkavailabilityisextremelylimitedor
completelyabsent.
Offline Desktop
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NOTEOfflineDesktopisanexperimentalfeature.Referto“SystemRequirements”on
page 14formoreinformationaboutexperimentalfeatures.
OfflineDesktopisnotsupportedwithvSphere4.
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OTEForinformationaboutusagepoliciesthatrelatespecificallytoofflineclient
sessions,referto“ClientPoliciesonpage 183.