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Table 3‑3. View Agent Features That Are Installed Automatically
Option Description
PCoIP Agent Lets users connect to the View desktop using the PCoIP
display protocol.
Installing the PCoIP Agent feature disables sleep mode on
Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista desktops and
standby mode on Windows XP desktops. When a user
navigates to the Power Options or Shut Down menu, sleep
mode or standby mode is inactive. Desktops do not go into
sleep or standby mode after a default period of inactivity.
Desktops remain in active mode.
NOTE If you install the PCoIP Agent feature on Windows
Vista, the Windows group policy Disable or enable
software Secure Attention Sequence is enabled and set to
Services and Ease of Access applications. If you change
this setting, single sign-on does not work correctly.
Wyse Multimedia Redirection (MMR) Provide multimedia redirection to Windows XP and
Windows Vista desktops and clients. This feature delivers a
multimedia stream directly to the client computer,
allowing the multimedia stream to be processed on the
client hardware instead of the remote ESXi host.
Win7 Multimedia Redirection (MMR) Extends multimedia redirection to Windows 7 desktops
and clients. This feature delivers a multimedia stream
directly to the client computer, allowing the multimedia
stream to be processed on the client hardware instead of
the remote ESXi host.
Lync Provides support for Microsoft Lync 2013 Client on View
desktops.
Virtual Printing with PCoIP Provides virtual printing over PCoIP. This feature lets
users print to any printer available on their Windows client
computers. Users do not have to install additional drivers
on their desktops.
Unity Touch Allows tablet and smart phone users to interact easily with
Windows applications that run on the remote desktop.
Users can browse, search, and open Windows applications
and files, choose favorite applications and files, and switch
between running applications, all without using the Start
menu or Taskbar.
Virtual video driver Provides a virtual video driver on the remote desktop.
Virtual audio driver Provides a virtual audio driver on the remote desktop.
Install View Agent Silently
You can use the silent installation feature of the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) to install View Agent on
several Windows virtual machines or physical computers. In a silent installation, you use the command line
and do not have to respond to wizard prompts.
With silent installation, you can efficiently deploy View components in a large enterprise.
If you do not want to install all features that are installed automatically or by default, you can use the
ADDLOCAL MSI property to selectively install individual setup options and features. For details about the
ADDLOCAL property, see Table 3-5.
Prerequisites
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Prepare the guest operating system for desktop deployment. See “Prepare a Guest Operating System
for Remote Desktop Deployment,” on page 22.
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