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Table Of Contents
- View Architecture Planning
- Contents
- View Architecture Planning
- Introduction to View
- Planning a Rich User Experience
- Feature Support Matrix for View Agent
- Choosing a Display Protocol
- Using Hosted Applications
- Using View Persona Management to Retain User Data and Settings
- Using USB Devices with Remote Desktops
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Using 3D Graphics Applications
- Streaming Multimedia to a Remote Desktop
- Printing from a Remote Desktop
- Using Single Sign-On for Logging In to a Remote Desktop
- Using Multiple Monitors
- Managing Desktop and Application Pools from a Central Location
- Architecture Design Elements and Planning Guidelines for Remote Desktop Deployments
- Virtual Machine Requirements for Remote Desktops
- View ESXi Node
- Desktop Pools for Specific Types of Workers
- Desktop Virtual Machine Configuration
- RDS Host Virtual Machine Configuration
- vCenter Server and View Composer Virtual Machine Configuration
- View Connection Server Maximums and Virtual Machine Configuration
- vSphere Clusters
- Storage and Bandwidth Requirements
- View Building Blocks
- View Pods
- Advantages of Using Multiple vCenter Servers in a Pod
- Planning for Security Features
- Understanding Client Connections
- Choosing a User Authentication Method
- Restricting Remote Desktop Access
- Using Group Policy Settings to Secure Remote Desktops and Applications
- Implementing Best Practices to Secure Client Systems
- Assigning Administrator Roles
- Preparing to Use a Security Server
- Understanding View Communications Protocols
- Overview of Steps to Setting Up a View Environment
- Index
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End users can access the Workspace user portal on the Web from inside
a remote desktop for applications they need.
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If you also use HTML Access, end users can open a remote desktop
inside a browser, without having to install any client application on the
client system or device.
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IT managers can use the Workspace Administrator Web interface to
monitor user and group entitlements to remote desktops.
VMware Mirage
You can use Mirage to deploy and update applications on dedicated full-
clone remote desktops without overwriting user-installed applications or
data. Mirage also periodically backs up the desktop so that if necessary, users
can recover partial or full desktops.
Mirage provides a better offline virtual desktop solution than the Local Mode
feature that was previously included with View. Mirage includes the
following security and management features for offline desktops:
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Encrypts the locally installed virtual machine and prevents a user from
modifying virtual machine settings that affect the integrity of the secure
container.
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Provides policies, including expiration, available in VMware Fusion™
Professional and VMware
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Player Plus™, that are comparable to the
polices provided with the previous Local Mode feature. Fusion Pro and
Player Plus are included with Mirage.
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Eliminates the need for users to check in or check out their desktops to
receive updates.
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Enables administrators to utilize the Mirage layering capability, backup
features, and file portal.
Integrating with Popular Video Conferencing Software
Flash URL Redirection
Streaming Flash content directly from Adobe Media Server to client
endpoints lowers the load on the datacenter ESXi host, removes the extra
routing through the datacenter, and reduces the bandwidth required to
simultaneously stream live video events to multiple client endpoints.
The Flash URL redirection feature uses a JavaScript that is embedded inside
a Web page by the Web page administrator. Whenever a virtual desktop user
clicks on the designated URL link from within a Web page, the JavaScript
intercepts and redirects the ShockWave File (SWF) from the virtual desktop
session to the client endpoint. The endpoint then opens a local VMware Flash
Projector outside of the virtual desktop session and plays the media stream
locally.
NOTE With Flash URL Redirection, the multicast or unicast stream is
redirected to client devices that might be outside your organization's
firewall. Your clients must have access to the Adobe Web server that hosts
the ShockWave Flash (SWF) file that initiates the multicast or unicast
streaming. If needed, configure your firewall to open the appropriate ports to
allow client devices to access this server.
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