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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
Using 3D Graphics Applications
The software- and hardware-accelerated graphics features available with the PCoIP display protocol enable
remote desktop users to run 3D applications ranging from Google Earth to CAD and other graphics-
intensive applications.
Virtual Dedicated
Graphics Acceleration
(vDGA)
Available with vSphere 5.5 and later, this feature dedicates a single physical
GPU (graphical processing unit) on an ESXi host to a single virtual machine.
Use this feature if you require high-end, hardware-accelerated workstation
graphics.
Virtual Shared Graphics
Acceleration (vSGA)
Available with vSphere 5.1 and later, this feature allows multiple virtual
machines to share the physical GPUs on ESXi hosts. You can use 3D
applications for design, modeling, and multimedia.
Soft 3D
Software-accelerated graphics, available with vSphere 5.0 and later, allows
you to run DirectX 9 and OpenGL 2.1 applications without requiring a
physical GPU. Use this feature for less demanding 3D applications such as
Windows Aero themes, Microsoft Office 2010, and Google Earth.
For these features, up to 2 monitors are supported, and the maximum screen resolution is 1920 x 1200. The
guest operating system on the virtual machine desktops must be Windows 7 or later.
IMPORTANT For more information on the various choices and requirements for 3D rendering, see the
VMware white paper about graphics acceleration.
Streaming Multimedia to a Remote Desktop
The MMR (multimedia redirection) feature enables full-fidelity playback on Windows XP, Windows Vista,
Windows 7, and Windows 8 client computers when multimedia files are streamed to a remote desktop.
With MMR, the multimedia stream is processed, that is, decoded, on the Windows client system. The client
system plays the media content, thereby offloading the demand on the ESXi host.
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For Windows XP and Windows Vista remote desktops, the MMR feature supports the media file
formats that the Windows XP or Windows Vista client system supports, because local decoders must
exist on the client. File formats include MPEG2, WMV, AVI, and WAV, among others.
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For Windows 7 remote desktops and Windows 7 and 8 client systems, the MMR feature supports media
formats that comply with the H.264 video compression standard. The M4V, MP4, and MOV file formats
are supported.
IMPORTANT Windows 8 remote desktops do not support MMR. For these View agents, use Windows media
redirection, included with RDP 7 and later.
Because MMR is implemented differently on different operating systems, the system requirements for the
Windows 7 operating system are different from the requirements for Windows Vista and earlier operating
systems. For information about the system requirements for this feature, see "Using VMware Horizon Client
for Windows," available at https://www.vmware.com/support/viewclients/doc/viewclients_pubs.html.
NOTE You must add the MMR port as an exception to your firewall software. The default port for MMR is
9427.
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