6.2
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 and Applications
- 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
Printing from a Remote Desktop
The virtual printing feature allows end users on some client systems to use local or network printers from a
remote desktop without requiring that additional print drivers be installed in the remote desktop operating
system. The location-based printing feature allows you to map remote desktops to the printer that is closest
to the endpoint client device.
With virtual printing, after a printer is added on a local client computer, that printer is automatically added
to the list of available printers on the remote desktop. No further configuration is required. For each printer
available through this feature, you can set preferences for data compression, print quality, double-sided
printing, color, and so on. Users who have administrator privileges can still install printer drivers on the
remote desktop without creating a conflict with the virtual printing component.
To send print jobs to a USB printer, you can either use the USB redirection feature or use the virtual printing
feature.
Location-based printing allows IT organizations to map remote desktops to the printer that is closest to the
endpoint client device. For example, as a doctor moves from room to room in a hospital, each time the
doctor prints a document, the print job is sent to the nearest printer. Using this feature does require that the
correct printer drivers be installed in the remote desktop.
NOTE These printing features are available only on some types of clients. To find out whether a printing
feature is supported on a particular type of client, see the feature support matrix included in the "Using
VMware Horizon Client" document for the specific type of desktop or mobile client device. Go to
https://www.vmware.com/support/viewclients/doc/viewclients_pubs.html.
Using Single Sign-On for Logging In to a Remote Desktop
The single-sign-on (SSO) feature allows end users to supply login credentials only once.
If you do not use the single-sign-on feature, end users must log in twice. They are first prompted to log in to
View Connection Server and then are prompted log in to their remote desktop. If smart cards are also used,
end users must sign in three times because users must also log in when the smart card reader prompts them
for a PIN.
For remote desktops, this feature includes a credential provider dynamic-link library.
Using Multiple Monitors
Regardless of the display protocol, you can use multiple monitors with a remote desktop.
If you are using All Monitors display mode and click the Minimize button, if you then maximize the
window, the window will go back to All Monitors mode. Similarly, if you are using Fullscreen mode and
minimize the window, when you maximize the window, the window will go back to Fullscreen mode on
one monitor.
Using All Monitors for Horizon Client
If you have Horizon Client use all monitors, if you maximize an application window, the window expands
to the full screen of only the monitor that contains it.
Horizon Client supports the following monitor configurations:
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If you use 2 monitors, the monitors are not required to be in the same mode. For example, if you are
using a laptop connected to an external monitor, the external monitor can be in portrait mode or
landscape mode.
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