5.3

The Feature Pack components allow users to take advantage of several new desktop features.
HTML Access Agent
The HTML Access Agent allows users to connect to Horizon View desktops
by using HTML Access. The HTML Access Agent must be running on a
desktop to enable HTML Access on that desktop.
Therefore, to use HTML Access, you must install the Remote Experience
Agent with the HTML Access feature.
Flash URL Redirection
Flash URL Redirection intercepts and redirects a ShockWave Flash (SWF) file
from the remote desktop to the client endpoint. Without this feature,
multicast or unicast video data is streamed from an Adobe Media Server to
the virtual desktops running on ESXi hosts. The data is then resent in
individual PCoIP sessions from each virtual desktop to each client endpoint.
Flash URL Redirection allows Flash content from Adobe Media Server to
stream directly to the client endpoints and bypass the virtual desktop
infrastructure. The Flash content is then displayed using the clients' local
Flash media players.
Streaming Flash content directly from the Adobe Media Server to the 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 Flash content to multiple client endpoints.
Real-Time Audio-Video
Real-Time Audio-Video allows Horizon View users to run Skype, Webex,
Google Hangouts, and other online conferencing applications on their virtual
desktops. With Real-Time Audio-Video, webcam and audio devices that are
connected locally to the client system are redirected to the remote desktop.
This feature redirects video and audio data to the desktop with a
significantly lower bandwidth than can be achieved by using USB
redirection.
Real-Time Audio-Video is compatible with standard conferencing
applications and supports standard webcams, audio USB devices, and
analog audio input.
This feature installs the VMware Virtual Webcam and VMware Virtual
Microphone on the desktop operating system. When a conferencing
application is launched, it displays and uses these VMware virtual devices,
which handle the audio-video redirection from the locally-connected devices
on the client. The VMware Virtual Microphone also appears in the Device
Manager on the desktop operating system.
The drivers for the audio and webcam devices must be installed on your
Horizon View Client systems to enable the redirection.
Real-Time Audio-Video is not supported on local mode desktops.
This feature provides an ADM Template file that lets you install Real-Time
Audio-Video group policy settings on Active Directory or on individual
desktops. With these settings, you can change the webcam's default
maximum frame rate and image resolution, and you can disable or enable
the feature altogether.
VMware Horizon View Feature Pack Installation and Administration
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