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Table 3‑2. View Agent Custom Setup Options (Continued)
Option Description
View Persona Management Synchronizes the user profile on the local desktop with a
remote profile repository, so that users have access to their
profiles whenever they log in to a desktop.
PCoIP Smartcard Lets users authenticate with smart cards when they use the
PCoIP display protocol. This option is not selected by
default.
PCoIP Smartcard is supported on remote desktops that are
deployed on single-user machines but is not supported on
RDS host-based remote desktops.
Table 3‑3. View Agent Features That Are Installed Automatically (Not Optional)
Feature 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.
Windows Media Multimedia Redirection (MMR) Extends multimedia redirection to Windows 7 and later
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.
In Horizon 6.0.2 and later, Windows Media MMR is
installed on Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1desktops. In
Horizon 6.0.1 and earlier, Win7 Multimedia Redirection is
installed on Windows 7 desktops.
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.
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