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Glossary
N nonpersistentdesktoppool
Adesktoppoolinwhichusersarenotassignedtoaspecificdesktop.Whenusers
logofforaretimedoutofadesktop,theirdesktopsarereturnedtothepooland
madeavailabletootherusers.Userscannotsavedataorfilestotheirdesktops
whenusinganonpersist
entpool.
P persistentdesktoppool
Adesktoppoolinwhichusersareassignedtoaspecificdesktop.Userslogonto
thesamedesktopeverytimeandtheirdataispreservedwhentheylogoff.Users
cansavedataandfilestotheirdesktopswhenusingapersistentpool.
R RDP(remotedesktopprotocol)
Amultichannelprotocolthatallowsausertoconnecttoacomputerremotely.
RSASecurID
AproductfromRSAthatprovidesstrong,twofactorauthenticationusinga
passwordandanauthenticator.
S securityserver
AViewConnectionServerdeploymentthataddsalayerofsecuritybetweenthe
Internetandtheinternalnetwork.
T thinclient
Adevicethatallowsausertoaccessvirtualdesktopsbutrequireslittlememoryor
diskdrivespace.Applicationsoftware,data,andCPUpowerresidesonanetwork
computerandnotontheclientdevice.
V virtualdesktop
Adesktopoperatingsystemthatrunsonavirtualmachine.Avirtualdesktopis
indistinguishablefromanyothercomputerrunningthesameoperatingsystem.