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Table Of Contents
- Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Installation
- View Administrator
- Virtual Desktop Deployment
- Client Management
- View Client and View Portal
- Client Connections from the Internet
- Creating SSL Server Certificates
- Using Existing SSL Certificates
- Smart Card Authentication
- RSA SecurID Authentication
- View Client Command Line Options
- Virtual Printing
- View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
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Chapter 1 Introduction
Volume Licensing and Windows Vista Ultimate
WindowsVistaUltimateisnotdesignedforbroadenterprisedeploymentandtherefore
doesnotsupportvolumelicensing—inordertodeploydesktopclonesthatuse
WindowsVistaUltimate,youmustfirstcontactMicrosoftinordertodetermineyour
licensingobligations.
View Client / View Client with Offline Desktop
YoumusthaveadministrativeprivilegestoinstallViewClientorViewClientwith
OfflineDesktopontheclientdesktop.InordertoredirecttheUSBdevicesattachedto
theclientsystemforuseontheViewManagerdesktop,youmustenabletheUSB
redirectionfeaturewhenyouinstalleitherclientapplication.
Remote Desktop Connection
MicrosoftRemoteDesktopConnection(RDC)6.1isrecommended,RDC5.0and
RDC 6.0aresupported—youmusthaveatleastRDC6.0installedinordertohave
multi‐monitorsupport.RDC6.1canbedownloadedfromthefollowinglocation:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6E1EC93D‐BDBD‐4983‐92F7‐4
79E088570AD
View Client with Offline Desktop: Product Compatibility
YoucannotinstallViewClientwithOfflineDesktoponanysystemthathasthe
followingapplicationsinstalled:
VMwareACE
VMwarePlayer
VMwareServer
VMwareWorkstation
TheaboveapplicationsmustbeuninstalledpriortoinstallingViewClientwithOffline
Desktop.
N
OTEOfflineDesktopisanexperimentalfeature.Pleasereferto“System
Requirements”onpage 14formoreinformationaboutexperimentalfeatures.