Administrator Guide
5 The keyboard NUM status in both session and client is updated to NUM=off.
RDS desktop through PCoIP—You can view and connect to the Remote Desktop Service (RDS) desktop through the PCoIP protocol in
the broker using PCoIP enabled the ThinOS clients. In VMware Horizon View 6.0 and later versions, the RDS desktop has RDP and PCoIP
connections based on server congurations.
NOTE: The Horizon application is supported on both PCoIP and Blast. RDP is not supported.
The RDS desktop protocol switch message dialog box is provided in this release. A typical user scenario is as follows:
1 Connect to the RDS desktop through protocol. For example, RDP.
2 Disconnect from the desktop.
3 Connect to the same RDS desktop through another protocol. For example, PCoIP.
The message dialog box is displayed, allowing you with an option to continue.
The options available are:
• Cancel—You can end the PCoIP connection, and connect to the desktop in RDP again.
• Log Out and Reconnect—You can connect to the desktop through PCoIP, and the earlier session in RDP is logged out.
USB redirection RDS desktop through PCoIP—This feature is supported.
Using unauthenticated access—You can anonymously log in to the VMware session with application remoting.
To use the unauthenticated option, do the following:
1 On your AD server, create two anonymous users, for example, anonymous1 and anonymous2.
2 Log in to your View Admin web portal.
3 Navigate to Users and Groups > Unauthenticated Access, and add the two new anonymous users to the View Connection Manager.
4 Navigate to View Congurations > Select Servers > Connection Servers, and select your connection server.
5 Click Edit > Authentication tab, and select the Enabled for unauthenticated access check box. Do not select any users for the
default unauthenticated user.
6 Go to Application Pools, add a few applications that you have installed on the Virtual Machine, and entitle the applications to
anonymous1 and anonymous2 user.
7 On the ThinOS broker setup dialog box for VMware View, select the Log in anonymously using Unauthenticated Access check box.
8 Restart your thin client.
The following dialog box is displayed:
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