Administrator Guide

• All Supported—Select this protocol connection to display the desktop in all the available connections, when a desktop pool is
configured to allow users to select protocol as yes. If a desktop is configured with default protocol as PCoIP and allow user to
select protocol as no, then ThinOS only displays the desktop in the PCoIP connection.
• RDP only—Select this protocol connection to display the desktop in RDP connection only. If a desktop pool is configured with
default protocol as
PCoIP in the View Admin console, and allow user to select protocol as no, then this desktop is not
displayed in ThinOS after user signs in to the device.
• PCoIP only—This option is available only for PCoIP enabled clients. Select this protocol connection to display only the
desktop in the PCoIP connection, for each pool in the broker. If a desktop pool is configured with default protocol as RDP in
the View Admin console, and allow user to select protocol as no, then this desktop is not displayed in ThinOS after user signs in
to the device.
• Blast only—VMware Blast display protocol can be used for remote applications and for remote desktops that use virtual
machines or shared-session desktops on an RDS host. Select this protocol connection to display the desktop with the Blast
protocol.
• Blast and RDP—This option is available on both PCoIP enabled clients and non-PCoIP clients. Select this protocol connection
to display the desktop in either Blast or RDP connections.
• Blast and PCoIP—This option is available only for PCoIP enabled clients. Select this protocol connection to display the
desktop in either Blast or PCoIP connections.
• PCoIP and RDP—This option is available only for PCoIP enabled clients. Select this protocol connection to display the
desktop in either PCoIP or RDP connections.
• Log in anonymously using Unauthenticated Access—Select this check box to anonymously log in to the VMware session
with application remoting.
3. Click OK to save the settings.
Limitations
• Video performance is low when you play a video in Blast session with 4K resolution.
• ThinOS supports audio device USB redirection. However, Dell does not recommend using audio device USB direction due to low audio
quality.
• The text copy and paste functionality between local and Blast sessions works only after you perform a session switch.
VMware Horizon Client feature matrix
Table 16. VMware Horizon Client feature matrix
Client type ThinOS
Client Appearance and Workflow Customer branding Not supported
Kiosk mode Supported
In-product help Not supported
Online help Not supported
English localization Supported
French localization Supported
German localization Supported
Japanese localization Supported
Traditional Chinese localization Supported
Simplified Chinese localization Supported
Korean localization Not supported
Spanish localization Not supported
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