Administrator Guide

RDS desktop through PCoIP/Blast—You can view and connect to the Remote Desktop Service (RDS) desktop through the PCoIP/
Blast protocol in the broker using PCoIP/Blast enabled the ThinOS clients. In VMware Horizon View 6.0 and later versions, the RDS
desktop has RDP, PCoIP, or Blast connections based on server configurations.
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/Blast—This feature is supported.
USB audio redirection—USB audio redirection enables you to use USB audio devices in the remote session. However, Dell does not
recommend that you enable the USB audio redirection because of sound quality.
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 Configurations > 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.
9. Select the Always use this account check box to use the login account that you have specified. You cannot change this login
account for other users.
Hide Server URL—The server URL can be hidden in the Horizon View broker UI. You can configure this setting using any of the
following methods:
• Using View Connection Server web portal
1. Log into your View Connection Server web portal.
2. Navigate to View Configuration > Global Settings > Edit, select the Hide server information in client user interface check
box, and clear the Hide domain list in client user interface check box.
3. Click OK.
4. Log in to the VMware Horizon broker.
The server URL is hidden, and the domain list is displayed.
• Using INI parameter
Use the INI parameter, ConnectionBroker=vmware DisableShowServer=yes.
Hide Domain List—The domain list can be hidden in the Horizon View Broker logon UI. To configure this setting, do the following:
1. Log in to your View Connection Server web portal.
2. Navigate to View Configuration > Global Settings > Edit, select the Hide domain list in client user interface check box, and
clear the Hide server information in client user interface check box.
3. Click OK.
4. Log in to the VMware Horizon broker.
The domain list is hidden, and the server URL is displayed.
Configuring the connection brokers
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