Administrator Guide

VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for
Business
The VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business enables you to use Skype for Business in a VMware Horizon desktop.
Microsoft Skype for Business is a unified communications platform that delivers an optimized user experience for online messaging, audio,
and video calling and so on.
ThinOS supports VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business in a Blast session only. PCoIP and RDP protocols do not
support this feature.
Install the horizon package on ThinOS
You must install the horizon.i386 package on ThinOS to use the VMware Blast protocol.
To install the horizon package:
1. Extract the horizon package.
The horizon.i386.pkg files are unzipped to a valid location.
2. Upload the horizon.i386.pkg to directory \wnos\pkg\ on the file server.
3. Add the following INI parameters:
Autoload=1 loadpkg=1 Addpkg=horizon
4. Restart the thin client and wait until the automatic installation of packages is complete.
The installed horizon package is displayed in the Packages window in System Tools.
Set up the Skype for Business in VMware Blast session
This section describes how to install and use the Microsoft Skype for Business (SFB) on a VMware Blast desktop.
1. Log in as horizon administrator, and start the VMware Horizon Agent installation on the virtual desktop.
2. During the VMware Horizon Agent installation, select the VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business option to
install the VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for SFB.
For Horizon Agent installation information, see the Setting Up Virtual Desktops in Horizon 7 document at docs.vmware.com.
The VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business contains the following components:
• Horizon Media Proxy—This component is installed on the virtual desktop.
• Horizon Media Provider—This component is installed on the thin client.
3. Install the Skype for Business application on the VMware Blast desktop.
4. Update the ThinOS firmware, and install the Horizon.i386.pkg on the ThinOS client.
5. On ThinOS, log in to the VMware Blast desktop, and sign in to Skype for Business.
To verify if the VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business is installed on the deployed virtual machines, check if the
following registry keys exist:
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Lync\VdiMediaProvider - GUID (REG_SZ)
•
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\Lync\VdiMediaProvider - GUID
(REG_SZ)
For information about pairing modes for a session, see the Configuring Skype for Business document at docs.vmware.com.
For information about configuring Skype for Business group policy settings, see the VMware Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business
Policy Settings document at docs.vmware.com.
For information about the performance data statistics, see the Dell Wyse ThinOS Release Notes at www.dell.com/support.
NOTE:
To check the Skype for Business call statistics, right-click the virtualization pack icon on the lower-right of the
virtual desktop, and click Call statistics.
Limitations
• Horizon Client 4.8 or later and Horizon Agent 7.5 and later are not compatible with older Client and Agent releases. Due to this
limitation, when you use the Horizon Client 4.8 and Horizon Agent 7.5 with older client and agent releases, Skype for Business calls run
in fallback mode and calls are not optimized. For information about compatibility of Horizon Virtualization Pack for SFB components,
see the article 54773 at kb.vmware.com.
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