Administrator Guide

Blast features Support on ThinOS Comments/ Known issues

RDSH application supports the PCoIP protocol—Limited support.

Unified communication No Third-party plug-ins are not available.

Microsoft Lync VDI plug-in No N/A

Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV) Yes N/A

Skype for Business Yes N/A

Windows Media MMR No N/A

Flash URL multicast No N/A

Printer redirect Yes Supports printer redirection, and printer mapping with virtual print.

Smartcard redirect Yes N/A

Scanner redirect No N/A

Serial port redirect No N/A

USB redirect—VDI/ RDSH Yes Enabled by default.

Client drive redirect No N/A

Linux desktop Yes N/A

Copy Paste text Yes See, VMware Horizon server and client configurations/documentation.

NOTE: You can only copy text strings from ThinOS local and

paste in the Blast session.

VPN connect Yes N/A

AES 128/256 Yes See, ThinOS AES design.

Multi-display/ 4K/ 32-bit Yes See, VMware Blast support information. For example, the prerequisite is

VM video RAM.

ClearType fonts support No ThinOS supports TrueType fonts.

3D display Yes See, VMware Blast support information.

Blast recovery from network

interrupt

Yes Requires Horizon View agent 7.0.1.

For more information about VMware Horizon Blast, see VMware documentation.

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.

Configuring the connection brokers