Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.6 and ThinOS Lite 2.6 Operating System Release Notes
- Overview
- Version matrix
- ThinOS 8.6_606
- ThinOS 8.6_511
- ThinOS 8.6_412 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_412
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- ENERGY STAR 8.0 compliance
- Network icons added to Zero desktop
- Security warning for anonymous user
- Supports End User License Agreement
- Mouse cursor accuracy
- Supports South Asia smart card and middleware
- Supports RDS 2019
- Support U49 monitors and bloomberg keyboard with Horizon Broker connection
- New INI parameters available for Teradici cloud access
- Updated cipher suits
- New system variables for ethernet and wireless MAC addresses
- Supports secure RDP
- Important notes
- INI parameters
- Fixed issues
- Known issues
- ThinOS 8.6_303 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_303
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- Network icon added to taskbar
- Show Key feature for Wyse Management Suite group token
- Change registration code for Amazon WorkSpaces
- Wyse Management Suite Proxy information using DHCP options or DNS SRV records
- Supports RC4_HMAC_MD5 for RDP connections
- Limit core dumps by clearing NVRAM
- ENERGY STAR 8 compliance
- Supports TicTok smart cards
- Important notes
- INI parameters
- Fixed issues
- Known issues
- ThinOS 8.6_206 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_206
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- Important notes
- INI parameters
- Fixed issues
- Known issue
- ThinOS 8.6_028 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_028
- ThinOS 8.6_204
- ThinOS 8.6_111
- ThinOS 8.6_108
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- Display features
- DP audio port feature
- Troubleshooting features
- Frames per second (FPS) display
- Text color customization on login window
- Smart card as Proximity Card of Imprivata
- New system variable for MAC address
- Reconnect workflow for VMware Horizon View broker
- VMware Horizon package
- Teradici Cloud Access broker type
- Username Hint option for VMware Horizon View broker
- Touchpad
- Wyse Management Suite support
- New connection under low privilege
- Battery information
- Behavior while closing the lid
- Fn key combinations
- FR package
- Network features and limitations
- Docking station features and limitations
- SD card reader
- Sleep mode
- Touch Panel
- Important notes
- INI parameters
- Known issues
- ThinOS 8.6_106
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- Display resolution
- DP audio port
- Troubleshooting features
- On-Screen Display (OSD) feature
- Frames per second (FPS) display
- Text color customization on login window
- Smart card as Proximity Card of Imprivata
- New system variable for MAC address
- Reconnect workflow for VMware Horizon View broker
- VMware Horizon package
- Teradici Cloud Access broker type
- Username Hint option for VMware Horizon View broker
- Wyse Management Suite support
- New connection under low privilege
- FR package
- Sleep mode
- Important notes
- INI parameters
- Known issues
- ThinOS 8.6_027 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_027
- ThinOS 8.6_024 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_024
- ThinOS 8.6_019 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_019
- ThinOS 8.6_015
- ThinOS 8.6_013
- Release scope
- Release type and definition
- Supported platform
- BIOS information
- Packages
- Feature support matrix
- Citrix Receiver feature matrix
- VMware Horizon feature matrix
- Important notes
- New and enhanced features
- Cisco Jabber Softphone for VDI
- Update RTME package to 2.5
- Upgrade Horizon package to version 4.8
- VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business
- Multiple logins with Citrix and VMware Horizon
- BIOS update
- Export and restore BIOS settings
- Package version check
- Telnet
- Disable DisplayPort audio
- Report locally attached devices to Wyse Device Manager
- Vertical Synchronization
- PCoIP connections using Teradici Remote Workstation card
- Okta integration through Citrix NetScaler
- Display selection when launching RDP connection in full screen
- Desktop scaling factor for RDP connection
- Icon folders for StoreFront interface
- Caradigm Way2Care enhancement
- Wireless IP configuration
- Display priority on Wyse 5070 Extended thin client
- Display GUI update
- Bluetooth pairing update
- INI parameters
- Tested environment
- Tested peripherals
- Known issues
- Release scope
- ThinOS Lite 2.6_013
- Upgrading firmware
- Resources and support
- Contacting Dell
Limitation—ThinOS RTME package update does not support hardware acceleration. For more information, see
docs.citrix.com/en-us/hdx-optimization/current-release.
Upgrade Horizon package to version 4.8
In ThinOS version 8.6, you can upgrade the thin client from Horizon version 4.6 to 4.8. VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for
Skype for Business is supported from this release onwards.
Horizon Client version 4.8 and Agent version 7.5 Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business are not compatible with older
Horizon Client and Agent releases. If you use Horizon Client 4.8 or later and Horizon Agent 7.5 and later with older Client and
Agent releases, then the fallback mode will be enabled on Skype for Business calls. For more information about the Compatibility
of Horizon Virtualization Pack for SFB Components, see kb.vmware.com/s/article/54773.
NOTE:
● If you are upgrading your previous ThinOS client version to 8.6, you must ensure that the Horizon server or agent
version is updated to support the Horizon client version 4.8. For information about interoperability matrices for client
and server/agent version compatibility, see https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.
● ThinOS supports the hardware cursor in the VMware Blast session. By default, the hardware cursor is disabled. You
must use the INI parameter to enable the hardware cursor. For more information about enabling the hardware cursor
using the INI parameter, see the Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.6 INI Reference Guide at www.dell.com/support.
Limitations
●
ThinOS supports up to four 4K displays with limited performance in the Horizon Blast session. Due to low performance, Dell
does not recommend using four displays with 4K resolution when H264 is enabled.
● Vertical Synchronization does not work in Blast session with four 4K resolution.
● Video performance is low whe 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.
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. PCoIP and RDP protocols do not
support this feature.
NOTE:
● For information about configuring Skype for Business, and Optimized and fallback modes in Skype for Business, see the
Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.6 Administrator's Guide at www.dell.com/support.
● For information about the Horizon Agent installation, see the Setting Up Virtual Desktops in Horizon 7 document at
docs.vmware.com.
NOTE: 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. Ensure that you review the compatibility matrix of
Horizon Virtualization Pack for SFB components at kb.vmware.com/s/article/54773.
Table 118. Functionality matrix
Features Support
P2P audio and video calls Yes
Conference call Yes
VDI desktop Yes
Presence/IM Yes
RDSH desktop/application Yes
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