Architecture Planning
Table Of Contents
- View Architecture Planning
- Contents
- View Architecture Planning
- Introduction to View
- Planning a Rich User Experience
- Feature Support Matrix for View Agent
- Choosing a Display Protocol
- Using Hosted Applications
- Using View Persona Management to Retain User Data and Settings
- Using USB Devices with Remote Desktops and Applications
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Using 3D Graphics Applications
- Streaming Multimedia to a Remote Desktop
- Printing from a Remote Desktop
- Using Single Sign-On for Logging In to a Remote Desktop
- Using Multiple Monitors
- Managing Desktop and Application Pools from a Central Location
- Architecture Design Elements and Planning Guidelines for Remote Desktop Deployments
- Virtual Machine Requirements for Remote Desktops
- View ESXi Node
- Desktop Pools for Specific Types of Workers
- Desktop Virtual Machine Configuration
- RDS Host Virtual Machine Configuration
- vCenter Server and View Composer Virtual Machine Configuration
- View Connection Server Maximums and Virtual Machine Configuration
- vSphere Clusters
- Storage and Bandwidth Requirements
- View Building Blocks
- View Pods
- Advantages of Using Multiple vCenter Servers in a Pod
- Planning for Security Features
- Understanding Client Connections
- Choosing a User Authentication Method
- Restricting Remote Desktop Access
- Using Group Policy Settings to Secure Remote Desktops and Applications
- Implementing Best Practices to Secure Client Systems
- Assigning Administrator Roles
- Preparing to Use a Security Server
- Understanding View Communications Protocols
- Overview of Steps to Setting Up a View Environment
- Index
Virtual Shared Graphics
Acceleration (vSGA)
Available with vSphere 5.1 and later, this feature allows multiple virtual
machines to share the physical GPUs on ESXi hosts. You can use 3D
applications for design, modeling, and multimedia.
Soft 3D
Software-accelerated graphics, available with vSphere 5.0 and later, allows
you to run DirectX 9 and OpenGL 2.1 applications without requiring a
physical GPU. Use this feature for less demanding 3D applications such as
Windows Aero themes, Microsoft Office 2010, and Google Earth.
For these features, up to 2 monitors are supported, and the maximum screen resolution is 1920 x 1200.
IMPORTANT For more information on the various choices and requirements for 3D rendering, see the
VMware white paper about graphics acceleration.
Streaming Multimedia to a Remote Desktop
The Windows Media MMR (multimedia redirection) feature, for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 desktops
and clients, enables full-fidelity playback on Windows client computers when multimedia files are streamed
to a remote desktop.
With MMR, the multimedia stream is processed, that is, decoded, on the Windows client system. The client
system plays the media content, thereby offloading the demand on the ESXi host. Media formats that are
supported on Windows Media Player are supported; for example: M4V; MOV; MP4; WMP; MPEG-4 Part 2;
WMV 7, 8, and 9; WMA; AVI; ACE; MP3; WAV.
NOTE You must add the MMR port as an exception to your firewall software. The default port for MMR is
9427.
Printing from a Remote Desktop
The virtual printing feature allows end users on some client systems to use local or network printers from a
remote desktop without requiring that additional print drivers be installed in the remote desktop operating
system. The location-based printing feature allows you to map remote desktops to the printer that is closest
to the endpoint client device.
With virtual printing, after a printer is added on a local client computer, that printer is automatically added
to the list of available printers on the remote desktop. No further configuration is required. For each printer
available through this feature, you can set preferences for data compression, print quality, double-sided
printing, color, and so on. Users who have administrator privileges can still install printer drivers on the
remote desktop without creating a conflict with the virtual printing component.
To send print jobs to a USB printer, you can either use the USB redirection feature or use the virtual printing
feature.
Location-based printing allows IT organizations to map remote desktops to the printer that is closest to the
endpoint client device. For example, as a doctor moves from room to room in a hospital, each time the
doctor prints a document, the print job is sent to the nearest printer. Using this feature does require that the
correct printer drivers be installed in the remote desktop.
NOTE These printing features are available only on some types of clients. To find out whether a printing
feature is supported on a particular type of client, see the feature support matrix included in the "Using
VMware Horizon Client" document for the specific type of desktop or mobile client device. Go to
https://www.vmware.com/support/viewclients/doc/viewclients_pubs.html.
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