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VMware Horizon 6 Desktop Virtualization Solutions

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VMware Horizon 6 Desktop Virtualization Solutions

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (21 chapters)
VMware Horizon 6 Desktop Virtualization Solutions
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Changes to thick and thin client solutions


View 6 has changed the approach for certain solutions around thick and thin clients. Earlier, solutions required the usage of thick clients with Lync 2013. If you want to use Horizon View 6 and Microsoft Lync 2013 together, you can provide the solution on a thin client. This combination will enable the following features:

  • Presence

  • Instant messaging

  • Desktop sharing

  • Application sharing / PowerPoint sharing

  • Whiteboards

  • File transfers

  • Online meetings

    A couple of disadvantages associated with online meetings are as follows:

    • Communication modes for online meetings are limited by peer-to-peer communication modes. For example, if audio is not supported on the specified architecture, audio will not work in online meetings.

    • Joining online meetings from a Microsoft Outlook meeting reminder and/or meeting invitation is not supported.

  • Office integration

  • VoIP

    A feature that is not supported for VoIP is as follows:

    • Audio is supported only in a VDI environment. Audio is not...