Overview of Desktop Virtualization

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VMwareView5.0

• VMwareView5.0wasreleasedinAug2011

– Grownfromservervirtualizationtechnology,initiallynamedVMwareVDM andnamedViewin2008

• Keyfeatures

– Excellentcentralmanagementsystem – “LocalMode”offersonlinevirtualdesktopsandseamlesssyncwithserver onceonline – Supportpopularendpointdevices(zeroclients,Android,Mac,iPad,etc.)

• Drawback

– Doesn’thandlelimitedbandwidthwell

• Licensemodel

– ViewEnterprise:vSphere DesktopandvCenter Desktop,ViewManager – ViewPremium:addsViewComposerforlinkedclones,singlediskͲimage

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AcomparisonofVDIfeatures

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AudiobiͲdirectionaloverWAN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes USBsupportofclientUSBdevices Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

WebcamsupportoverLAN Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Autoadjustimagequalitybasedonbandwidth Yes Yes No No Yes GPUvirtualizationsharedwithmultiplevdesktops No No Yes Yes No

32Ͳbitcolorsupport Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DualͲmonitorsupport Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

FullHDsupport(1920X1200) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

SupportADgrouppoliciesmanagingclientvDesktop Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes TwoͲfactorauthenticationͲ RSAsecureID Yes No Yes Yes Yes TwoͲfactorauthenticationͲ SMSpasscodesupport Yes No No No No

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AcomparisonofVDIfeatures

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IntegratedwithAD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes MultiͲADsupport(sameforest&2Ͳwaytrust) Yes No Yes Yes Yes GuestVMOSsupportWinidows7SP132&64Ͳbit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes GuestVMOSsupportWinidows832Ͳbitand64Ͳbit No No No No No

GuestVMOSsupportWindowsXP32Ͳbit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes GuestVMOSsupportWindowsVista64Ͳbit Yes No Yes Yes No

GuestVMOSsupportMACOSX No No No No No

GuestVMOSsupportLinuxOS No No No Yes No

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