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Assigning applications packaged with VMware ThinApp to specific desktops and pools
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Managing local and remote desktop sessions
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Establishing secure connections between users and desktops
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Enabling single sign-on
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Setting and applying policies
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Inside the corporate firewall, you install and configure a group of two or more View Connection Server
instances. Their configuration data is stored in an embedded LDAP directory and is replicated among members
of the group.
Outside the corporate firewall, in the DMZ, you can install and configure View Connection Server as a security
server. Security servers in the DMZ communicate with View Connection Servers inside the corporate firewall.
Security servers offer a subset of functionality and are not required to be in an Active Directory domain.
You install View Connection Server in a Windows Server 2003 or 2008 server, preferably on a VMware virtual
machine.
View Client
The client software for accessing View desktops runs either on a Windows or Mac PC as a native application
or on a thin client if you have View Client for Linux.
After logging in, users select from a list of virtual desktops that they are authorized to use. Authorization can
require Active Directory credentials, a UPN, a smart card PIN, or an RSA SecurID token.
An administrator can configure View Client to allow end users to select a display protocol. Protocols include
PCoIP, Microsoft RDP, and HP RGS for View desktops that are hosted on HP Blades. The speed and display
quality of PCoIP rival that of a physical PC.
View Client with Local Mode (formerly called Offline Desktop) is a version of View Client that has been
extended to allow end users to download virtual machines and use them on their local systems regardless of
whether they have a network connection.
Features differ according to which View Client you use. This guide focuses on View Client for Windows and
View Client for Mac. The following types of clients are not described in detail in this guide:
View Client for Linux, available only through certified partners.
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Various third-party clients, available only through certified partners.
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View Open Client, which supports the VMware partner certification program. View Open Client is not
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an official View client and is not supported as such.
View Portal
From a Windows PC or laptop, end users can open a Web browser and use View Portal to download, install,
update, and start the Windows-based View Client. As of View 4.5, View Portal installs the full View Client for
Windows, with or without Local Mode.
To use View Portal, end users open an Internet Explorer browser and enter the URL of a View Connection
Server instance. View Portal provides a link for downloading the installer for the full View Client for Windows.
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