Simplified Desktop Management
- Deliver desktops to the user and not to a physical device by eliminating the bonds between a desktop image and the physical PC
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Deliver, manage and update all of your Windows desktops and applications from a central location
Automated Virtual Desktop Provisioning
- Use a single management tool to provision new desktops or groups of desktops
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Get an intuitive easy-to-use administrative interface for setting desktop policies
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Use a template to provision pools of desktops
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Set administrative policies, such as how many virtual machines can be in a pool, or logoff parameters
Advanced Virtual Desktop Image Management
- Rapidly create virtual desktops from a master image
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Push updates and patches out to any number of virtual desktops in minutes without affecting user settings, data or preferences
Unified Access
- Securely access your personalized desktop in a Windows Terminal Server environment or on a Blade PC from a single interface
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Remotely access physical PCs
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Monitor and audit desktop activity as well as load balance multiple Windows Terminal Servers
Virtual Printing
- Print from virtual desktops to local devices without compatibility issues, bandwidth restraints or complicated user setup
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Automatically discover, connect and print from a virtual desktop to any local or networked printer that's defined on the client device
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Use universal print drivers to eliminate compatibility issues
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Compression delivers high-quality printing with enhanced performance, even over suboptimal network connections
Familiar End-user Experience
- Deliver complete, unmodified desktop environment compatible with existing legacy or custom applications
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Get improved end-user experience for playing rich multimedia
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Print to local printers, USB devices or other peripherals
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Let users access their desktops from a wide variety of virtual desktop devices, anytime
Security
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Get strong network security to protect sensitive corporate data
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Use SSL tunneling to ensure all connections are completely encrypted
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Get full support of RSA SecurID and the added security of two-factor authentication for tightened access control
Availability and Scalability
- Deliver high availability with no single point of failure
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Get automatic failover and pervasive, cost-effective protection within your virtualized desktop environment, without the cost or complexity of traditional clustering solutions, with VMware High Availability (HA)
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Utilize advanced clustering capabilities on the physical and virtual layers provide enterprise-class scalability
Streamlined Application Management
- Separate applications from underlying operating systems for increased compatibility and streamlined application management with VMware ThinApp
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Run applications on servers in the datacenter and make them accessible through a shortcut on the virtual desktop further, reducing the size of the desktop image and subsequent storage needs
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Run multiple applications or multiple versions of the same applications on users virtual desktops without conflict
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Ensure all desktops are up to date with the latest application version
Offline Desktop
- Run managed virtual desktops locally or in the datacenter through the same administration framework with Offline Desktop, an experimental feature in VMware View 3
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Apply and enforce all existing security policies for that virtual desktop
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Check the desktop back into the datacenter for resynchronization as needed
Thin Client Support
- Get support for a wide variety of thin client devices. For a complete list of compatible hardware, please refer to the Thin Client Compatibility Guide HCL.
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