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Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.5 Administrator’s Guide

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Using VMware Horizon View broker and desktop

VMware Horizon View Broker timeout—The VMware Horizon View Broker timeout does not force the user to sign out from the broker anymore when the secure tunnel is enabled.

In earlier version of ThinOS, when the broker times out, the user session is disconnected and the user is logged out from the broker. From ThinOS 8.2 release, ThinOS disconnects the user session from the broker, but does not force user logout. This is because the user has local connections other than the broker desktop, and these connections are active when the broker timeout is reached.

PCoIP session NUM/CAP keyboard status synchronizes with session instead of thin client—This is applicable for session startup only. The PCoIP session keyboard NUM/ CAP status synchronizes from remote session to client, whereas RDP/ ICA synchronizes status from local to remote session.

For example:

  1. Set keyboard NUM=off in current PCoIP session.
  2. Disconnect the session.
  3. Set client keyboard NUM=on.
  4. Reconnect to the PCoIP session.
  5. The keyboard NUM status in both session and client is updated to NUM=off.

RDS desktop through PCoIP—You can view and connect to the Remote Desktop Service (RDS) desktop through the PCoIP protocol in the broker using PCoIP enabled the ThinOS clients. In VMware Horizon View 6.0 and later versions, the RDS desktop has RDP and PCoIP connections based on server configurations.

NOTE:The Horizon application is supported on both PCoIP and Blast. RDP is not supported.

The RDS desktop protocol switch message dialog box is provided in this release. A typical user scenario is as follows:

  1. Connect to the RDS desktop through protocol. For example, RDP.
  2. Disconnect from the desktop.
  3. Connect to the same RDS desktop through another protocol. For example, PCoIP.

    The message dialog box is displayed, allowing you with an option to continue.

    The options available are:

    • Cancel—You can end the PCoIP connection, and connect to the desktop in RDP again.
    • Log Out and Reconnect—You can connect to the desktop through PCoIP, and the earlier session in RDP is logged out.

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USB redirection RDS desktop through PCoIP—This feature is supported.

Using unauthenticated access—You can anonymously log in to the VMware session with application remoting.

To use the unauthenticated option, do the following:

  1. On your AD server, create two anonymous users, for example, anonymous1 and anonymous2.
  2. Log in to your View Admin web portal.
  3. Navigate to Users and Groups > Unauthenticated Access, and add the two new anonymous users to the View Connection Manager.
  4. Navigate to View Configurations > Select Servers > Connection Servers, and select your connection server.
  5. Click Edit > Authentication tab, and select the Enabled for unauthenticated access check box. Do not select any users for the default unauthenticated user.
  6. Go to Application Pools, add a few applications that you have installed on the Virtual Machine, and entitle the applications to anonymous1 and anonymous2 user.
  7. On the ThinOS broker setup dialog box for VMware View, select the Log in anonymously using Unauthenticated Access check box.
  8. Restart your thin client.

    The following dialog box is displayed:

    Dialog box

  9. Select the Always use this account check box to use the login account that you have specified. You cannot change this login account for other users.

Hide Server URL—The server URL can be hidden in the Horizon View broker UI. You can configure this setting using any of the following methods:

  • Using View Connection Server web portal
    1. Log into your View Connection Server web portal.
    2. Navigate to View Configuration > Global Settings > Edit, select the Hide server information in client user interface check box, and clear the Hide domain list in client user interface check box.
    3. Click OK.
    4. Log in to the VMware Horizon broker.

      The server URL is hidden, and the domain list is displayed.

  • Using INI parameter

    Use the INI parameter, ConnectionBroker=vmware DisableShowServer=yes.

Hide Domain List—The domain list can be hidden in the Horizon View Broker logon UI. To configure this setting, do the following:

  1. Log in to your View Connection Server web portal.
  2. Navigate to View Configuration > Global Settings > Edit, select the Hide domain list in client user interface check box, and clear the Hide server information in client user interface check box.
  3. Click OK.
  4. Log in to the VMware Horizon broker.

    The domain list is hidden, and the server URL is displayed.


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