VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business
The VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business enables you to use Skype for Business in a VMware Horizon desktop. Microsoft Skype for Business is a unified communications platform that delivers an optimized user experience for online messaging, audio, and video calling and so on.
ThinOS supports VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business in a Blast session. PCoIP and RDP protocols do not support this feature.
NOTE:
For information about configuring Skype for Business, and Optimized and fallback modes in Skype for Business, see the
Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.6 Administrator's Guide at
www.dell.com/support.
For information about the Horizon Agent installation, see the
Setting Up Virtual Desktops in Horizon 7 document at
docs.vmware.com.
NOTE: Horizon Client 4.8 or later and Horizon Agent 7.5 and later are not compatible with older Client and Agent releases. Due to this limitation, when you use the Horizon Client 4.8 and Horizon Agent 7.5 with older client and agent releases, Skype for Business calls run in fallback mode and calls are not optimized. Ensure that you review the compatibility matrix of Horizon Virtualization Pack for SFB components at
kb.vmware.com/s/.
Table 1. Functionality matrixFunctionality matrix
Features
Support
P2P audio and video calls
Yes
Conference call
Yes
VDI desktop
Yes
Presence/IM
Yes
RDSH desktop/application
Yes
Call park and pickup
Yes
Call delegation
Yes
Voicemail on Outlook
Yes
PSTN
No
Mute/unmute
Yes
SFB call fallback mode
Yes
Call-transfer and call forward
Yes
Integration with Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Yammer, and SharePoint
Yes—only PowerPoint is validated.
Multiple monitors
Yes
Do not disturb
Yes
The following table provides the data statistics for Skype for Business performance that is based on 1920 x 1080 display resolution with Logitech 930 Webcam:
NOTE: Performance results may vary with different monitor resolutions and webcams.
Table 2. Performance data statisticsPerformance data statistics
Platform
VDI
Video call resolution
FPS
Client CPU average usage—default window mode video call