VMworld TV shows an interview with Warren Ponder, Product Manager at VMware. He and Douglas are talking about the upcoming VMware View Client for iPad. A lot of great features are coming and it will support PCoIP. Check the video.

VDI can be used for several use cases including call centres, standard workplaces, high security desktops and much more. With VMware View 4.5 you can also use your virtual desktops for kiosk mode purposes. The most popular kiosk mode use case is a Internet surf station but you could also think about other self service [...]

Printing in a VMware View environment does almost look like printing on a physical desktop for the user. For example the user works with some office application and wants to print the document on his local connected Canon iP5300 printer. This is an ink jet printer and it does have some special features integrated with [...]

Back in the days of View 3.0 the USB redirection was done over a virtual channel in the RDP protocol. This changed with View 3.1 as of this release there were a second way of USB data transportation added. You can still use the RDP virtual channels and it is used as a fallback if [...]

Back in August 2009 Devon IT released the VDI Blaster software to help companies to repurpose personal computers into thin clients. The new version 1.1 now supports VMware View 4 and the PC-over-IP (PCoIP) protocol which gives users a true PC like experience, including multimedia. The new version also includes the ability to boot the [...]

View 4 with PCoIP does support 4 screens with a maximum resolution of 1920×1200 per monitor. Mostly I see customers with the requirement for two screens and very often they are asking for the Pivot function where you can flip the screen from T-scale to L-shape like shown in the photo.

If you want to know if your Thin Clients are certified for VMware View 4 you should check the hardware compatability list at vmware.com. On the tab VMware View you can also search for features like PCoIP, MMR and Smart Card.

VMware View 4 with vSphere for Desktops is the leading desktop virtualization solution on the market. It includes several of new features but the main highlight is the software PCoIP integration which offers a great user experience on LAN and WAN networks. See this article for the complete new feature list.

Finally its here, View4 is now available for download: https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/p/download.php?p=view4&lp=1 Release notes are here: https://www.vmware.com/support/view40/doc/releasenotes_viewmanager40.html

Nice article on Peterro.com is showing how to install a VMware View Open Client for OSX. There are two know issues, one with the sound redirection and one with the Alt-F4 keyboard Combination but it’s worth to give it a try!