Thin Clients are light endpoint devices that do not perform any computer process inside the device; its operations are based on a network connection to the data center, where the virtual desktop is hosted.
When we consider the use of these devices for VDI, there are many things to take into account: What features do I need? How can I manage them? Do I really need a thin client?
DBigCloud blog, which focuses in virtualization, cloud computing, Big Data, operating systems and data bases analyzes this week the VDI solution UDS Enterprise in one of the articles they published.
The author of this post, system administrator and vExpert, outlines the functionalities of this connection broker for Windows and Linux and its support of the main hypervisors (VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, Red Hat KVM, oVirt KVM) authenticators (Active Directory, LDAP, OpenLDAP, eDirectory, SAML, CAS) and connection protocols in the market (RDP, RGS, XRDP, NX, Spice).
Moreover, he shows and explains the software administration dashboard. You can read the article and see screenshots od the system here: UDS Enterprise – more than a VDI solution
UDS Enterprise fully integrates with VMware vSphere 5 onwards.
UDS Enterprise components are offered in Virtual Appliance format and they are hosted on the vSphere platform on which the virtual desktops are going to be deployed.
The integration process is very easy, you can check it reading this presentation:
Desktop virtualization in Call Center environments, the suitability of Windows virtual desktops regarding the type of user and the availability of the first version of Citrix XenServer Dundee have been the most read topics in our blog for the last two weeks.
We have collected the links to these articles so that you keep up to date with the most interesting topics according to our followers:
VDI in Call Center environments
Companies engaged in direct marketing usually face some challenges which may be solved with the help of desktop virtualization. This is particularly the case of International Book Club, a pioneering company in this sector in Spain and Portugal with over 30 years experience.
This company considered the possibility of implementing a VDI solution because the incorporation of new companies into the group resulted in an added problem for the IT department, as it had to provide for the new worker user stations immediately, performing support for a large fleet of user stations in different countries.
Windows or Linux? Many users have a clear reply, but for others the decision is not so easy.
So that you can evaluate the pros and cons of the two options for implementing a VDI platform, in this article you can see the advantages of Linux desktops and in this post you’re reading we summarize the advantages of Windows operating systems:
