What's new in VMware Horizon View Client 5.4.0
Aug 22, 2013
- Real-Time Audio-Video - You can now use webcams and microphones in a virtual desktop and run Skype, Webex, Google Hangouts, and other online conferencing applications. This feature redirects video and audio data to the desktop with a significantly lower bandwidth than can be achieved by using USB redirection. Real-Time Audio-Video is compatible with standard conferencing applications and supports standard webcams, audio USB devices, and analog audio input. Requires a VMware Horizon View 5.2 virtual desktop with the Remote Experience Agent installed. This agent is included with VMware Horizon View 5.2 Feature Pack 2.
- Microsoft Lync support on Windows 8 client systems - You can now use a Microsoft Lync 2013 client on a Windows 7 or Windows 8 Horizon View desktop to participate in Unified Communications (UC) VoIP (voice over IP) and video chat calls with Lync certified USB audio and video devices. Requires Horizon View 5.2 servers, and desktop connections must be made with the PCoIP display protocol. Recording audio is not yet supported. See the End User Computing Blog entry.
- Flash URL Redirection - You can now use Adobe Media Server and multicast to deliver live video events in a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment. Streaming Flash content directly to client endpoints lowers the load on the datacenter ESXi host, removes the extra routing through the datacenter, and reduces bandwidth requirements. Requires a VMware Horizon View 5.2 virtual desktop with the Remote Experience Agent installed. This agent is included with VMware Horizon View 5.2 Feature Pack 2.