Hey guys! Here’s a quick update on Horizon 7.2 that was just released:
Skype for Business has native integration,
- Initial release is for Windows based endpoints
- Removes datacenter hairpinning for video and audio traffic
VMware Horizon Help Desk
- New tool using the new HTML5 interface
- Allows for helpdesk fast end user lookup, session reset and quick troubleshooting detail collection
Horizon 7 and vSAN
- Supports vSAN 6.6 encryption of data-at-rest at the cluster level
- Updates default SPBM policies created by horizon
Scale Improvements
- A single vCenter for Instant Clone and Linked-Clones can now support 4,000 desktops
- Scale increase support for 4,000 desktops with single vCenter and Full clones
- CPA scale increased to 120K sessions across 12 View pods and 5 sites
Android Client Supports Samsung DEX, which allows for desktop orientation of the phone, allowing for the experience “dock the phone, connect to horizon with external mouse/keyboard/monitor”.
HTML Access Supports Dual Displays
Linux VDI 7.2 Release
- USB Redirection support
- Client Drive Redirection (CDR) support
- KDE desktop support for CentOS 6 x64 and RHEL 6 x64
- HTML Access Supports Audio Playback
- RHEL 6.9 x64 and CentOS 6.9 x64 support
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