During VMworld in Las Vegas VMware announced the availability of version 5.0 of its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) platform View.
VMware View provides remote desktop capabilities to users using VMware's virtualization technology. A client desktop operating system runs within a virtual environment on a server.
The VMware View product has a number of components which are required to provide the virtual desktops, including:
- VMware vSphere for Desktops (includes ESX/ESXi virtualization)
- VMware vCenter Server (management of virtualization environment)
- View Composer (advanced View management, with automation and cloning)
- View Manager (administration of the View Environment)
- View Client(communication between view and the desktop OS)
In order to transport a view of the desktop to users, keyboard, video, mouse and other interactions are sent over a LAN connection. Protocols supported for this are both the Microsoft developed RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), along with the PCoIP protocol. Access is also supported through any HTML5 compliant browser.
VMware claims that the new release of View consumes up to 75 percent less bandwidth over LAN and WAN connections. This version also introduces the profile management technology for stateless desktops.
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