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icloudserv
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Run Multiple Concurrent Sessions in View 5.3?

Hello everyone, Im new to view, and changed my enviroment to View VDI instead of Terminal Services (RDP).

My old scenario was like this:

MS Server 2008 R2 Standard VM with 10 User CALS (10 users could login in at same time to their accounts on single Windows through RDP) and they could open same Application like it was 10 different PCs but on one PC. Basicly we had 10 Sessions simultaneously through RDP.  We had slight benefits using this setup:

1: It uses less resources (CPU and RAM) since Windows is already running and only extra applications were eating resources (for example 10 MS Words).

2. Single License on Windows and on all apps instead of 10 different licenses

3. Less Disk Space

So right now I have had setup VMware View 5.3, with same concurrent users 10 user CALS, but How do I connect all 10 of them through Vmware View Client to single machine so each can Login to his/her User Profile on same VM? If Windows supports multiple Concurrent connections to it, how is it possible to use this feature with View? Thanks all in advance.

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Linjo
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This is not possible with View 5.3, you need to upgrade to Horizon 6 to be able to use "Hosted Apps".

Be aware that "Hosted Apps" needs the "Horizon Advanced" license.

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icloudserv
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Hosted apps is little bit different from Concurrent Desktop Sessions on single VM, i didnt ask about apps at all. I need multiple Desktops over the wan not just apps. Thanks

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rcmcguir
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As far as I know there is no way multiple users could connect to a single desktop through Horizon View.  You could always run a VM and set it up with RDP the same way you were before.  View only connects a single user at a time to any given desktop.

There are ways to have multiple users connect to a single desktop, just not concurrently.

You may look into Teradici Remote Desktop Services Host (RDSH) to combine the richness of PCoIP with the RDS features you were utilizing.  I don't know a lot about it, but it may get you what you are looking for.

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Linjo
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rcmcguir is incorrect, View have always supported RDS brokering and now with View 6 also using PCoIP.

// Linjo

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Linjo
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user, yes that is also supported with View 5.3. You need to have an RDSH host and setup a Terminal Services pool.

Microsoft is not allowing multi-win capability on its Desktop OS, only its Servers OS using RDS. (but there are some hacks to make it work.)

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icloudserv
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Thats exacly what I need Server windows OS with 10 desktops each for each user. But will it support PCoiP with RDSH host? Thanks.

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Linjo
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Yes, but you need to upgrade to View 6. View 5.3 only supports RDP.

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icloudserv
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I already did it yesterday (upgraded to Horizon 6.0) and it took my licenses from 5.3 no problem. But Concurrent Apps is mystery for me, how does it work? I see it requires RDS farm but I dont have so many Hosts to make it in Farm. Is it possible to run apps without Desktops or to show them on Horizon View Client interface? lets say I want to run app only over PCoIP (not RDP) rdp is very slow. Is there possible way to do this without RDS Farm?

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Linjo
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An RDS farm is just a logical grouping in View, a farm can consist of only 1 RDSH host if you want.

Btw, its not "Concurrent Apps" its "Hosted Apps" according to VMware Marketing anyway... :winking_face:

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icloudserv
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Ok ) another question , do you need Workspace for Hosted apss through RDSH (can you just use Workspace only?)

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Linjo
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No, Workspace is not needed but can be used as a frontend to Hosted Apps, you do need Horizon View though.

Also you need the "Advanced" or "Enterprise" license to use Hosted Apps. (There are Standard, Advanced and Enterprise)

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