Apologies i’m a bit late writing this but last week VMware released the latest updates to their Horizon portfolio with some great new features and updates. Here are some Highlights and some web links i think people may find useful:
Horizon 7.9
Highlights in this release include:
Many updates to the HTML5 Horizon console
Additional logging option in Horizon administrator
The home site override feature has been relocated under global entitlements
In Horizon console the search sessions feature allows you to search accross pods
You can now launch UWP applications as well as desktops from a desktop pool
New option to not refresh instant clones on logoff
Expanded smartcard support for linux horizon agent for linux
Tesla T4 cards now validated
Microsoft Teams now validated and works with real time audio/video
Several improvements to Skype for Business
Improvements to the universal print driver
https://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2019/07/whats-new-horizon.html
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Horizon-7/7.9/rn/horizon-79-view-release-notes.html
App Volumes 2.17
Highlights in this release include:
Support for Windows 10 1903
App Volumes can now use TLS1.2 to communicate with SQL
App Volumes API now available here (https://code.vmware.com/apis/561/app-volumes-rest)
Additional Materials
https://techzone.vmware.com/blog/whats-new-vmware-user-environment-manager-98-and-app-volumes-217
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-App-Volumes/2.17/rn/VMware-App-Volumes-217-Release-Notes.html
User Environment Manager 9.8
Highlights in this release include:
Additional Horizon Smart policies for
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Audio playback
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Drag and drop
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Blast Extreme Protocol: H.264, H.264 high color accuracy, H.264 minimum quality, HEVC/H.265, JPG, and Max frame rate
Additional endpoint platform conditions
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Chrome ARC++
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Chrome Native
New regular expression support for conditions
Support for Windows 10 1903
Additional materials
https://techzone.vmware.com/blog/whats-new-vmware-user-environment-manager-98-and-app-volumes-217
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