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User Profile |
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Built-in User Profile Management
Details
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Yes
With FSLogix enabled through the Cloud Workspace Management Suite portal
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Yes
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Yes
Available,
as part of the suite Profile Mgmt & Workspace Environment Management
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Selective Profile management
Details
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Yes
With FSLogix enabled through the Cloud Workspace Management Suite portal
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Yes
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Yes
Available,
as part of the suite
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Ability to clear “user profile data”
Details
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Yes
With FSLogix enabled through the Cloud Workspace Management Suite portal
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Yes
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Yes
Available,
With the use of Profile mgmt. & Folder Redirection the data and profile settings are separately managed and can be selectively modified
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Profile restore options
Details
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Yes
With FSLogix enabled through the Cloud Workspace Management Suite portal
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Yes
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No
Not Available natively
with Workspace Environment Management/ Citrix Profile mgmt,
Can be worked out by leveraging VSS on file servers.
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User Profile sync with FAT Client scenario
Details
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Yes
With FSLogix enabled through the Cloud Workspace Management Suite portal
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Yes
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Yes
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Integration with third-party profile solutions
Details
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Yes
Could use scripted events
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Yes
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Yes
Available,
Also, Citrix has its own advanced profile mgmt tool - Workspace Environment Management as a Service and Suite option
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User profile can be containerized
Details
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Yes
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Yes
User Environment Manager + App Volumes
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Yes
Available,
Natively available for OST Redirection and/or Personal vDisk
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Option to store Archive of profiles
Details
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Yes
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Yes
User Environment Manager + App Volumes
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No
Restore available on a global level.
The on-premises Workspace Environment Management Backup Wizard backs up the current configuration set to a special XML format file. You can restore (apply) the settings in this XML file to the current configuration set in your Workspace Environment Management service,
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Redirection |
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Open local file-types using Remote apps
Details
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No
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Yes
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Yes
Available, with Native installation of Citrix Workspace App
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Generic USB Redirection
Details
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Yes
Available through RDP client
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Yes
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Yes
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Supported type of Ports
Details
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Yes
Available through RDP client
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Yes
Printer, Scanner and Serial Port redirection support
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Yes
Available, printer support
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Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV) |
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Yes
Available through RDP client
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Yes
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Yes
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Speaker & Microphone support
Details
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Yes
Available through RDP client
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Yes
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Yes
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Unified Communication Hairpinning effect
Details
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No
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Yes
Available in Horizon Agent/Client with the Skype for Business virtualization pack
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Yes
Available,
S4B VDI plugin part of Citrix Receiver/Workspace App
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Microsoft SFB & Teams
Details
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Yes
Not optimized (media hairpinning)
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Yes
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Yes
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Display |
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Multi-monitor support
Details
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Yes
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Partially Available
Horizon Cloud on Azure is currenlty limited to two monitors
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Yes
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Dual-monitor support
Details
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Yes
Available through RDP client
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Yes
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Yes
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4K monitor support
Details
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Yes
Available through RDP client
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Yes
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Yes
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Uncommon Input Devices |
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Touch Support |
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Touch Screen support
Details
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Touch optimization
Details
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No
Supported but not optimized
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Yes
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Yes
Available,
with Native & HTML5 client
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Yes
Available through RDP client
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Yes
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Yes
Available,
with Native & HTML5 client
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Data Access |
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
Available,
with Native & HTML5 client
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Ability to upload/download files from native client
Details
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
Available, with Native client
Client folder Redirection - Supported operating systems:
• Server: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2
• Client (with latest Citrix Workspace app for Windows): Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1
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Ability to upload/download files from browser
Details
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
Available, with HTML5 client
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Miscellaneous |
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Show ‘tips’ at session start
Details
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Yes
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Yes
with VMware User Environment manager we are able to create messages with tips upon Login, Reconnect or logoff. VMware User Environment manager is included in the service
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Yes
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Client time zone Redirection
Details
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
Available,
with Native & HTML5 client
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Native integration into Chromebook system Tray
Details
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Yes
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Yes
Assume it is??? Can someone check?
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Yes
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Feedback |
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End user is able to provide feedback
Details
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No
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No
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No
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Performance Indicators |
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Connection check page build-in web interface (check supported client, different datacentres, network bandwidth, latency)
Details
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Yes
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No
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No
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Display network conditions (bandwidth)
Details
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no
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Yes
With the Performance tracker: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Horizon-7/7.5/horizon-administration/GUID-E90DA3B8-6ADF-4130-B4C7-89E93CFC9D24.html
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Yes
Available
Connection quality indicator plugin
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Display network conditions (latency)
Details
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no
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Yes
With the Performance tracker: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Horizon-7/7.5/horizon-administration/GUID-E90DA3B8-6ADF-4130-B4C7-89E93CFC9D24.html
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Yes
Available
Connection quality indicator plugin
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Display network conditions (distance)
Details
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no
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Partially Available
Performance Tracker shows multiple network conditions, but no distance
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Yes
Available
Connection quality indicator plugin
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Display session time
Details
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no
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No
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Yes
Available
Connection quality indicator plugin
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Check system availability
Details
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Yes
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No
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No
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Display advanced session stats
Details
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Yes
Multiple reports available
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Yes
With the Performance tracker: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Horizon-7/7.5/horizon-administration/GUID-E90DA3B8-6ADF-4130-B4C7-89E93CFC9D24.html
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Yes
Available
Connection quality indicator plugin
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Self-Service capabilities |
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Application Provisioning
Details
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No
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partially Available
With Identity Manager (VIDM SaaS is Part of the Horizon Cloud offering ) and limited to already assigned applications. User can however decide to add these from the catalog to the bookmarks tab.
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Yes
Available
Native in Storefront
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Upgrade/Downgrade Compute power
Details
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Yes
Users can be granted rights to change the VM resource allocation
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No
VM models must be selected based on pool level
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No
ITSM integration can automate:
a. Application Provisioning
b. Request a Desktop
c. Reset a session
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Allow users to reboot their Instances
Details
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Yes
VM administration can be granted on a per user basis
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Yes
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Yes
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Users able to reset their desktop
Details
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Yes
VM administration can be granted on a per user basis
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Yes
Administration of self-service features provided through the VMware Horizon Cloud console and user portal, up to the highest permission levels granted to you, including but not limited to VM and domain functions, backup administration, and general account management, etc.
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Partially Available
ITSM integration to automate this.
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User able to Install Applications
Details
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Yes
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Yes
With User Environment Manager Privilege Elevation
Applies to stateful environment giving the ability to users to elevate privileges (optional) and self-installing applications/printers etc.
App Volumes Writable when supported in Horizon Cloud.
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Yes
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