VMware View 5.1 has been released. The announce of VMware View 5.1 is here since few days/weeks, but the download possibility wasn't here yet. Now that's the case, you can download and test the latest VMware View 5.1. Today's post is about VMware View 5.1.
VMware View 5.1 clients for different OS are available now, so you can update.
The important enhancements of VMware View 5.1:
Multi Monitor for Local Mode– the local mode where the Offline VM images are synced with the online Images when the worker connects their device (PC) back to the LAN, now supports multi monitor. There is also some expanded USB device compatibility too, which enables more peripherals to connect VMware View virtual desktops. On the client side the generic USB arbitrator is used so the number of USB devices should be broader now.
More updates for VMware View Clients – updated clients for Mac, Windows and Linux desktops, thin or zero clients and Apple iPad, Android and Amazon Kindle Fire tablets. VMware View 5.1 with PCoIP® adapts to the end users’ network connection to provide a high-quality, customized desktop experience over the LAN or WAN.
RADIUS Support – Support in VMware View 5.1 for RADIUS will enable greater choice for organizations looking to deploy two-factor authentication, while maintaining compatibility with existing choices.
VMware View Storage Accelerator – VMware View Storage Accelerator (formerly known as ContentBased Read Cache) optimizes storage load and improves performance by caching common image blocks when reading virtual desktop images, helping to reduce overall TCO in VMware View deployments.
VMware View Composer Array Integration (VCAI) – Offered in VMware View 5.1 as a Tech Preview, VCAI will leverage the native cloning abilities in the storage array to offload storage operations within a VMware View environment. As a result, VCAI improves provisioning speeds and management in View Composer and offers another solution for customers wanting to leverage other
storage options. Read this blog post about the VCAI tech preview.
VMware View Persona Management – New in VMware View 5.1, VMware View Persona Management will extend to physical desktops, enabling IT organizations to preserve user settings across all Windows devices and streamline the migration from physical to stateless virtual desktops.
VMware vCenter™ Operations for VMware View – Offered as a new add-on to VMware View, VMware vCenter Operations for VMware View will enable administrators to have broad insight into virtual desktop performance. Increased insight can empower administrators to quickly pinpoint and troubleshoot issues, optimize resource utilization and proactively address potential issues in real time.
VMware View Administrator Enhancements – New performance enhancements to the administrator user interface will deliver faster response times for large-scale desktop environments in the tens-of-thousands. With VMware View 5.1, desktop provisioning with pre-created AD accounts simplifies the process and enhances compliance policy. Administrator enhancements also include
editable locations for disposable disk drives.
Internalization – A new update to the internalization package, where we will certainly be able to use localized installations of VMware View. This was not possible before, and even worse, as you were no able to use for example a french version of Windows Server as the underlying OS. You could install English version with French language pack on the top of it, though. This issue should be solved now as the new VMware View 5.1 supports not only English but also French, German, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese for the Administratior's User Interface.
You can find all the details of those enhancements through this pdf
And for the end, I left a very cool video where you'll be able to appreciate the speed of desktop provision in the VMware View 5.1 where the new VAAI NAS plugin is used. This plugin must be provided by the storage vendor.
Note: The video shows only an E.X.P version of VMware View 5.1 for the moment.
Source: VMware
Downloads are not available yet.