VMware View 5 – Released!!!

Today see's the public release of VMware View 5. I've been fortunate enough to have been using this in Beta for a while, and I must say, I am impressed (again). Key features of this release are:

Optimized and Adaptive Experience

VMware View with PCoIP display protocol delivers high-performance desktop experience across the LAN or WAN. Built for desktop delivery, VMware View with PCoIP dynamically adjusts to network conditions to enable the most productive environment. Optimization controls enable IT administrators to customize protocol settings to adjust bandwidth use and session density by user, use case or available network conditions.

Unified Communications Integration

View Media Services for Unified Communications delivers a seamless end-user experience with optimized VOIP performance. End-users experience an integrated softphone and desktop experience that follows them while the integration architecture ensures quality of service for VOIP and virtual desktop performance.

Personalized Experience

View persona management provides end-users with a consistent, personalized experience while enabling IT to deploy lower cost stateless floating desktops. Enable lower IT costs, better management while giving end-users their “look and feel” with faster desktop log-in times.

Media Services Delivers a Rich Experience

Ensure end-user productivity by enabling View desktops with capabilities for a wide variety of end-users like 3D graphics, multi-monitor configurations, ability to play rich media content and easily access locally attached peripherals such as printers, scanners and mass storage devices.

To download VMware View 5: http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_view/5_0
For the latest View 5 documentation visit: https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/view_pubs.html

I'll leave you with this video made by the guys in the View team at VMware. It's a good watch.