What features are available in Virtual Access Suite Enterprise?
The entire Virtual Access Suite (VAS) for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure framework supporting virtual and physical desktops
All of the features found in the VAS standard edition:
- Print-IT (EMF and PDF universal print driver for client, LAN, and WAN printing)
- MetaProfiles-IT (advanced user profile management)
- Manage-IT (server-based session / desktop configuration and lockdown)
- Max-IT (CPU utilization management and virtual memory optimization)
- USB-IT (redirection of USB-connected handhelds - BlackBerry, Palm, and Pocket PC)
- VIP-IT (per-session IP address assignment)
- Block-IT (access control for blocking access to unsanctioned applications and network servers)
- Redirect-IT (per-user file and registry redirection)
- TimeZones-IT (per-session time zone assignment)
In addition, VAS (Enterprise Edition) includes four individual functional modules, offering the following enterprise deployment features:
Provision-IT
- Application publishing
- Server-based desktop publishing
- Content publishing
- Tight integration with the Softricity platform (import and publish SoftGrid virtualized applications)
- Application- and server-level load balancing
- Seamless windows
- Session sharing
- Screen Resolutions up to 4096 x 2048
- Multi-monitor support
- Credentials pass-through
- Kerberos-based authentication and pass-through
- Smartcard authentication
- Remote password reset
- AppPortal (similar to the Citrix Program Neighborhood)
- AppPortal desktop-integrated (similar to the Citrix Program Neighborhood Agent)
Web-IT
- Multiple-farm access
- Credentials pass-through
- Two-factor authentication (RSA, Secure Computing, RADIUS)
- Client auto-detection and download
- Application auto-launch
- Client device location identification (i.e., automatically redirects external users through the SSL gateway)
- Remote password reset
- Load-balanced using Microsoft NLB or third-party load balancer
Secure-IT
- Secure single point of access to firewall-protected Terminal Server farm
- Enables Windows clients to access a Provision-IT Terminal Server farm using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
- Intermediates all inbound traffic destined to Web-IT (Web interface)
- Ideally placed in the DMZ
- Load-balanced using Microsoft NLB or third-party load balancer
Proxy-IT
- Enables any RDP-enabled client (i.e., legacy thin clients, MACs, Linux, rdesktop, etc) to connect to a Provision-IT® load-balanced Terminal Server farm
- End user experience can either be a server-based desktop or an appbar populated with the user's application set
- Load-balanced using Microsoft NLB or third-party load balancer