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As promised a few weeks ago, you can now download the latest version of VMware’s VDI solution, VMware View 4. The download can be found here, and the Release Notes explain What’s New and other helpful information about Getting Started. View 4 is available for trial with a 60 day license – plenty of time to work out the deployment and pilot a group of users. Be sure to upgrade to vSphere 4 Update 1 to take full advantage of View 4.

I thought I’d be a little different and offer a quick overview of View 4’s Features, the new PCoIP protocol, some key deployment requirements, and a high level architecture diagram for those about to implement. I’m pasting information found in the View Architecture Planning Guide and the View Administrator’s Guide, so get a copy of those documents to prepare as completely as possible. Check out all the available literature on the VMware View documentation page.

View 4 Features

It helps to stop and remember what VMware’s VDI can do for the enterprise and not just focus on what’s new from in the latest release. This is more sales than engineering, but the list summarizes the whole package of benefits and shows that the VDI solution covers a lot of desktop and user management concerns:
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Although VMware announced VMware View 4 earlier this week, the latest release of VMware’s VDI platform will not be available for download until November 19. Described as a “marketing announcement” on the pre release call I attended, this weeks news coincides with the availability of new documentation, videos, and information for those preparing to implement/upgrade as soon as the bits are generally available. This information can be obtained from the new VMware View 4 web site now.

Here is a gallery of View 4 screen shots for those that can’t wait until the 19th. These images were forwarded to bloggers by VMware after last week’s call. A few of the images show the configuration options for choosing the new PCoIP (PC over IP)  protocol when connecting with virtual desktops.
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