PCoIP
PCoIP (PC over IP) provides an optimized desktop experience for the delivery of a remote application or an
entire remote desktop environment, including applications, images, audio, and video content for a wide
range of users on the LAN or across the WAN. PCoIP can compensate for an increase in latency or a
reduction in bandwidth, to ensure that end users can remain productive regardless of network conditions.
PCoIP is supported as the display protocol for remote applications and for remote desktops that use virtual
machines, physical machines that contain Teradici host cards, or shared session desktops on an RDS host.
PCoIP Features
Key features of PCoIP include the following:
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Users outside the corporate firewall can use this protocol with your company's virtual private network
(VPN), or users can make secure, encrypted connections to a security server in the corporate DMZ.
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Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128-bit encryption is supported and is turned on by default. You
can, however, change the encryption key cipher to AES-192 or AES-256.
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Connections to Windows desktops with the View Agent operating system versions listed in “Supported
Operating Systems for View Agent,” on page 13 are supported.
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Connections from all types of client devices.
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Optimization controls for reducing bandwidth usage on the LAN and WAN.
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32-bit color is supported for virtual displays.
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ClearType fonts are supported.
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Audio redirection with dynamic audio quality adjustment for LAN and WAN.
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Real-Time Audio-Video for using webcams and microphones on some client types.
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Copy and paste of text and, on some clients, images between the client operating system and a remote
application or desktop. For other client types, only copy and paste of plain text is supported. You
cannot copy and paste system objects such as folders and files between systems.
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Multiple monitors are supported for some client types. For example, on Windows-based clients, you
can use up to four monitors and adjust the resolution for each monitor separately, with a resolution of
up to 2560 x 1600 per display. Pivot display and autofit are also supported.
When the 3D feature is enabled, up to 2 monitors are supported with a resolution of up to 1920 x 1200.
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USB redirection is supported for some client types.
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MMR redirection is supported for some Windows client operating systems and some remote desktop
operating systems (with View Agent-installed).
For information about which desktop operating systems support specific PCoIP features, see "Feature
Support Matrix for View Agent" in the View Architecture Planning document.
For information about which client devices support specific PCoIP features, go to
https://www.vmware.com/support/viewclients/doc/viewclients_pubs.html.
Recommended Guest Operating System Settings
1GB of RAM or more and a dual CPU is recommended for playing in high-definition, full screen mode, or
720p or higher formatted video. To use Virtual Dedicated Graphics Acceleration for graphics-intensive
applications such as CAD applications, 4GB of RAM is required.
Chapter 2 System Requirements for Guest Operating Systems
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