The user selects Settings from the application contextual menu to open the settings dialog box, as seen in Figure 3. In Figure 2, the application contextual menu for Notepad is seen. After the application is launched, the user returns to the desktop and application selection screen and right-clicks the application icon. To open the app contextual menu, the end user launches the application. The client UI for USB redirection in RDSH apps is different from the client UI in VDI desktops. The client UI for USB redirection in RDSH desktops is the same as the client UI in VDI desktops.įigure 1: USB Redirection Drop-Down Menu for Desktops Nobody but the user who plugged in the redirected device can use it or even see it. This feature is supported on Windows Server 2012 and later.įor RDSH desktops and apps, multiple users can log in to the same RDSH server at the same time, but each redirected USB storage device is isolated to the session of the individual who plugged the USB device into their endpoint. Now, for the first time, View has the capability of redirecting USB storage devices to RDSH desktops and applications.

By Gang Si, Senior Member of the Technical Staff, End-User Computing, VMwareĪs you may know, VMware Horizon with View has supported redirection of USB devices to VDI desktops for a long time.

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