Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Features

Windows Server 2012 provides a single console to control virtual desktops, session-based desktops, and Windows Server 2008 R2 RemoteApp. You can easily configure and manage multiple virtual desktops and sessions as a collection, instead of configuring individual machines or repeating settings multiple times.

 

This centralized management console:

 

Windows Server 2012 provides tools to deploy, configure, and manage personal and pooled virtual desktops. This release includes enhancements that make it easier to create pooled environments, which are less costly to deploy and maintain than personal desktops. These tools provide automated deployment and management of pooled desktops with virtual desktop templates, preserve user personalization for pooled virtual desktop deployments by using User Profile Disks, and support multiple storage options; including local and server message block storage for virtual machines.

Session virtualization deployment includes new methods to configure and manage session-based desktops. These methods include deployment scenarios that simplify the process, helping you to quickly and easily deploy the infrastructure for one or more Remote Desktop Session Host servers simultaneously. These new methods also provide User Profile Disks that allow you to preserve personalization settings for your session collections. Additionally, the new configuration and session-based management methods use FairShare to ensure performance is not impacted by dynamically distributing resources across sessions, preventing one session from overusing disk, CPU, or bandwidth resources in a way that impacts other users.

RemoteApp makes it possible for administrators to deliver remote applications to users instead of full desktops. Specifically, RemoteApp enables a straightforward publishing process that allows apps on session or VDI hosts to be provided to users, allows RemoteApps to run side by side with local apps and offers integration with the Start menu to make it simple for users to find and launch RemoteApps.

Microsoft RemoteFX enables the delivery of a robust Windows user experience across a range of scenarios. In Windows Server 2012, enhancements provide a richer and more seamless experience on all types of networks and devices.

 

To enhance the user experience, RemoteFX: