VMware Horizon View and Microsoft Lync 2013 support

VMware Horizon View 5.2 adds support for Microsoft Lync 2013 with audio en video. With Microsoft Lync 2010, only VoIP was supported, but required a dedicated IP-based phone. Microsoft and VMware collaborated to bring Lync 2013 support to the View 5.2 desktop.

Here is a list of supported features with Lync 2013 in VMware View:

Features

Support/Unsupported

Presence

Supported

Instant Message

Supported

Desktop Sharing

Supported

Application Sharing

Supported

PowerPoint Sharing

Supported

Whiteboards

Supported

File transfer

Supported

Online meetings

Supported

Office Integration

Supported

Audio

Supported (with Lync 2010, this used to only be supported via IP-Phone)

Video

Supported (with Lync 2010, this was never supported)

Recording audio

Unsupported

All the media processing is offloaded from the datacenter to the client endpoint. The following diagram highlights the different components and the communication flow of the VMware View and Microsoft Lync 2013:

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The VDI Plug-in is a standalone application that needs the be installed on the local Windows computer and allows the use of local audio and video devices with the Lync 2013 client running in the View Desktop. Audio and Video traffic is sent point-to-point between the endpoints.

On the moment only Windows 7  SP1 is supported as client OS and View desktop.