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Looking for thin clients for a customer

Hello,

I am currently looking for both hardware and software for a new client. they recently have suffered a major virus attack on their entire network therefore I am on the hunt for software and a thin client which is able to connect to virtual servers (via RDP) to an ESX server.

The only thing which I am unsure about is sound and media streaming (like youtube) which is a must have for them. They are looking for a fully managed hosted solution so a quick response would be fantastic. Thank you.

Danny McDaniel

you could use their existing workstations as the clients, just lock them down so only thing they can do is start up RDP session.

As far as sound & media streaming, that won't be dependent upon the clients so much as it will be on the VDI solution you go with.

amichaell

Moving to a virtualized environment helps minimize malware issues. Your two major options are Remote Desktop Services and Citrix with either XenApp or XenDesktop (or both). With RDS you can take advantage of RemoteFX under certain strict criteria (LAN only, Windows 7, etc). Whereas Citrix is more robust (more client options, WAN, etc), though at a higher cost.

http://searchvirtualdesktop.techtarget.com/feature/The-differences-between-Microsoft-RemoteFX-and-Citrix-HDX

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