For those who don’t know what RES Software’s Virtual Desktop Extender (VDX) is, check it out: RES VDX
VDX effectively allows users to view locally running/installed apps on top of their full screen virtual desktop/RDSh session. It’s a little more than that but I’m not doing a sales pitch today (not feeling creepy enough).
VDX as it currently stands, supports Citrix ICA/HDX, Standard RDP (including RemoteFX) and I think PCoIP (not sure). With a little bit of tweaking it will work with the current (7.2 MR1 at the time of writing this) version of vWorkspace.
Actually VDX worked with vWorkspace since before it was called VDX and before vWorkspace was called vWorkspace, http://support.ressoftware.com/Modules/KnowledgeBase/knowledgebaseTreeView.aspx?id=1760
However as solutions evolve compatibility issues arise from time to time… With the help of the splendid chaps from both Quest and RES, I have been able to get VDX working with vWorkspace and this is how…
| Create the following path:
HKLM\Software\Provision Networks\Terminal Services Client\AddIns\VDX ————————– Create: String (REG_SZ) String (REG_SZ) Without the ”… Note: As the vWorkspace connector for Windows is only 32bit, you still need to set the same dll (as above) on x64 systems however the Provision Networks key is located in, HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\ - I guess once Quest release a x64 connector then you will need to switch to the x64 VDX DLL. Also… In the original RES KB, HKLM\Software\Provision Networks\Terminal Server Client was used… This now needs to be, HKLM\Software\Provision Networks\Terminal Services Client. This is where I went wrong! |
I have tried this on both X32 (Win XP/7) and X64 clients (Win7) using RDP/EOP and RDP with RemoteFX and EOP connecting to a RDSh session. I assume it will work for RemoteFX/EOP on a VDI box but I’ve not had chance to test.
I guess the next step is to get Quest and RES’s products aware of each other to automate this process!
My Next RES/vWorkspace compatibility post will include RES Workspace Manager working with vWorkspace for VDI and RDSh.
3 Comments
Hi there! A quick hello here from RES. I just wanted to thank you personally for trying our software out. It makes me very happy seeinng folks like yourself tweaking our software to work in even more environments than we originally had expected it to. Thanks!
Just fyi the latest release of VDX has experimental support for PCOIP.
If you have other questions or suggestions, please feel free to reach out to us.
Cheers,
Max Ranzau,
Manager of Partner Enablement @ RES Software Americas.
Lead author at RESguru.com
Hey guys, I wanted to echo Max’s sentiments. We really appreciate your testing out our products and capabilities, this is just awesome to see. I’m looking forward to seeing more from your experiences, if there is anything we can do, please let us know. #awesome job…….
Keep tapping away at it, we want to hear what you think,what’s working and not. I hope you enjoy the Workspace Manager veal, make sure to check out how well Automation Manager integrates into there (#shamelessmarkeingplug). We have some exciting updates coming for the Workspace Manager capabilities, I’ll make sure to keep you in the loop.
Kind regards
Jeff wettlaufer
Sr. Director Global Product Marketing
RES Software
Cheers for the comments Max and Jeff!
Thanks for the clarification on PCoIP support…
We’re looking at doing a POC of Automation Manager later this year… Need to complete the WSM roll-out first! I’ve already played with AM on my demo rig (laptop) and had it provisioning VM’s on my vWorkspace farm using powershell by getting a feed from our change request system
Very good stuff indeed!!! If we go ahead with AM, then I’ll do some AM/vWorkspace/WSM with a hint of VDX articles in the future…
AM or not, I’ve not finished blogging about RES so stay tuned!