vWorkspace

vWorkspace makes desktop virtualization affordable, flexible, easy to manage, as well as achievable, for your organization:

• Blend virtual desktop and application technology for lowest cost; mix and match hosted VDI, local/offline VDI, Terminal Server/RD Session Host, and application virtualization
• Deploy virtual desktop environments of any size in minutes – and add capacity in seconds – with Desktop Clouds
• Maintain peak performance of virtual desktops with advanced load-balancing schemes
• Gain breakthrough scalability improvements right out of the box
• Eliminate the need for expensive SAN storage by seamlessly using local storage (DAS) instead
• Take full advantage of Hyper-V functions such as Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX
• Minimize the effects of network latency on end users in branch offices, home offices and offshore locations with patent-pending technology
• Accelerate screen updates, images and multimedia content for an amazing user experience on different connections and devices with our Experience Optimized Protocol (EOP)
• Choose among a variety of platforms, technologies, storage solutions, protocols, access devices and licensing options
• Automate virtual desktop management tasks and reduce administration costs as well as simplify the customization of users' desktop environments
• Enable a quick start-up and smooth continual administration of your virtual desktop infrastructure with wizard-driven installation and configuration, and a library of PowerShell cmdlets in the vWorkspace Community
• Secure user and administrator access with SSL gateway, delegated administration and optional multi-factor authentication
• View rich reporting capabilities including administrative actions, desktop state and environment configuration at the push of a button
• Ensure your project gets started in the right direction with a free desktop virtualization assessment tool

• Connection brokering
• Enterprise-level management
• Optimized user experience

System Requirements

For a successful deployment, we recommend the following:

vWorkspace Connection Broker

• Windows Server 2003 SP2 x86/x64, 2008 x86/x64, 2008 R2*
• 2 GHz CPU, 2 GB RAM, 80 MB free disk space
• SQL Server 2000/2005/2008/2012 or SQLExpress 2005/2008
• NET Framework 3.5 or later

Web Access

• Windows Server 2003 SP2 x86/x64, 2008 x86/x64, 2008 R2, IIS 6.0 or later*
• 1 GHz CPU, 2 GB RAM, 100 MB free disk space
• .NET Framework 3.5 or later
• RADIUS authentication via Quest Defender, RSA SecurID 5.x, 6.x and 7.1, and WinRADIUS
• Browser support: IE 6+, Firefox 1+, Chrome for Windows

Secure Gateway

• Windows Server 2003 SP2 x86/x64, 2008 x86/x64, 2008 R2*
• 1 GHz CPU, 2 GB RAM, 1MB free disk space Desktop Virtualization Connection Broker

Virtualization Platforms

• Hyper-V Server 2008 R2*
• 2008 R2 RD Session Host, 2008 Terminal Server, 2003 Terminal Server (32 and 64 bit)*
• Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V
• Parallels Virtuozzo Containers (PVC) 4.6 running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 containers, and PVC 4.0 and 4.5 running Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 containers, x86 and x64
• VMware ESX versions 3, 3.5 U4, 4.0 and 4.1 (via VirtualCenter/vCenter)
• Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V)

Virtualization Platform Management

• Microsoft System Center VMM 2012
• Microsoft System Center VMM 2008 R2Windows Server 2008 R2 Connection Broker
• Parallels PIM 4.0 and PVA 4.5
• vCenter 4.0 update 1-3, 4.1 update 1-2 and 5.0

Storage Management

• Microsoft Differencing Disks with Hyper-V R2 and SCVMM 2008 R2 / SCVMM 2012
• NetApp FlexClone with Data Ontap 7.3.6, 7.6 and Data Ontap 8.0 7-mode or 8.1 7-mode VMware Linked Clones (with vCenter 4.0 update 1-3, 4.1 update 1-2 and 5.0)

vWorkspace Connectors (Clients)

• Windows XP to 7, 2003, 2008 (32 and 64 bit)*
• Mac OS X 10.5.5 or later
• Linux: Ubuntu 8.04, 9.04, and 9.10; Debian 5.0 (Lenny), Fedora Core 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.5
• Java
• Thin clients from HP, Wyse and many other manufacturers
• iPad 3.2 or later
• Zero PCs (Repurposed PCs) – 512MB RAM, 1GHz Pentium or better
• Android tablets and cell phone devices
• Ericom AccessNow for vWorkspace – HMTL5 RDP client

Language Supported:

• US English

* Experimental support is available for Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. Please review the “Systems Requirements” document on the following page for details: https://support.quest.com/vWorkspace/Release-Notes-Guides

To see vWorkspace capabilities in action, view a variety of brief demos.

• The Catalyst for More Speed and More Scalability

  Find out how vWorkspace 7.5’s Hyper-V Catalyst components, built on patent-pending HyperCache and HyperDeploy technologies, deliver breakthrough improvements in scalability, density and speed -- right out of the box!

• The Lowest Cost Hyper-V vWorkspace on the Market

  Learn how vWorkspace 7.5 integrates with Microsoft’s free Hyper-V Server to provide complete virtual desktop lifecycle management while supporting local storage (DAS) for dramatic savings.

• The Power and Simplicity of Desktop Clouds

  Discover how vWorkspace 7.5’s new Desktop Cloud feature gives you the best possible virtual desktop performance, offers unparalleled elasticity and lets you update hundreds of desktops in minutes.

• How-to Presentations: Quest on the Board

  In this whiteboard series, Microsoft MVP and vWorkspace expert Patrick Rouse explains how to solve common VDI problems using vWorkspace.

• vWorkspace videos & demos

  View all the vWorkspace videos & demos.