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2X VirtualDesktopServer Features and Screenshots

2X VirtualDesktopServer supports multiple VDI providers Click to enlarge

Multiple VDI Providers

2X VirtualDesktopServer now supports virtual desktops published from VMware, Sun VirtualBox, Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Hyper-V, Virtual Iron, Parallels and Microsoft Terminal Server. Virtual desktops are load balanced over the available machines while automatically releasing unused resources. To see a list of approved providers for 2X VirtualDesktopServer please click here.

User friendly Publishing Wizard Click to enlarge

New Publishing Wizard

2X VirtualDesktopServer now incorporates a Publishing Wizard which will guide you through each step needed to setup Virtual Desktops, Published Applications and Published Desktops in the shortest amount of time.

Publishing applications and desktops Click to enlarge

Publish applications and Desktops

2X VirtualDesktopServer allows you to publish particular applications installed on a Terminal Server onto the desktop of a remote user. For example you can tunnel just an accounts package onto a user’s local desktop without giving the user access to a full desktop or publish a full desktop as an application on the Terminal Server.

Deepnet Unified Authentication Platform for Two-Factor Authentication Click to enlarge

Deepnet Unified Authentication Platform

Deepnet Unified Authentication is a single integrated platform for provisioning, managing and verifying all types of authentication, form-factors and user credentials. 2X VirtualDesktopServer provides this two-factor authentication using SafeID, FlashID, MobileID, QuickID, GridID, SecureID (RSA), DigiPass (Vasco).

Native RDP Connections Click to enlarge

Native RDP Connections

Using the 2X Client you can now connected to a machine running Microsoft Terminal Server using a Remote Desktop Protocol connection. Administrators can easily configure desktop connections and publish applications using one tool.

Embedded Desktops in 2X Client Click to enlarge

Embedded Desktops

With your 2X Client you can now use Embedded Desktops. This allows you to load a number of different Virtual Desktops inside one application. Switching between the different desktops is as simple as clicking on a different tab.

Seamless integration with local desktop & taskbar Click to enlarge

Seamless integration with local desktop & taskbar

To the user the remote application appears exactly like a local application. Remotely hosted applications will automatically show up in the local task bar and/or on the desktop. If your users minimize a remote application, the application minimizes to the local taskbar. You can also copy and paste between local and remote applications too.

Publish applications based on username, group membership or IP Click to enlarge

Publish applications based on username, group membership or IP

Since 2X VirtualDesktopServer integrates with Active Directory, you can easily control which users get which applications. When configuring an application to be tunneled, simply specify which users, groups, organizational units or IPs the application should be tunneled to. Windows 2000 or 2003 server with Terminal Services

Active Web Portal Click to enlarge

Active Web Portal

Dynamic web interface which displays a list of published applications and desktops to the user based on filtering criteria, such as IP, Username, Client

Multiple Monitor Support Click to enlarge

Multiple Monitor Support

Display published applications and desktops on multiple monitors (up to 10) without the need to upgrade to Windows 2008

Single Signon Click to enlarge

Single Signon

2X Client can now utilize the currently logged in user credentials to connect to VirtualDesktopServer farms

Multiple farms Click to enlarge

Multiple farms

The 2X Client can now connect to multiple farms simultaneously, allowing the user of farms located worldwide and even within different organisations

Integration with 2X LoadBalancer farms Click to enlarge

Integration with 2X LoadBalancer farms

2X VirtualDesktopServer now integrates fully with 2X Loadbalancer, allowing publishing of applications on Terminal Server farms and SSL secure connectivity for clients accessing Applications remotely

Universal Printing Click to enlarge

Universal Printing

2X VirtualDesktopServer now incorporates a Universal Printer driver, eliminating the need to manage and install printer drivers on your Terminal Server. The user can print either to their default locally attached printer or have the document displayed in a PDF reader such as Acrobat Reader.

Automatic Redundancy Click to enlarge

Automatic Redundancy

Automated redundancy of the Publishing agent, now allows for multiple backup VirtualDesktopServers to be in place, in case of failure or the need to take the primary machine offline. Any machine can be promoted to the Master in the event of the master machine no longer being available. This teamed with the ability to install multiple client gateways provides a totally redundant solution for your Enterprise

Associated File Extensions Click to enlarge

Associated File Extensions

Allows the Administrator to register specific file extensions to a published application, this enables the user to open a file from his local drive (requires Windows 2003 to support drive redirection) and to run and display it in the published application.

Publish Windows applications onto Linux Click to enlarge

Publish Windows applications onto Linux

All popular Linux distributions are supported, as well as 2X ThinClientServer Free edition & 2X ThinClientServer Enterprise edition

Publish Windows applications onto Mac Click to enlarge

Publish Windows applications onto Mac

With the 2X Client, you can publish any Windows application onto Mac's

Other Features

  • Copy and paste between local and remote applications
  • Deploy the 2X Client via Active Directory
  • Tunnel applications securely across firewalls.
  • Manage Desktop and Start menu shortcuts
  • Native RDP and ICA connection rules
  • Application Limit and CPU balancing
  • URL/Mail Redirection   

To see a list of approved providers for 2X VirtualDesktopServer please click here

System requirements

Windows 2008 Server/Enterprise Server with Terminal Services enabled; Windows 2003 Server/Enterprise Server with Terminal Services enabled; Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server with Terminal Services enabled.

2X Client is approved for the following Linux distributions: Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 9.04, OpenSuse 11.1, Fedora Core 9.