VMware has released a minor update for its connection broker Virtual Desktop Manager, technology it aquired by snapping up Propero about a year ago. VDM – download a trial here – has now reached version 2.1 (build 596) and includes the following addition features:
- Multiple sessions per user within a pool
- Pools spanning datastores in order to better manage resources
- VDM Configuration Backup (command-line only)
- Integrate MMR multimedia extensions DLL with VDM Client (Windows XP)
- Allow blocking of incoming RDP connections that are not from VDM Clients
- Allow end users to change password
- Allow end users to restart their VM
Also, the company expects to ship ThinApp 1.0 (former Thinstall, of which the beta 2 was announced recently) as well as Server 2.0 (currently also in beta 2) during the course of this Summer.