Remote Desktop Client Mac Usb Redirection

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Remote Desktop Client Mac Usb Redirection Software

Author:Kristina De Nike

Kristina De Nike is a product line manager for VMware EUC. In addition to her current responsibilities for Horizon Clients, she has worked on VMware Horizon FLEX and VMware Workspace ONE integration. She brings her love of consumer products, data-driven decision making and clear UI to the end-user side of VMware EUC.

The VMware View Client for Mac 1.7 now allows you to redirect your locally attached USB devices from the local Mac to your View desktop. You can now copy a file to a thumb flash drive, save a picture from a camera or print a document to your local printer, all from your View desktop.

To start, you just need to turn on USB services the first time, by selecting “Start remote desktop USB services” from the USB drop down. From then on, your attached USB devices will be listed in the USB drop down.

You can only use a device in one system at a time, either the local Mac or the remote desktop. However, it is easy to move a device between the two systems, using the drop down menu in the View Client. Note: When you add a device to the virtual machine, you may have to install the Windows drivers for the device.

To use this feature, your View administrator must have USB enabled for your View desktop. It is also possible to configure the client system to specify which USB devices can be redirected to a View desktop or to exclude devices.

Most USB devices will be visible in the menu, with the exception of devices such as keyboards and pointing devices, which the local computer and the View desktop already share. Note: webcams and audio device functionality depends on the state of your network and are not reliable in the View desktop.

We are excited to add USB redirection to the VMware View Client for Mac. Go here to download the client.

USB Redirector RDP Edition allows to redirect USB devices to the remote computer when working via Remote Desktop. It consists of two parts - Server part and Workstation part. So USB devices connected to Workstation become available on remote PC, Virtual Machine or Terminal Server. USB Redirector RDP Edition suits great for Virtual Desktop/VDI solutions where you need to redirect USB devices into remote Virtual Machine.

Using USB devices in Desktop Virtualization environment

More and more large and small companies tend to use Virtual Desktop Environment for their employees because it is flexible, simple and secure. Each user, working via the Remote Desktop, may need accessing his/her USB devices attached to a workstation or thin-client, in the RDP session on virtual desktop. And USB Redirector RDP Edition allows to accomplish this!

This solution is the most suitable for single-user applications, where one Virtual Machine is used by only one user at a time. It also can be used when redirecting devices to Terminal Server. But please note that due to Windows specifics, all USB devices are global in the system to which they are redirected. For multi-user environments, where you need to isolate USB devices in RDP session, you can use our other solution USB Redirector TS Edition

USB Redirector RDP Edition works as background service

USB Redirector RDP Edition works as a background service, this means you don't have to keep the app open all the time. Once you have finished configuring the program, you can safely close it. USB Redirector will continue to work even after reboot.

Redirect local USB device into a remote session in 4 steps

Step 1. Install USB Redirector RDP Edition (Workstation part) on a workstation or thin-client PC, where USB devices are physically plugged.
Step 2. Install USB Redirector RDP Edition (Server part) on the Virtual Machine, Terminal Server or remote PC where you wish to connect your USB devices remotely.
Step 3. Share a required USB device on Workstation.
Please note that shared USB device can not be used locally, because it is acquired for redirection into the remote session! To make the device available locally again, you need to unshare it.
Step 4. Start Remote Desktop Client and Login to the remote machine:
USB device will be connected automaticaly:
Result. Now you can use the USB device on remote machine just like it was attached there directly.

Licensing

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Only the Server part of USB Redirector RDP Edition must be licensed. It means that:

If you use Virtual Machines, you need as many licenses as you have Virtual Machines.
If you use Terminal Servers, you need as many licenses as you have Terminal Servers.
If you use regular Workstations, you need as much licenses as you have Workstations acting as RDP server.

The license allows to connect a certain number of devices. The number of devices is per-server, not per-user.

The license should be applied on Terminal Server/Virtual Machine.

Workstation part of USB Redirector RDP Edition is FREE.

Pricing

USB Redirector RDP Edition licenses start from USD 89.99, depending on the number of USB devices. There are quantity discounts if you purchase several licenses at once. Check the Purchasing page for details.

System Requirements

USB Redirector RDP Edition works on the following operating systems (both 32- and 64-bit).