Virtual Desktop Extender is a proven
technology
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to extend a
remote desktop
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with local applications. The technology merges local applications seamlessly into a remote desktop, hosted with
Citrix XenApp,
Citrix XenDesktop,
Microsoft
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Remote Desktop Services
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,
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The local applications are merged in the remote desktop, and remote
taskbar
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.
Virtual Desktop Extender technology will automatically populate the local applications into the remote
start menu. The
end user
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can simply select an
application and the Virtual Desktop Extender technology will launch the local application and present the local application seamless in the remote desktop. This makes desktop environments such as VDI or RDS more viable for a larger group of users within organizations.
The local applications are running locally and use local resources.
Virtual Desktop Extender (VDX) technology is also referred to as 'subscribed applications', and 'reverse seamless windows'.
History
Virtual Desktop Extender technology was introduced by
RES Software under the name 'RES Subscriber'.
Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. is an American multinational cloud computing and virtualization technology company that provides server, application and desktop virtualization, networking, software as a service (SaaS), and cloud computing technologies. C ...
has started an initiative called 'Project Alice' to demonstrate reverse seamless windows with Citrix XenApp.
In 2017,
Ivanti
Ivanti () is an IT software company headquartered in South Jordan, Utah, United States. It produces software for IT Security, IT Service Management, IT Asset Management, Unified Endpoint Management, Identity Management and supply chain mana ...
acquired RES Software.
In 2018, the product was merged with the Workspace Manager product.
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* {{cite web , url= https://www.ivanti.com/products/user-workspace-manager , title= Ivanti User Workspace Manager , date= 2018 , quote= Merger of product after acquisition of Res in 2017
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