This document discusses mixing cheap thin clients with virtualization for desktop virtualization. It explains that desktop virtualization involves storing a user's desktop as a virtual machine on a central server, which the user can then access from any device using a small thin client application. This provides advantages like easier management, simpler provisioning, and cost savings, as thin clients have low hardware requirements and the server handles processing. It specifically discusses how VMware View uses vSphere virtual machines running on ESX/ESXi hosts as virtual desktops, with thin clients connecting via RDP or PCoIP protocols. The thin clients can then run any type of hosted operating system.

1. Mixing Cheap thin clients and
virtualization
It is not totally about “interesting hardware development
that leads to a better and easier integration between
solutions” but may be interesting for you.

3. Desktop Virtualization
 As you know virtualizing servers has been a trend for
years BUT desktop virtualization no in comparison to
Server virtualization

4. What is Desktop virtualization?
 it’s all about take a user's desktop workstation and
stores it on a central server as a virtual machine. The
user can then access it from anywhere using a small
remote client application, which is referred to as a thin
client.

5. Advantages of the DV:
 Virtual desktops provide several advantages over traditional full
workstations including:
 easier management and simpler provisioning.
 Thin clients can be either low-cost dedicated hardware devices that are
basically just a monitor, keyboard and mouse, or an application
installed on any type of PC.
 Because the desktop is hosted on a powerful server that handles all the
processing for the desktop, the thin client has very small resource
requirements and does not need to be that powerful
 this is good for saving money we have strong performance of systems
and cost of the system that we provide for people all very low .
 The only data that is sent back and forth between the thin client and
the hosted server are video, keyboard/mouse inputs and peripheral
connections (USB drives/printers).

6. Vmware View
 VMware View leverages vSphere as the virtual desktop
host platform; in other words, user desktops are virtual
machines running on ESX/ESXi hosts. They can take full
advantage of all the features built into vSphere like
VMotion, snapshots, Distributed Resource Scheduler
(DRS) and more.
 To recap, VMware View virtual desktops run on a thin
client that uses either a RDP or PCoIP protocol to connect
to a virtual machine (View Desktop) running on an
ESX/ESXi host. There, are, however, additional
components used to manage the connection, provisioning,
authentication and applications.
 Then we can run any kind of operating systems on our thin
clients : win 7, win xp , linux , mac os

7. Just see what users see
 Step 1 : thin client boot up as normal

8. Just see what users see
 Step 2 : user puts username and password:

9. Just see what users see
 Step 3: we have our Os on low cost hardware :D