The client application (or thin client) handles this and connects directly to the internet for the Teams Call. This technology offloads the Teams call directly to the endpoint (or client device), essentially drawing over the VDI VM’s Teams visual interface and not involving the VDI Virtual Machine at all. Starting with Horizon View 7.13 and Horizon View 8 (2006), VMware Horizon now supports Microsoft Teams Optimization. With minor tweaks (check out my post on enhancing RTAV webcam with VMware Horizon), this actually worked quite well with the exception of microphone quality on the end-users side, and high bandwidth requirements. This offloaded audio and video to the VMware Horizon Client utilizing a dedicated channel over the connection to optimize the data exchange. Ability to create and/or modify GPOs on domainīefore Microsoft Teams VDI Optimization, VMware’s RTAV (Real-Time Audio-Video) was generally used.Microsoft Teams MSI Installer (Available here: 64-Bit, 32-Bit).To get started, you’ll need the following: I also have a guide on how to Deploy, Install, and Configure Microsoft Office 365 in a VDI Environment, so make sure you check it out! Requirements Please make sure to check out Microsoft’s documentation on “ Teams for Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure“, and VMware’s document “ Microsoft Teams Optimization with VMware Horizon” for more information. This guide works for Microsoft Teams on Windows 10 and Windows 11, including the new Windows 11 22H2. This guide will show you to install Microsoft Teams and deploy Microsoft Teams VDI Optimization on VMWare Horizon for Manual Pools, Automated Pools, and Instant Clone Pools, for use with both persistent and non-persistent VDI. So you’re looking at deploying Microsoft Teams for your Horizon View VDI deployment?

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