RDP 7 for Windows Embedded Standard 7 (WES 7)

With the release of Windows Embedded Standard 7 (WES 7), the componentized form of the Windows 7 operating system, comes a more advance RDP 7 for a rich multi-media experience. RDP 7 for WES 7 offers accelerated bitmap rendering, multi-media redirection, and network topology awareness.

The enhanced version of RDP 7 for Windows 7 (WES 7) does not support the same features you'll find in RDP 7 for WES. Below is a chart from Microsoft which displays features available from each operating system and version of RDP.

Connecting From:

Win7/R2

Vista SP+

Vista SP+

XP SP3

XP SP3

XP SP2

XP SP2

 

RDC 7.0

RDC 7.0

RDC 6.1

RDC 7.0

RDC 6.1

RDC 6.1

RDC 5.2

Access to Remote Desktop sessions

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Access to RemoteApp programs

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

Access to personal desktop by using RD Connection Broker

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Access to virtual desktop pools by using RD Connection Broker

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Launch applications and desktops from RemoteApp and Desktop Connection on client

yes

no

no

no

no

no

no

Launch RemoteApp programs, virtual desktop, and session-based desktop from RD Web Access

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

Status & disconnect system tray icon.

yes

yes

no

no

no

no

no


* Chart available from Remote Desktop Connection 7 for Windows 7, Windows XP & Windows Vista blog post

Check out this whitepaper from Microsoft which features the Remote Desktop Protocol Performance Improvements found in Windows 7:

Announcing the Remote Desktop Protocol Performance Improvements in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 white paper

Summary:
The Remote Desktop Protocol Performance Improvements in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 white paper details RDP features and the potential for improvements to usability and the quality of the end-user remoting experience, as well as system deployment metrics.

10ZiG Technology is the first thin client vendor to offer Windows Embedded Standard 7 Thin Clients allowing for enhanced RDP 7. Two 10ZiG V-Series Thin Clients are available with Windows Embedded Standard 7. These units, the RBT-617v and XTC-6000v, are energy efficient, flexible, powerful and optimized for desktop virtualization with VDI clients pre-installed including Citrix XenDesktop, VMware View 4 with PCoIP, or Quest vWorkspace. Learn more about our WES 7 Thin Clients here.

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