RDP 7 Features for Windows 7 Thin Clients

Hyper-V with RDP 7 Protocol for Windows Embedded Standard 7 (WES 7) Thin Client

With the release of Windows Embedded Standard 7 (WES 7) for thin clients, the componentized form of the Windows 7 operating system, comes a more advance RDP 7 for a rich multi-media experience. RDP 7 with Hyper-V for WES 7 thin clients offer 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 and Hyper-V. Two 10ZiG V-Series Thin Clients are available with Windows Embedded Standard 7. These units, the 5617v and 6000v Series, 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.