Cisco Webex Meetings Virtual Desktop Software

What's New in Webex Meetings Virtual Desktop Software

The WBS40.X Webex Meetings Virtual Desktop Software isn’t compatible with Webex Meetings Virtual Desktop Environments offered in WBS39.3.

Overview

The Webex Meetings Virtual Desktop Software uses the same Webex Meetings Desktop App as used in non-VDI environments.

• Audio and video traverse between the thin client and the Webex cloud, with video up to 720p resolution.

• Easy deployment for Cloud meetings:

  • Install the Webex Meetings Desktop App on the hosted virtual desktops and the agent plugin on the thin clients.

  • You don't require infrastructure, such as Cisco Unified Communications Manager or Cisco Expressway.

Webex Meetings Virtual Desktop Software is available for Citrix XenDesktop, Citrix XenApp with Desktop Publishing, and VMware.

Download

You can download the Webex Meetings Virtual Desktop Software from your company website.

To download the webexvdi.msi plugin package, go to https://<sitename>.webex.com/webappng/sites/<sitename>/dashboard/download and replace <sitename> with your company name.

Administrators

See the Administration Guide and Release Notes for more information about supported features, and how to deploy the Webex Meetings Virtual Desktop Software solution.

For information about VMware installation, please visit: https://docs.vmware.com/

For information about Citrix installation, please visit: https://support.citrix.com/

Functional Changes in the Webex Meetings Virtual Desktop Software

The Webex Meetings Virtual Desktop Software supports most of the Webex Meetings Desktop features, unless otherwise noted.

• The Webex Meetings Virtual Desktop Software doesn't support auto upgrade on the desktop client and plugin.

• Meetings with the Webex Meetings Virtual Desktop Software look the same as meetings using the Webex Meetings desktop app, but with a few differences:

  • In a VDI environment, recording is only available to the cloud. You can’t record to your computer.

  • Webex Meetings Desktop Virtual Software supports Share Content (desktop and apps) with "Optimize for text and images", but not "Optimize for motion and video".

    

Compatibility between the Webex Meetings Desktop App and the Thin Client Plugin

For Webex Meetings Desktop App to function with the IGEL OS 11, firmware updates are required. To know which version is compatible with the version you are running see, Software Downloads.