The other important setting is ROAMINGENABLED=1 for non-persistent VDI. If you just simply double-click the MSI this option is not used and redirection will not work. Non-persistent VDI: msiexec /i WebexTeams.msi ALLUSERS=1 ENABLEVDI=1 AUTOUPGRADEENABLED=0 ROAMINGENABLED=1 /quiet /norestartĪs you can see, the most important setting is ENABLEVDI=1.Persistent VDI: msiexec /i WebexTeams.msi ALLUSERS=1 ENABLEVDI=1 AUTOUPGRADEENABLED=0 /quiet /norestart.You can use the following commands to do this: Next, install the Host Installer package, WebexTeams.msi, in the VDI image. In this blog post, I will show you how to configure this feature, specifically for VMware Horizon virtual desktops.īefore I continue, it worth mentioning that everything below is also described at the Cisco Deployment Guide web page.įirst, go to and download the Host Installer. The client system will actually play the video content and the end-user will get far better audio and video experience. In some cases, end-users will use WebEx Teams within their virtual desktop.īecause end-user experience is very important in any virtual desktop environment, WebEx Teams offers a way to redirect the video content to the end-user’s client system (endpoint), which will not only give the end-user a better user experience, it also reduces the load within the virtual desktop session and therefore on the underlying ESXi host. Cisco WebEx Teams is a very popular tool to do this. Working from home usually involves working (a lot) with online meetings.
End-users can access their virtual desktops from home from any device, anywhere and are then able to start working with their company apps. Of course, VMware offers a great solution to accomplish this with the VMware Horizon platform solution(s). The COVID-19 situation has forced many companies to allow their employees to work from home.