The initial release of Microsoft Teams VDI support only supported a single incoming video stream for the active speaker. This is the default view: However, now available in public preview is seeing the video of four attendees in a 2×2 grid. This is a great improvement for user experience on VDI clients. Steps to enable the 2×2 grid view VDI public preview: 1. Ensure you are using Citrix...
Good news, after a long time coming, Microsoft Teams calling and meetings (audio, video and sharing) are now available on VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) with Citrix. Microsoft Teams chat and collaboration has been supported in VDI for a long time, and now with the Citrix platform, calling and meeting functionality are also supported. Audio, video and sharing are handled via WebRTC on the...
Exciting news coming out of Citrix Synergy conference. Citrix announced the upcoming HDX optimization for Microsoft Teams, customers will get a fully native, fully featured Microsoft Teams experience within Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. The Citrix Workspace app has a built-in multi-platform HDX Media Engine that ensures optimized device and media handling, with audio, video, and screen...
Hot on the back of Citrix announcing they will support Microsoft Teams optimisation on VDI in a browser and a full client, Citrix has provided a video demoing their solution to optimize web-based Microsoft Teams in a virtual environment. It works by using Browser Content Redirection and Google Chrome on the VDA, and the embedded browser within Workspace app on the endpoint. This offloads the...
Thanks to Lyndon-Jon Martin, Lead Workspace Field SE at Citrix, for highlighting this to me on LinkedIn. Fernando Klurfan, Principal Product Manager Citrix wrote a blog giving an update on Citrix’s support strategy for Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams in VDI Today (July 2018) Today, you can run Teams in a VDI environment, but you basically have to turn all the Audio/Video features off...