Overview of Zoom VDI for HP Anyware

Zoom VDI for HP Anyware allows for an enhanced video conferencing performance in HP Anyware environments, by offloading the audio and video streams from Anyware agent devices to Anyware client devices. The client devices handle the processing of the video and audio streams, and directly transmit the streams to and from Zoom servers, thereby resulting in an improved conferencing experience.

How Zoom VDI for HP Anyware Works

Zoom VDI for HP Anyware makes use of the following two components, which are two separate programs, each with their physical installation location:

• Zoom VDI Client Host, which is installed on the Anyware Agent machines.
• Zoom Media Plugin, which is installed on each of the Anyware Client machines.

The Zoom VDI Client Host and the Zoom Media Plugin work in synchronization via the PCoIP session to render the Zoom meeting in layers, typically superimposing the meeting on the Anyware client window. Additionally, instead of using USB Redirection, the Zoom Media Plugin utilizes the media devices of the client machines to send audio and video data to the Zoom server.

This eliminates the need for sending audio and video data from the client machines to the agent machines, and then to the Zoom servers, thereby resulting in significant improvement in video as well as audio quality. The reduction in latency ensures a seamless video conferencing experience, which is nearly identical to the execution of the Zoom application on local client machines.

Additional Reading

Further reading about Zoom VDI can be found on the Zoom Support site.