Before you proceed with installation, a few prerequisites must be met.
These instructions assume you have already built the remote desktop machine, and that the machine meets the agent's requirements.
The Anyware Agent installs at the system level and is available to all users. You must have administrator privileges to install it.
You can download the installer directly onto the machine, or download it separately and transfer it yourself.
The installer can be downloaded here.
Before installing the Anyware Agent, you need to install the correct driver for your configured GPUs. RDP into your machine and then proceed with the installation instructions below.
Xencelabs Pen Displays are supported in the locally terminated mode, where peripheral data is processed locally at the Software Client. It is also supported in the bridged mode, where peripheral data is sent to the desktop for processing.
Support is available when a connection is initiated from any Client to a Windows Graphics or Standard agent.
USB webcams are supported between the Graphics Agent for Windows and Anyware Software Clients for Windows or Linux. Webcams can be used with Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and other conferencing applications running on the remote desktop.
The Graphics Agent for Windows supports Wacom tablets in two configurations: bridged, where peripheral data is sent to the desktop for processing, and locally terminated, where peripheral data is processed locally at the Anyware client.
Anyware agents support USB devices attached to Anyware clients. Administrators can set rules governing allowed and disallowed devices, device classes, or device protocols.
Important: USB support is enabled by default
The following Tangent panels are supported when connecting from a Windows or Linux software client to a Windows or Linux agent (both 23.04 or higher).
Smart Cards, such as PIV cards, may be used to authenticate to your PCoIP Session. Smart Card support requires a Anyware agent and a Anyware Tera2 Zero Client for direct (unbrokered) connections.
Smart card authentication is supported while connecting from Linux Clients to Windows agents. The following section contains information on system requirements, limitations, agent setup, and client setup.
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