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RayMote W*Admin 4.1 released 1 March 2010

Just as in version 4.0, RayMote W*Admin 4.1’s communication between the GUI and the server takes place using the LDIF protocol, which contains support for new functions.

• Re-worked client/server communication
• Support for command schedule planning
• Support for multiple profiles; for example, a combined Windows/Unix environment where the user chooses the environment after authorisation
• Newly-supported VNC protocol
• Additional support for job completion notifications
• Management certificate (certification authority) support
• New RayMote VDI works under VMware esx 3.x and vSphere (replacing the VMware VDI)
• VDI Xen (works with Citrix Xen)
• Full integration of VMware VDI into RayMote W*Admin
• New web GUI design with many new functions
• Template profiles (simplified client customisation)
• Event trigger management for supplemental process customisation
• Supported server operating systems:
• Sun Solaris 10 Sparc
• Sun Solaris 10 x86
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.x
• Suse Enterprise Linux 10.x
• Supported client operating systems:
• Windows 98, XP, 2000, 2003, 2008, Vista, 7
• Solaris 10
• Linux
• Supported communication protocols
• RDP
• ICA
• X
• VNC

RayMote W*Admin 4.0 released 1 March 2009

RayMote W*Admin 4.0 brings changes to client/server communications and various types of GUIs via the LDIF protocol, a completely new web GUI and substantially expanded functionality for SunRay solutions.

• Re-worked server, communicating via LDIF protocol with components
• New web GUI
• New design using AJAX technology
• New Company View component (re-worked user management)
• Many new functions
• New version of all shared libraries
• Support for read-only USB with RDP connections
• Remove server/file management support
• Background command execution support
• RayMote VDI works under VMware esx 3.x (replacing the VMware VDI)
• Continued functionality of prior RayMote W*Admin versions
• Native SunRay RDP protocol (uttsc) implementation support
• Supported server operating systems:
• Sun Solaris 10 Sparc
• Sun Solaris 10 x86
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.x
• Suse Enterprise Linux 10.x
• Supported client operating systems:
• Windows 98, XP, 2000, 2003, 2008, Vista
• Solaris 10
• Linux
• Supported communication protocols
• RDP
• ICA
• X

RayMote W*Admin 3.0 update 2 has been finally released as of 2008/03/14.

RayMote W*Admin 3.0 update 2 solution integrates and simplifies management of complex desktop environments (UNIX, Windows, IBM) running on ultra thin clients. It makes available customized desktops with look of popular window managers with selected local and remote applications for defined group of users. RayMote W*Admin 3.0 with RayMote VDI now makes virtual desktop infrastructure deployment easier, faster and cheaper. Enhancements in RayMote W*Admin 3.0 update 2 Detailed What's new document is available here (PDF format).

New features in RayMote release 3 update 2:

• RayMote VDI for VMWare ESX infrastructure component available as separated extension with RayMote 3 plugin
• Support for Sun Ray software 4 (4u2 respectively)
• SAMBA, rdesktop release updates
• SeamlessRDP improvements
• Vast improvements for RDP load balancing engine
• New super-fast and lightweight Full screen session mode
• Support for session shadowing has been greatly improved (support for disconnected sessions shadowing, performance improvements)
• NEW Team session feature - many users can connect to one presentation session, using secure team session PIN/password system, useful for remote training or conferencing
• Enhanced Sun Ray monitoring and management (current firmware, network packet losses etc)
• Support for UTF-8 across all RayMote components enabling use of national characters
• Updated plugins for Secure Global Desktop, RDP, Citrix ICA integration
• New plugins for Sun VDA client

RayMote W*Admin 3.0 update 1 has been released as of 2006/04/13.

Enhancements in RayMote W*Admin 3.0 update 1 Detailed What's new document is available here (PDF format).

New features in RayMote release 3 update 1:

• Fullscreen mode (aka RayMote's own CAM/Kiosk mode implementation) improvements (mass storage device access, utmpx/wtmpx session logging)
• New web console Sun Ray and RayMote event log browser (events like smart card insertion/removal, hot-desking event, application launch/shutdown event, user/group/profiles mgmt events etc)
• SeamlessRDP functionality implemented (rdesktop 1.4.1TPST02 co-bundled on RayMote installation image including this functionality, performance improvements). Full commercial support available for this RDP client.
• Improved RDP plugins, RDP load balancing/failover implemented, easy to manage with RayMote web console
• New Sun Secure Global Desktop (SGD)/Tarantella native clients 4.2 and Sun RDP client (Sun Ray Connector) 1.0 support, including SSO (Single Sign On)
• New plugins Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 and XFCE 4.2 implemented, XFCE 4.2 co-bundled on RayMote installation image
• New authentication plugins auth_pin and auth_login implemented - easy to deploy way to customize login process using any combination of user/password/smart card token/PIN code.

Enhancements in previous release RayMote W*Admin 3.0

• Ability to manage multiple Sun Ray server farms (failover groups) within single RayMote W*Admin console. Improved scalability and speed of RayMote W*Admin software.
• Full Solaris 10 SPARC and x86 support
• Newest Sun Ray software 3.1 support
• New and improved plug-in modules: Mozilla Firefox, GNOME 2.6/JDS 3, KDE 3.4, rdesktop RDP client 1.4.1, Citrix ICA Client, FVWM 2.4/2.5
• Support for location based functionality
• Remote session takeover support (x11vnc technology integration)
• Enhanced RayMote W*Admin Printing (Printer Hot-Desking)
• Unified password aging management support for both UNIX and Windows worlds implemented
• Active Directory domain member support added (special SAMBA build release 3.0.20b bundled with RayMote for this purpose)
• Support for import/migration of existing user accounts and groups into RayMote W*Admin (local files in etc/standard LDAP accounts)
• Ability to use "temporary" home directories for users - useful for students, kiosk access etc.
• Improved web and command line interfaces
• Implemented LDAP/SQL failover capability for Highly available (HA) RayMote W*Admin based solutions
• Improved software maintenance - availability of RayMote W*Admin web update services, waupgrade utility
• More Directory server products supported - OpenLDAP, RedHat Fedora Directory server