Configuring a Session Connection Type

The Session pages on the AWI and OSD let you configure how the device connects to PCoIP endpoints. The available configuration options depend on the session connection type you select.

Session Connection Types

The following are the main session connection types:

Amazon Workspaces

The Amazon WorkSpaces session connection type allows the client to connect directly to your Amazon WorkSpaces desktop through multi-factor authentication when connecting with PCoIP Zero Clients on firmware 6.0 or later. Amazon WorkSpaces session type uses an Amazon connection manager which requires multi-factor authentication when connecting to Amazon WorkSpaces.

Management Tool Session Connection Options
AWI Amazon WorkSpaces
OSD Amazon WorkSpaces

Auto Detect

This connection type automatically detects which broker protocol a connection server is using so users in a mixed environment (for example, one that uses View Connection Servers and PCoIP Connection Managers) do not have to manually reconfigure the session type each time they switch brokers.

Auto Detect is the default session connection type.

Auto Detect Connections

Management Tool Session Connection Options
AWI Auto Detect
OSD Auto Detect

Direct to Host

A Direct to Host session is a direct connection between a Tera2 PCoIP Zero Client and a remote workstation containing a PCoIP Remote Workstation Card. You can specify a Remote Workstation Card’s DNS name or IP address, or you can configure clients to use Service Location Protocol (SLP) to discover a host. You can also configure clients to automatically reconnect to a host when a session is lost.

Direct Session Connections

Management Tool Session Connection Options
AWI Direct to Host
Direct to Host + SLP Host Discovery
OSD Direct to Host
Direct to Host + SLP Host Discovery

PCoIP Connection Manager

A PCoIP Connection Manager session is a connection between a Tera2 PCoIP Zero Client and a PCoIP endpoint using the PCoIP Connection Manager as a broker. You can configure this session type in basic mode or Auto-Logon mode.

PCoIP Connection Manager Connections

Management Tool Session Connection Options
AWI PCoIP Connection Manager
PCoIP Connection Manager + Auto-Logon
OSD PCoIP Connection Manager
PCoIP Connection Manager + Auto-Logon

View Connection Server

A VMware Horizon session is a connection between a Tera2 PCoIP Zero Client and a VMware Horizon VDI desktop, DaaS desktop, or RDS-hosted desktop using View Connection Server as the connection manager (also known as the connection broker). You can configure this session type in basic mode, Auto-Logon mode, View Connection Server + Kiosk mode, and View Connection Server + Imprivata OneSign mode.

VMWare RDS-hosted application connections support different session types

VMWare Horizon RDS-hosted application connections are supported on the View Connection Server, View Connection Server + Auto-Logon, View Connection Server + Kiosk, and View Connection Server + Imprivata OneSign session types for Tera2 PCoIP Zero Clients. After configuring your View Connection Server, select the Enable RDS Application Access check box in Advanced Options on the Session page.

VMware Horizon Connections

Management Tool Session Connection Options
AWI View Connection Server
View Connection Server + Auto-Logon
View Connection Server + Kiosk
View Connection Server + Imprivata OneSign
OSD View Connection Server
View Connection Server + Auto-Logon
View Connection Server + Kiosk
View Connection Server + Imprivata OneSign