Tackling the Windows Embedded Endpoint...
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Tackling the Windows Embedded Endpoint Challenge
Prepared by Dan O’Farrell—Dell Cloud Client-Computing
Many organizations ranging from small school districts to large
Global 500 corporations have deployed desktop virtualization,
often with Windows Embedded-based thin client endpoints,
to better protect vital apps and content while vastly reducing
much of the constant desktop management and maintenance
burden faced by their IT teams. While improving security remains
the primary reason most organizations migrate their people to
virtual desktops, another key impetus for this migration has been
control. That is, gaining control over how apps and content are
accessed, by whom, and from which devices.
The drive toward greater control comes as no surprise given
the recent sharp increase in how people now get their work
done. It seems every month a new tablet or smartphone
is announced, and these devices can run on a variety of
operating systems – predominantly iOS, Android, or Windows.
Moving apps and content away from the network edges and
into the secure, reliable datacenter via desktop virtualization is
Step One toward accommodating the growing number of new
access devices, empowering mobility, and enabling people
to match their work-style to their lifestyle. But all of this can
come at a price to IT teams, namely in terms of control.
This is where Dell cloud client-computing can help. A lot.
Gaining control with virtual desktops and Windows Embedded thin clients
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Dell cloud client-computing enables strong control of how people can access corporate-owned apps and content in the following three ways:
1. Migrating to desktop virtualization:
Moving apps and content into the
secure and reliable datacenter is Step
One in gaining control. With all apps
and content located in one location,
IT teams can focus their policy-setting
and control activities in one place
instead of across hundreds or many
thousands of traditional desktops.
2. Wyse Windows Embedded thin clients
from Dell can be configured in multiple
ways based on the needs of specific
users to give them just what they need
to be as productive as possible, and
nothing more.
3. Virtualization and management
software from Dell allows IT teams
to strictly map user capabilities and
access rights to applications, with
enforcement, to cover the myriad of
ways in which people may attempt to
gain access to target apps and content.
Dell Wyse Configuration Manager (WCM): enabling fine-tuned control with high productivity Configuration of Windows Embedded
thin clients is often a time consuming,
and costly, manual process. Wyse WCM,
offered only by Dell, directly addresses
this pain point by giving organizations
extreme virtual desktop endpoint control
by vastly simplifying the process of
configuring Windows Embedded thin
clients, and replicating like configurations
across hundreds or many thousands
of other endpoints. Simply select the
desired configuration, and WCM does
the rest, automatically, with no imaging
or re-booting required, across the
entire installation. WCM supports SMB
to Enterprise environments, stationary
or mobile thin clients, in or out of the
office, and supports Microsoft Active
Directory, when present.
Simple and flexible auto-configurationWCM greatly simplifies and automates
the configuration and management of
Windows Embedded devices. With WCM,
deploying a new Windows Embedded
thin client is as simple as taking it out
of the box, plugging it into the network,
turning it on and, within less than
2 minutes the device is specifically
configured for either general or
user-specific settings.Wyse WCM for auto
configuration of mobile clients.
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Saves IT time and moneyWith WCM, IT administrators can create
configuration files using a simple
standalone GUI or capture them from
an already configured Wyse Windows
Embedded device. This configuration
can be automatically deployed to
Windows Embedded devices when
users log in. Typically, IT departments
often spend a significant amount of time
creating and deploying custom images
to provide updated settings such as VDI
connections (RDP, Citrix HDX, VMware
Horizon View, Wyse vWorkspace) and
device settings for display, keyboard,
localization and networks. With
WCM every user can have a different
configuration without IT having to
re-image each and every endpoint.
With WCM, IT departments no longer
need to create and deploy a new
image each and every time a change
is required to the device settings. IT
departments can define a single ‘Gold’
image for the entire organization to
dramatically simplify and reduce costs
of managing and maintaining Wyse
thin clients with Windows Embedded
Standard 7 or Windows Embedded 8
Standard images.
For even greater endpoint control,
WCM supports ‘appliance mode,’
wherein any Windows Embedded thin
client can be configured to function as a
“locked down” single-purpose appliance
and nothing else (e.g. as a read-only
kiosk). Other important WCM control
features include display configuration
settings for up to two displays,
timeserver settings, Internet Explorer
proxy settings, and greater security
and credential authentication for
WCM operators.
WCM FeaturesGranular control for IT department to deploy
• Universal or user-specific settings
• Stationary or mobile thin clients
• Local or remote devices
Key features
• Create configuration from standalone
GUI or capture from an already
configured device
• Maintain history of configurations
• Update existing configuration or revert
back to previous configuration
• ‘Appliance mode’ allows configuration
of one or more Windows Embedded
thin clients to function only as one
of the following single-purpose
appliances. Examples include:
- Kiosk
- Citrix client
- VMware Horizon View client
- Microsoft RDS/RDP client
Up to 16 settings
• VDI connections for Citrix HDX,
Microsoft RDP or VMware Horizon View
• Device configuration (incl. display,
time zone, network, wireless, etc.)
• OS configuration (incl. browser,
firewall, etc.)
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Sample Wyse WCM Use Cases
Corporate Users
With WCM, configurations are available on the network and the settings are applied to the
device as a user powers it on and logs in.
Mobile or Home Workers
For users connecting over a VPN, all the settings can be published over the Internet so that
devices get configured while the user is working from home or travelling and connecting from
an airport or a hotel.
Small Businesses
For small businesses with just a few devices, WCM allows settings to be deployed on each
device using a USB key, removing all the complexity of setting up a server.
Import from Server/Locally
Wyse WCM for
auto configuration
of desktop clients.
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