

However, RTAV does serve as sufficient fallback for times when the Virtualization Pack cannot be used. Although RTAV supports webcams and audio devices, it is not the most efficient means for delivering Skype due to the media hairpinning and transcoding method that this technology uses. Test 1: The first test scenario was configured for a point-to-point video call using the VMware Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV) feature included with Horizon 7.The configuration scenarios for the point-to-point video-call testing included: Horizon 7 test clientsLocated in North and South Florida.Two Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit virtual desktops.Horizon 7 test labLocated in Washington state.When sites try to scale EUC workloads based on Skype for Business, the importance of using the Virtualization Pack becomes paramount, as is evident from the details of this study.

The difference does not seem significant at first, but the impact is more far-reaching when you consider performance when scaling beyond the resource consumption of two sessions. The video offers both qualitative and quantitative test results that compare two Horizon 7 deployment scenarios that include and exclude the Virtualization Pack.

The video provides a series of test cases that show the benefits of the Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business. The Horizon with Skype for Business Testing video demonstrates VMware Horizon 7 with Skype for Business for audio and video call scenarios. Horizon with Skype for Business Testing (Video Results)

During Skype audio and video calls, all media processing takes place on the Windows client machine, instead of in the virtual desktop. You can run Skype for Business inside Horizon 7 virtual desktops without negatively affecting the virtual infrastructure and overloading the network. (Horizon 7.2 Release) Optimizing Skype for EUC Is the Only Way to Go
