Release: Leostream Connection Broker 6.2

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Leostream just released a new version of its Connection Broker.

In version 6.0 the company introduced the full support for Citrix XenServer. With this new 6.2, Leostream completely focus on Microsoft technologies.

Connection Broker 6.2 in fact fully supports Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 as backend hypervisors, plus Windows 7 as virtual desktop guest OS and RDP 7.0 as remote protocol.

On top of that the new version of this product adds a number of interesting new features:

  • Multi-monitor support
  • USB management
    USB pass-through policies allow administrators to manage classes of devices or individual devices, depending on need. USB policies can be combined with other Leostream policies, such as location-based ones, to support the exact implementation of business rules
  • Location-based printing
    Administrators can specify a list of network printers to connect to a particular group of clients based on their location. End-users can select local printers when connected to remote desktops
  • Single Sign On for RDP
    Provides seamless access to all versions of Windows virtual desktops from any client device, including Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, and RDP 7
  • User profile support