

The Zoom Cloud maintains two separate data streams to both the VDI desktop and the plugin. The plugin and VDI Client coordinate efforts, using the VDI software provider’s existing virtual channel. The VDI Client and plugin create a synchronized experience together by rendering the Zoom meeting in layers, superimposing the plugin’s media on top of the VDI Client’s Zoom placeholder. The plugin also has a direct connection with the Zoom meeting to receive the meeting video, audio, and content, which is then layered on top of the VDI Client’s meeting content placeholder image.

Similarly, in the Direct Optimization experience, the plugin assists the VDI Client by performing the other half of the VDI Client’s work. The VDI Client also maintains in-meeting data, like the participant list, through its direct connection to the Zoom meeting, and processes any screen sharing of the local user’s desktop. In the optimized experience, the VDI Client primarily focuses on rendering an empty placeholder of the Zoom meeting, containing only a blank screen of the meeting content and the meeting toolbar buttons.

Note: Citrix Workspace app from Microsoft store is not supported. Citrix Workspace, VMWare Horizons, AVD client or Windows remote desktop client.Organizations using Citrix XenDesktop or VMware Horizon server published desktop, or Windows Remote Desktop.Prerequisites for Zoom Meetings optimization Zoom creates an optimized experience by sending independent data streams to both the VDI Client and plugin, allowing each component to focus on the responsibilities it does best.

The Zoom VDI Client and plugin address this issue by removing most media-processing demands from the VDI server, and instead redirecting them to the plugin, which processes the media using its own hardware resources on the local machine. VDI hardware - which is capable of supporting multiple virtual desktops -generally cannot sustain the processing demands of video conferencing on top of its other processing requirements. A VDI server is a shared hardware resource for multiple users at one time.
