Microsoft RemoteFX for Session Virtualization: Architectural Overview

Windows Server® 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services (Remote Desktop Services) includes a new set of user experience technologies in Service Pack 1 (SP1) called Microsoft® RemoteFX™. RemoteFX adds new capabilities to the Remote Desktop Services platform by delivering a full-fidelity Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure (VDI) and high-density, scalable, client-agnostic session virtualization capabilities, shifting delivery intelligence to host-based systems running RemoteFX. Through a new graphics payload purpose-built for RemoteFX and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), the session virtualization platform is tightly integrated with the RDP protocol, which enables shared encryption, authentication, management, and local device support.

This paper provides an architectural overview of RemoteFX in the context of session virtualization—using a new Windows Server role called the Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) designed specifically for modern session virtualization environments using Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.

Download Microsoft Remote FX for Session Virtualization: Architectual Overview “Whitepaper” here