RDP Booster improves the user experience for a wide range of Windows-based applications. It is a CloudShare proprietary solution designed to tackle performance challenges arising from standard RDP limitations, particularly related to bandwidth and latency issues that cause lags in the user experience. 

RDP booster is especially beneficial for applications that see significant changes in screen updates, such as video playback on a VM, video streaming (e.g., security camera feeds), interaction with diagrams necessitating panning, zooming, and rotating, and interactive applications. 

With the addition of GPU support available through the public cloud, RDP Booster can be accelerated, providing enhanced performance and graphics capabilities. RDP Booster with GPU support enables applications such as CAD systems and medical imaging to perform seamlessly within the CloudShare Viewer.

Benefits

• Reduced latency when interacting with a Windows VM:
  A new RDP client delivers the enhanced performance necessary for interactive applications. It leverages the RDP10 protocol, which optimizes bandwidth consumption, resulting in improved performance.
• Universal Keyboard Support:
  RDP Booster also provides more support for different keyboards and locales, meaning users no longer need to select a keyboard layout for the Windows VM.

Using RDP10

Blueprint or Experience Creators

Blueprint or Experience creators can choose RDP10 as a remote connection protocol when setting up a VM through the Viewer Customization, allowing end users to take advantage of the enhanced performance RDP Booster provides.

End-Users

End-users can select RDP10 as the preferred protocol for connecting to the virtual machine via the viewer interface. If both RDP and RDP10 are enabled in the Viewer customization, the end user will connect to the VM using RDP10 by default. 

Constraints and Limitations

• Supported remote operating systems:
  Limited to Windows OS (Windows Server 2019+, Windows Desktop 10+)
  NOTE: Windows 2016 is supported but requires setting group policy flags. In addition, given Windows 2016 is out of mainstream support with Micorosft, we recommend using a more modern Windows OS:
  • Open gpedit.msc
  • Navigate to Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Remote Desktop Services → Remote Desktop Session Host → Remote Session Environment.
  • Enable: Use hardware graphics adapters for all Remote Desktop Services sessions.
  • Enable: Prioritize H.264/AVC 444 graphics mode for Remote Desktop Connections.
  • Enable: Configure H.264/AVC hardware encoding for Remote Desktop Connections.
  • If the settings do not take effect, the Windows VM might be part of a domain whose Group Policies override local settings.
  • To ensure Group Policies are updated correctly, open an Administrator Command Prompt and run: gpupdate /force
  • No restart is required. Simply reconnect to apply the changes.
  • Verify there are no errors after running the command.

• Supported browsers:
  Chromium browsers (such as Chrome and Edge). NOTE: Mozilla Firefox currently does not support the required APIs.
  NOTE: Mozilla Firefox currently does not support the required APIs.
   
  
  
• Audio input/output to/from the remote VM:
  Currently, the feature does not support Audio in/out (VM sound listen or record).
  
  
• Pricing implications:
  Additional load balancing charges for RDP Booster, and public cloud costs for GPUs may be imposed. Contact your Account Manager for further details.