Configuring Clients for Non-Persistent Desktops

The Endpoint Security client capabilities for non-persistent virtual desktops are:

Anti-Malware
- Fully supported when configured with the Shared Signatures Server.
Compliance, Firewall and Application Control, Remote Access VPN, and URL Filtering
- Fully supported.
Forensics
- Partially supported.
  - The Forensics database contains data for the current session.
  - Forensics Reports generate as usual.
Threat Emulation and Anti-Exploit
- Partially supported.
  - Signatures are not in cache.
  - Signatures download for each new instance.
Anti-Bot
- Partially supported.
  - Signatures are not in cache.
  - Signatures download for each new instance.
  - Cached data (such as the URLs checked against Threat-Cloud and Detection List) are lost on logoff.
Ransomware "Honeypots"
- Partially supported.
  - Part of the Golden Image.
Behavioral Guard
- Partially supported.
  - Signatures are not in cache.
  - Signatures download for each new instance.
Full Disk Encryption and Capsule Docs
- Not supported for non-persistent desktops.
Media Encryption & Port Protection
- Fully supported with VMware Horizon running the Endpoint Security client version E86.40 and higher.
- Fully supported with Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) running the Endpoint Security client version E86.50 and higher.