Run Windows 7 Desktop from your iPad
Introduction
Got (want) a new iPad but not sure how to justify it for business reasons?
Follow this recipe for a sure fire winner that will please everyone who tries it!
Low calorie, safe and secure, and surprisingly reasonable for the budget conscious coupon clippers among us.
Ingredients:
- 1 iPad (either wifi or 3G will be fine)
- 1 Bluetooth Keyboard
- Wyse PocketCloud App
- Wyse PocketCloud Windows Companion application
- Cisco PCF file (needed for Secure Enterprise VPN View use)
Directions:
WARNING: Be sure to read entire recipe prior to beginning work. Failure to follow directions could cause your expense report to be rejected by the finance department.
NOTE: We take a bottom up approach. This is less about instant gratification but ensures your first experience is successful.
- Configure your Windows 7 Desktop to be accessed via RDP from the Internet.
- This can be done at home on a physical machine.
- Most businesses will choose to do this with Virtual Machines hosted on VMware ESX and brokered by VMware View 4 Manager for controlled access from the Internet with RSA 2 Factor Authentication One Time Password Tokens. Be sure the ESX hosts are protected with a tool like HyTrust.
- Use the iPad as a remote thin terminal screen.
- Use the bluetooth keyboard to give you a real computer like experience.
- No mouse? No Problem – just use your fingers to click, double-click, right click, select, copy and paste, etc.
References:
- Get the Wyse PocketCloud App from the Apple App Store. Many companies will simply purchase a $50 Apple iTunes Gift card and have their employees expense it. Learn more from this this web site:
http://www.wyse.com/products/software/pocketcloud/index.asp
http://itunes.apple.com/app/wyse-pocketcloud-remote-desktop/id326512817?mt=8
Updated: May 13, 2010
Current Version: 1.3.78
Size: 4.2 MB
Full screen mode supported for both iPhone and iPad (removal of iPhone/iPad status bar).
Application fully supports all device orientations.
When connecting at iPad native resolution, screen auto-locks for ease of use.
- Wyse PocketCloud Windows Companion:
http://www.wyse.com/supportdownload/PocketCloud/PocketCloud%20Windows%20Companion.exe
- Bluetooth keyboards are pretty cheap now. Models are available from Apple, Logitech, and Micro$oft:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/microsoft-bluetooth-mobile-keyboard-6000-the-perfect-travel-key/
http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/10/25/vaio-bluetooth-keyboard-vgp-bkb1/
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/keyboards/keyboard/devices/3848 - News reports on iPad and Windows 7:
http://www.crn.com/mobile/224201173
