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SMA 8.5 release: RDP/VNC/SSHv2 bookmark feature comparison between HTML5 and ActiveX, Java, etc.

03/26/2020 6 People found this article helpful 100,795 Views

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    From Secure Mobile Access(SMA) release 8.5, RDP, VNC and SSHv2 HTML5 bookmark features have been enhanced. This article is to illustrate the bookmark feature comparison between HTML5 and ActiveX, Java, pure Java client as well as Java Applet.

    Resolution

    RDP Bookmarks:

    Feature

    ActiveX

    Java

    Pure Java Client

    HTML5

    Connect and Control

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    TS Farm / Load Balance*

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    RDP 8

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Wake on LAN

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Console Login

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    Yes

    Redirect Printers

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    No

    Redirect Ports

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    No

    Redirect Drives

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    No

    Redirect SmartCards

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    No

    Redirect Clipboard

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes**

    Redirect PnP devices

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    No

    Desktop Background

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    Yes

    Dual Monitors

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    No

    Span Monitors

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    No

    Font smoothing

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    Yes

    Remote Application

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    Limited***

    Remote Audio

    Yes

    Yes

    No

    Yes****

    Single Sign-on

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Colors

    up to 32 bit

    up to 32 bit

    up to 32 bit

    up to 32 bit

    Resolution

    Up to 1920x1080 (set values)

    Up to 1920x1080 (set values)

    Up to 1920x1080 (set values)

    Up to 1920x1080 (set values)

    Notes

    Requires Plug-in installation.  Utilizes installed mstsc client on remote system.  Loopback method (some reported issues with Windows 8)

    Requires Java installed. Utilizes installed mstsc client on remote system.  Loopback method (some reported issues with Windows 8)

    Requires Java installed.  Utilizes our own Java applet.  Loopback method (some reported issues with Windows 8)

    Requires the browser to support HTML5. Most modern browsers support HTML5. Verified on IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari.

    Support

    Windows IE only

    Windows Browsers with Java (IE, FireFox, Chrome) and
    Mac OSX (Safari, Chrome, FireFox)

    Windows Browsers with Java (IE, FireFox, Chrome)
    Mac OSX (Safari, Chrome, FireFox)
    Linux (FireFox)

    All devices with browsers capable of HTML5 support (Chrome, IE10+, FireFox, Safari)

    Note:

    *TS Farm / Load balancing supported for RD Connection Broker Load Balancing configuration only. Please refer to KB article "Configuring a Terminal Server Farm bookmark. (SW14076)" for trouble shooting configuration issues.  Other configurations are not officially supported.

    ** Requires Redirect Clipboard feature be turned on and use of helper dialog for copy from remote to local. 

    *** Supports only running the remote application automatically upon connection.

    **** IE browser not supported.

    VNC Bookmarks:

    Feature

    HTML5 version

    Java Applet version

    Encoding

    Yes (Not configurable, determined by the VNC server, supported encoding : Raw, Copyrect, RRE, hextile, Tight, TightPNG, Zlib)

    Yes (Can be one of Tight,

    Raw, RRE, CoRRE, Hextile,

    Zlib)

    Rotation

    Yes

    Not Applicable

    Compression Level

    No

    Yes

    JPEG Image Quality

    No

    Yes

    Cursor Shape Updates

    Yes (Enabled by default. Not supported on IE. For mobile browsers, "Cursor shape updates" is always disabled)

    Yes

    Use CopyRect

    Yes (Not configurable)

    Yes

    Restricted Colors(256 Colors)

    No

    Yes

    Reverse Mouse Button 2 and 3

    No

    Yes

    View Only

    Yes

    Yes

    Share Desktop

    Yes

    Yes

    SSO

    Yes

    No

    SSHv2 Bookmarks:

    Feature

    HTML5 version

    Java Applet version

    Automatically Accept Host Key

    Yes

    Yes

    Public/Private Keys

    Authentication

    No

    Yes

    Bypass Username

    No

    Yes

    Adjustable Window Size

    No (Fixed window size in option)

    Yes

    Log Session

    No

    Yes

    Scroll-back

    No

    Yes

    Clipboard

    No

    Yes

    Highlight

    No

    Yes

    Color Options

    No

    Yes

    Store Accepted Host Key

    Yes

    No

    SSO

    Yes

    No

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