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VMware released an update of the their VDI connection broker software with some exiting improvements and features like :

  Pools spanning datastores in order to better manage resources
 Localization of VDM Web Access and Client for Windows
 Command line parameters for VDM Client
 Integrate MMR multimedia extensions DLL with VDM Client (Windows XP)
 Allow end users to change password
 Multiple sessions per user within a pool
 Improvements to logging
 Allow end users to restart their VM
 Defined process for bulk import of individual desktops
 VDM Configuration Backup (command-line only)
 Allow blocking of incoming RDP connections that are not from VDM Clients
 Allow VDM administrators to set default desktop (command line only)

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