In the next demo, you can see the user launching a WVD Windows 10 multiuser desktop from the Workspace 365 portal.Ĭonclusion: All your applications in one portal In the demo below you can see that the user launches Excel, Calculator and Explorer locally from the Workspace 365 portal. More information about the local app launcher can be found here: Demo The target is the new RDP client and the args is the RDP file to the desktop or application. How to open WVD using the Workspace 365 local app launcher?Īnd because arguments are now supported, we can also start a WVD desktop or application. The new instruction file and MSI can easily be managed and pushed with for instance Microsoft Intune. These were difficult to push and manage on the user devices. In the past when you wanted to add a local application to the Workspace 365 portal you had to add a local registry setting. This GUID is then entered when creating the local application in the Workspace 365 portal. In the instruction file, you create your GUID. With the configuration file, it becomes possible to launch a local application with arguments. The local app user is configured using an instruction XML file.

The local app launcher is a simple auto-install.MSI that you can easily push to your end-users. And at the same time the new local app launcher makes it simpler to add local applications to the Workspace 365 portal. Workspace 365 already had support for remote apps (Citrix, RDP), SaaS applications, Web apps and local apps (with registry) but now with the local app launcher, they also support WVD (Windows Virtual Desktop) apps and desktops from Azure. Using a workspace portal will help your users in the new modern workspace area finding the company resources (apps and data) in one easy place. As you know Workspace 365 by New Day At Work is one of the leading workspace portals at the moment.

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