NICE DCV Now Supports Credential Providers in Windows, Audio-out in Linux, and Multiple GPU Encoding

Posted on: Oct 8, 2018

We are happy to announce the release of NICE DCV (Desktop Cloud Visualization) version 2017.2.

NICE DCV is a remote visualization protocol that enables users to securely access remote desktop or application sessions, including 3D graphics applications hosted on servers with high-performance GPUs. NICE DCV offers end users a wide range of client devices, including an HTML5 client for web browser access, a native Windows client, and now a native Linux client. Native clients now support USB redirection for 3D mice and USB storage devices, and they support up to 4 monitors at 4k resolution. In addition, NICE DCV helps customers with remote Linux desktops reduce session costs by supporting multiple Linux sessions from a single high performance server. NICE DCV is free to use on Amazon EC2 instances.

The DCV 2017.2 release introduces the following features:

  • Audio-out in Linux
  • Credential Providers support in Windows
  • Hardware encoding using multiple GPUs with NVENC

For more information, see the DCV 2017.2 release notes or see step-by-step instructions to download and get started with DCV.