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Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

ABE VDI (VMWare)

ABE has its own VDI, or virtual desktop infrastructure, which acts as a software resource for many faculty, staff, and students. The VDI is used to run frequently used programs within the department, and all of these programs are installed on an image of Windows hosted over the VMWare Horizon client.

Each time the VDI is closed out, the desktop flashes back to its previous image. This means all work which must be saved needs to be uploaded to OneDrive, Dropbox, or transferred to your physical drive.

  • Logging in to IFAS ABE VDI/VMWare Horizon
  • Logging in to IFAS ABE VDI/VMWare Horizon

    All ABE department-owned computers have VMWare Horizon either preinstalled or available for install via the Software Center application. You may also use the IFAS VDI web client. (link to web interface)

    After accepting the disclaimer on either client, you will be prompted to sign in using your Gatorlink and Gatorlink password. You will be asked for a two-factor authentication preference on the next screen. Authenticate your login, and then you will be granted access to the VDI.

    A screenshot of the ABE VDI login prompt.A screenshot of the ABE VDI 2-Factor Authentication prompt.

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  • File Sharing
  • File Sharing

    To share files between the VDI and your physical computer, you must change these settings on the VMWare Horizon desktop client. Currently, the only File Transfer option available to web-client users is the upload function.

    First, in the VMWare Horizon client, select Options from the toolbar at the top of the screen, and then click Share Folders.

    A screenshot of the Options menu in VMWare Horizon desktop client.

    The Options screen will pop up, with focus on the Share Folders tab. This is where you may select folders from the physical drive of the computer you are using to access the VDI. Once selected, these folders will show in File Explorer within the VDI, and all files saved to the physical drive folder will be accessible once disconnected from the VDI. 

    A screenshot of the Folder Sharing prompt in the VMWare Horizon desktop client.

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  • Software Listing
  • Software Listing

    Software Name

    7-Zip 19.0

    Access2016

    ArcMap 10.7

    ArtiosCAD 18.1.1

    EasyGPS

    Anaconda 3

    Cape pack v.2.09

    JMP Pro 15

    Just BASIC v2.0

    LabelMATRIX 2019

    MATLAB R2019a

    Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2012, 2014, 2019

    Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, 2015, 2017

    R, RStudio

    SimaPro 9

    Simlab

    Solidworks 2020

    Vensim PLE

    Vfsmod-w

    WinGAmpt

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