If I don't see an application in the list of available ones on Windows Virtual Desktop, how can I request to have it added?

HITS can only offer applications that meet the following requirements:

1. Are supported on Windows 11.
2. Are packaged for CoreImage PCs.
3. Licensed for U-M (e.g., Adobe), licensed per-user sign in (e.g., Microsoft 365), or are open-source/free (e.g., Microsoft Visual Studio Code).
4. Does not require computational or graphics capabilities beyond the medium tier performance available in WVD.  The general-purpose, multi-user host virtual machines that HITS uses in WVD do not have GPU acceleration.
5. Is compatible with a virtual desktop infrastructure either based on vendor support or technical compatibility.

Please submit a ticket to HITS specifying the name of the application, its functionality, and a short business case.  Also, request routing to the EDEM Business Analysts group.

These frequently requested applications are not compatible with WVD:

• ANSOS OneStaff
• Dropbox Sync (please use a web browser to access Dropbox)
• Cisco Jabber and Finesse
• Zoom (Please use the Teams application but only when you connect to WVD using the desktop client--not through a browser.)
• Licensing constraints:
  • Microsoft Project (Planner/Project for the web)
  • Microsoft Visio (LucidChart or Visio for the web)
  • NVivo
• Performance requirements:
  • Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.
  • ArcGIS
  • Blender
  • ImageJ/Fiji
  • Microsoft and Oracle SQL Developer tools
  • R and R-studio
  • SAS
  • SPSS
  • Tableau Desktop
• PowerShell or the Windows Command Prompt
• Vendor either doesn't support it on Windows 11 23H2 or in WVD or will not license it for WVD:
  • GraphPad Prism
  • PillCam Reader (not supported by the vendor in WVD)
  • Prosolv Synapse Cardiovascular (incompatible with 23H2)
  • Sectra
  • Stata