FH Web Edition features

FH Web Edition contains a number of powerful features.

• Network, remote dial-up, and remote Web accessibility. FH Web Edition provides access to FIREHOUSE Software through the network, remote dial-up, or through Web access. This is managed through the FH Web Edition Connection Manager, and is transparent to the end user.
• Cross-platform compatibility. FH Web Edition provides access to any Windows application from virtually any client platform. FH Web allows FIREHOUSE Software to be run from desktop computers such as Mac, Windows, and Linux—allowing users to work in their preferred computing environments. Windows-based applications deployed through FH Web Edition look, feel, and function as if they were running on a Windows operating system, regardless of the client platform.
• Client file access. FH Web Edition supports seamless integration of client drives, including hard disk and mapped network drives. This allows users to access files stored on the client computer and to save files locally.
• Host monitoring. FH Web Edition provides real-time monitoring of individual FH Web Edition servers, control of individual clients and processes, and logout and shutdown for individual users.
• User roaming. Internal and remote users can sign in to a FH Web Edition server from any client workstation.
• Automatic Windows Update and Hotfix Compatibility. This feature automatically detects the locations of the internal operating system variables and functions used by FH Web Edition. This ensures that virtually every time the system is booted, users are able to start sessions and run published applications, regardless of what Windows Updates and Hotfixes are installed on the system.
• Session shadowing. The session-shadowing feature allows multiple users to view and control a single session and its applications. This feature allows help desk personnel and system administrators to help troubleshoot and debug user problems. Session shadowing may also be used for live collaboration.
• Load balancing. Load balancing distributes user sessions across multiple FH Web Edition servers. When load balancing is enabled, users can reconnect to a disconnected session running on any one of the load-balanced hosts.
• Session reconnect. With session reconnect enabled, FH Web Edition maintains client sessions on the server without a client connection. If a user deliberately disconnects from the server, or if the client’s connection is lost due to network problems, the user’s session and applications remain running on the server for the length of time specified by the administrator.
• Performance Counters. Performance counters can be added to the Windows Performance Monitor to track the number of active sessions and the number of clients connected to a server. FH Web Edition server performance counters allow administrators to monitor server activity from any machine with network access to a FH Web Edition server.
• Proxy Tunneling. Proxy tunneling allows users to connect to FH Web Edition server on the Internet through proxy servers.
• Group Policy Support. Using Microsoft’s Group Policy and its extensions, administrators can manage registry-based policy, assign scripts, redirect folders, manage applications, and specify security options.
• SSL Security. FH Web Edition provides support for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) as a method for communication between FH Web Edition clients and servers.
• Session Timeout. Through the FH Web Edition Connection Manager, administrators can specify time limits for the number of minutes that sessions are allowed to run on a FH Web Edition server.
• Inactivity Timeout. Through the FH Web Edition Connection Manager, administrators can specify time limits for the number of minutes of client inactivity.
• Client Printer Name Customization. Administrators can specify the format of client printer names and include information (including the user’s name, the name of the session, and the client computer’s IP address) in the name of the client printer.
• Time Zone Redirection. This option allows FH Web Edition sessions to run in the time zone of the client computer, regardless of the time zone that is selected on the FH Web Edition server.
• Backward Compatible Client and Host. This allows a client to connect to a FH Web Edition server when the major and minor versions of the client and server match but the revision (service pack) or build numbers do not.