VMware has just released the first minor update for its connection broker Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM), acquired by Propero around April 2007.

The 2.1 version (build 596) introduces a number of new features including:

• Multiple sessions per user within a pool
• Pools spanning datastores in order to better manage resources
• VDM Configuration Backup (command-line only)
• Integrate MMR multimedia extensions DLL with VDM Client (Windows XP)
• Allow blocking of incoming RDP connections that are not from VDM Clients
• Allow end users to change password
• Allow end users to restart their VM

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The virtualization.info Virtualization Industry Roadmap has been updated accordingly.