Client-Side Direct Integrations (Customers Using RDP VEC or VFC): SSMS, Crystal Reports Builder, Insight (Global) Spreadsheet Server (GSS), SSRS Report Builder

Author: Eric Vasbinder

Support Status: Supported

Integration Method: ODBC connectivity to Vista DB or SSRS DB

DEPLOYMENT MODELS

Viewpoint One

Hosted: NO

Additional Charge: NO

NOTE: With VP1/VRL Cloud, these applications connect to the Vista DB and SSRS over the VPN and are physically hosted on customer-controlled hardware (e.g. customer laptops, terminal servers, etc.)

Viewpoint Enterprise Cloud (VEC / RDP Published Apps)

Hosted: YES

Additional Charge: YES - 1 third party application maintenance fee for each of the above, save for GSS, Office, and SSMS

DESCRIPTION

As per many other client-side apps that connect to Vista, these applications do not directly touch the Vista database. (e.g. Adobe Acrobat and MS Office), whilst some do (e.g. Crystal Reports Designer, GSS, and SSMS). In the RDP-based deployment methods of Viewpoint Vista cloud hosting (e.g. RDP VEC or Viewpoint for Cloud (VFC)), Viewpoint DOES host client-side apps. As such, the customer will need to coordinate with Viewpoint to host these apps with us. There is a $49/month charge to host a client side app other than SSMS, Microsoft Office, GSS, or any Viewpoint solution.

In the newer Viewpoint One (VP1) / VRL Cloud model, customers host these applications on their local hardware, connecting to Vista over the IPSEC VPN tunnel.

tl;dr: Customers using Vista within one of Viewpoint's RDP-based clouds (i.e. VFC and RDP VEC) DO need to host client-side apps that relate to Vista with us. There is a charge for hosting these apps, save for SSMS and SSRS Report Builder. VP1/VRL Cloud customers host these applications themselves and connect over a VPN.