Controlling the image quality

The quality of the image that PCoIP delivers can be controlled through the AD Group Policy or SmartPolicies to deliver the appropriate image quality, depending on the use case. The image is built progressively from what is termed a perceptually lossless image to a lossless image, with the latter delivering a high-fidelity, pixel-perfect image. For example, would you really need to build a pixel-perfect image if you were just running Microsoft Word?

The important thing to remember is that the quality of the image will have an impact on the bandwidth required to deliver it. We will cover these controls in more detail in Chapter 10, Fine-Tuning the End User Experience.