Dell ThinOS: The Most Secure Thin Clients
Built to fit your virtual workspace.
Dell Thin Clients with ThinOS
Dell's exclusive ThinOS is the most secure thin client operating system, delivering a rich user experience with the latest high-performance desktop virtualization protocols and support for popular unified communications solutions to keep users at their productive best.
Key Features
Secure by Design
No sensitive data or personal information is exposed on the local device. With a closed architecture, system hardening to limit attack surfaces, unpublished APIs, and encrypted data and files exclusively packaged by Dell, ThinOS is virus and malware-resistant.
Ultimate Security: Designed to minimize risk with a closed architecture, unpublished APIs, hardened surfaces, secure boot, and device-specific flash encryption.
Trusted Endpoint: Supports popular authentication methods, compliance standards, and non-persistent information to protect session data and connect confidently from anywhere.
Achieve Compliance: Ensures confident access to virtual workspaces with intrinsic security built into ThinOS and centralized control.
Base Operating System: With no facility to run external applications or store user data locally, Dell ThinOS has minimal opportunity to execute typical security exploits. Virtual desktop infrastructures centrally store and manage data, helping organizations prevent loss/theft of sensitive information and remain compliant with privacy regulations.
Vulnerability Protection: Prevents threats transferred via internet browsers, email attachments, or infected files by disallowing local browser access and runtime systems for malware execution. All internet and email applications are delivered via the virtualized environment.
User Friendly & Optimized Experience
Dell ThinOS is deployment-ready for leading virtual workspaces with comprehensive Dell software and partner components. The new modern desktop mode and optimization for in-demand collaboration tools enhance the user experience.
The new modern desktop offers a quick start experience and an intuitive taskbar to access session controls and device configuration.
Experience a rich user experience with the latest high-performance VDI protocols, ready to connect to Citrix®, Microsoft®, VMware®, and Amazon WorkSpaces environments. This lightweight firmware base has minimal overhead and a rapid boot time, delivering instant-on user productivity.
High-quality End-user Experiences: Users enjoy an enhanced experience through a simplified session taskbar for session controls and device configuration.
Simplified IT Operations & Management
Wyse Management Suite is a flexible hybrid cloud solution that allows central configuration, monitoring, management, and optimization of Dell thin client solutions, anytime, anywhere. It is ideal for businesses of all sizes and meets all levels of deployment.
- ☁️ Cloud-first: Efficient hybrid cloud management solution.
- ? Web browser access: Access management tools via a web browser.
- ? Scalability & high availability: Supports flexible deployment options.
- ? Automation & reporting: Streamlines IT tasks and provides insights.
- ?️ Enterprise-class administration: Comprehensive management capabilities.
Wyse Management Suite Pro: Offers 24/7 access to advanced technology experts for critical issue resolution.
Wyse Management Suite Standard: A free, on-premises management tool for small deployments.
A More Collaborative VDI Experience
The modern workforce demands real-time collaboration. Dell thin clients, combined with unified communications solutions and VDI optimization, enable employees to work anywhere. VDI optimization delivers a rich user collaboration experience, leverages user device resources for media rendering, and offers optimized point-to-point media delivery.
User Experience Comparison:
Standard User Experience (Without UC Optimization): Depicts a user device connected via a VDI protocol to a VDI workspace. A UC application runs within this workspace. Audio, video, and desktop sharing for the UC application are routed through the VDI protocol, potentially causing latency and high resource consumption.
Enhanced User Experience (With UC Optimization): Shows improved architecture scalability. UC application data (audio, video, desktop sharing) can be handled more directly between the user device and the UC application, bypassing some VDI protocol overhead, leading to a richer and more efficient experience.
Meet The Family
Dell offers a range of thin client hardware solutions:
- OptiPlex 3000 Thin Client: Quiet, durable, supports up to three 4K displays.
- OptiPlex All-in-One: 24" display with smart collaboration features, available in Touch and Non-Touch panels.
- Latitude 3440: 14" modern business laptop with essential productivity features and unified communications support.
- Latitude 5450: Scalable business laptop with enterprise-level security and comprehensive connectivity.
(Note: Specific configurations and features may vary. Refer to Dell's support site for detailed specifications.)
Technical Specifications Summary
Dell ThinOS release 2405 offers broad compatibility and robust features.
| Feature | Specification |
|---|---|
| Operating System | Dell ThinOS release 2405 |
| Supported Dell Thin Client Solutions | OptiPlex 3000/5400, Latitude 3440/5440/5450, Wyse 5070/5470 series. (Some require Ubuntu Linux) |
| Virtual Environment Support | Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, Citrix WorkSpace, Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktops, VMware Horizon. |
| Unified Communications Optimization | Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Zoom, Cisco Jabber/Webex, RingCentral, Avaya. |
| Network Connectivity | Ethernet (10/100/1G), Wireless 802.11 (2.4GHz/5GHz), 802.1x. |
| User Interface | Classic mode and Modern desktop mode. Supports English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese. |
| Security Features | Closed architecture, no published APIs, hardened surfaces, device-specific flash encryption, TPM support, Secure Boot, FIPS 140-2 capable. |
| Management Options | Wyse Management Suite (Pro and Standard versions). Supports third-party monitoring solutions. |
Your Thin Client Solution in 3 Easy Steps
Select the Thin Client Software
Choose from Dell ThinOS (most secure), Dell Hybrid Client (flexible), or Windows 10 IoT Enterprise (familiar).
Choose a Form Factor
Select from Laptop, All-in-One, or desktop form factors including OptiPlex and Latitude series.
Add Wyse Management Suite Pro
Implement an enterprise-class solution for modern and secure management of your Dell thin client solutions from anywhere.
Key Benefits
- Secure by design: Work confidently with solutions designed to augment the security of your VDI and cloud environments.
- Unified approach to I.T.: Modern management with hybrid cloud deployment provides greater control and agility.
- Optimized user experience: Access digital and virtual workspaces with unprecedented simplicity and flexibility.
Important Information & Claims
This document may contain information based on Dell analysis and third-party reports. For detailed claims, disclaimers, and specific product availability, please refer to the official Dell support website and documentation.
- Based on Dell analysis of Dell ThinOS v. competitive products, January 2024.
- Gartner, Forecast Analysis: Remote and Hybrid Workers, Worldwide, 02 June 2021.
- Wyse Management Suite Pro license activation is required.
- Dell ProSupport availability and terms vary by region.
- Features and services may vary by region and configuration.
- Specific requirements for certain configurations (e.g., Latitude 3420, OptiPlex 5400 All-in-One) include Ubuntu Linux and specific memory/storage.
- Some products are developed with sustainable materials.
