I was wondering if anyone could comment on either or both of these, how well they work, caveats, etc on ChromeOS?
I do remote work for my employer a lot and rather than lug around the laptop they give me for on-call work I’m thinking a cheap chromebook is a good option. I just need a little horsepower for this VPN and VDI client. The cheapest chromebook I’m seeing is $170 and that’s a bit much to just test the waters I think, so I’m hoping for informed opinions.
VPN issues can depend on how the VPN is implemented by the company. If your company won’t test it properly, you are going to have to do it yourself. That means buying or borrowing a Chromebook, and then returning it if it doesn’t work.
It may (or may not) work for someone else - but your experience would likely be different.
I use Pulse Secure on my work account. It was very easy to set up (configuration was entering one URL) and I use Google Authenticator rather than a token to authenticate. It works flawlessly and I use it regularly. The Pulse Secure app is available free on Play Store.
I haven’t used Horizon but Pulse gets a double thumbs up.
I have used both on a Chromebook without issue. If your employer uses the Pulse Host Checker functionality to validate endpoint security, you will need to make sure they allow ChromeOS.
I’ve had no problems with VMWare. I prefer to use a direct browser connection though, rather than the app. I also find that the resolution (and the size of the font) depends on the Chromebook’s screen ratio. It looks better on my Samsung CBP than on the Dell 13 for some reason (latter renders font too small).
Are you using an RDP client after logging into Pulse? I can get connected to Pulse but am having issues using Microsoft RDP to get to my work PC. Going to try some others tonight.
I did about 18 months ago and it worked fine but since then I haven’t needed to. I have no reason to believe it’s stopped working but perhaps someone else has tried it more recently.