You may have seen that Quest Software released vWorkspace 7.1 a few days ago.  And normally, you might not associate a small dot release like this with a lot of new features and enhancements, perhaps thinking it more of a bug fix release.  However, the folks at Quest packed quite a punch within this version.  Some of the new features in vWorkspace 7.1 that were promoted on the Quest corporate blog include:

WAN Acceleration (EOP Xtream)
This patent-pending technology accelerates RDP and EOP traffic on any WAN, providing an improved user experience by providing faster RDP screen responses and improved performance of all EOP features. Quest EOP Xtream is specifically designed for users on WAN links with modest (40ms) to high round trip latency (400+ ms). It works on all supported hypervisors and RD Session Hosts/Terminal Servers.

Advanced Integration with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services
This vWorkspace integration with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services provides:

• A Single Management Console experience for Microsoft Remote Desktop Services
• Automatic configuration and installation for the Microsoft Connection Broker
• Support for publishing applications and desktop using Microsoft RemoteApp Start menu integration in Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft RD Web Access.
• Support for publishing individual applications using Microsoft’s built-in RemoteApp technology for seamless windows for Microsoft Hyper-V virtual desktops and RD Session Hosts/Terminal Servers.
• Support for Remote Desktop Gateway for secure Internet access.
• Support for the addition of Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Brokers to the vWorkspace Management Console.
• Support in AppPortal for connectivity to Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Broker and Remote Desktop Gateway.

Rapid Provisioning of Microsoft Hyper-V Based Virtual Desktops
The integration of vWorkspace with Microsoft SCVMM now supports rapid provisioning of desktops using differencing disks, along with automated management of parent and child differencing disks and automated batch desktop creation and Sysprep.

Resource Based Load Balancing for Hyper-V Hosts
A new SCVMM computer group property, Workload Management, allows you to specify a workload evaluator for the group. You can now load balance between multiple host servers in one desktop group, using customized workload evaluators.

Expanded Sysprep Support
The ability to sysprep a Microsoft SCVMM hosted virtual desktop (Windows Vista /Windows7) using the vWorkspace Sysprep Customization wizard has been added with this release, with the use of the  vWorkspace console-integrated Sysprep Customizations wizard, no longer requiring you to alter and import an unattend.xml file. Sysprep of a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 or Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 is now also supported.

Microsoft RemoteApp Support
Microsoft RemoteApp support for Hyper-V virtual desktops and RD Session Hosts/Terminal Servers has been added enabling the publishing of individual applications using Microsoft’s RemoteApp technology on access devices.

Optional one-session-per-user within a farm
When this feature is enabled, the connection broker looks for both active and disconnected sessions when a user issues a launch request. This enforces one user session per farm and allows a user to roam, being able to return to their active session from any terminal.

Support for Microsoft Application Virtualization version 4.6
With this release, Microsoft App-V version 4.6 is supported. Enhancements to the App-V import wizard address usability and provide for the assignment of App-V applications to client folders on VDI computers.

For a complete list of all the new features, including demos, have a look at this page: http://www.quest.com/vworkspace/new-release.aspx