Version Comparison Chart
Micro Focus Reflection Desktop and Reflection 14 ®
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Comparing Reflection Desktop and Reflection 14 Reflection Desktop is the go-forward solution that replaces Reflection 14 products. Learn where you are missing out on great new features and where your business might be exposed to security issues. In addition to core terminal emulation, printing, file transfer, and automation capabilties, our Reflection Desktop product line provides enterprise customers with support for advanced security protocols and the latest Windows operating systems. Reflection Desktop has been designed to provide a seamless upgrade experience that carries forward session and user settings as-is.
Features
Reflection Desktop
Supported Platforms
Reflection 14
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Key Consideration(s)
Desktop Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise (32- and 64-bit) Certified Logo
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Windows 8.1—Professional or Enterprise (32- or 64-bit)
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Windows 7 Professional—Enterprise or Ultimate (32- or 64-bit)
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Windows Server 2016 Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
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Windows Server 2012 R2 and R1 Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Terminal Services
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Citrix Ready Logo
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Citrix XenApp version 6.x
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Citrix XenApp version 7.x*
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VMware Ready Logo
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VMware Workstation/Player
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VMware ThinApp 5.x
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Microsoft App-V 5.1*
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Cloud Computing Deployment and Support
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Server Environments (Deployment and Virtualization)
Secure Encryption
Future innovation, optimization, and support for deploying desktop terminal emulation to IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) and DaaS (Desktop as a Service) cloud platforms
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Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 support
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Secure Shell (SSH) support
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SHA-2: Support for SHA-256/RSA-2048 digital signatures
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Online Certificate Revocation—When making secure connections, check the authenticity of certificates using Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP), a faster alternative to checking Certificate Trust Lists (CTL).
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* Supported on the above-supported Windows Server versions
Plan ahead for future desktop and server operating system upgrades
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Version Comparison Chart
Reflection Desktop
Secure Desktop
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Trusted locations feature to secure desktop environment by allowing only trusted session files and macros to execute (specified location of session and macro files)
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Ability to encrypt session files
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Create custom Context Menus
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Ability to update deployed settings files
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User Account Control (UAC) for Installation—Build Microsoft Installer (.msi) packages and lock down features
Data Privacy and Protection
14.1
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Privacy filters to protect sensitive data
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PCI DSS mode to prevent unsecured connections to host systems (all networks, wireless networks)
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Support for protecting/masking sensitive data on IBM 3270 and 5250 screens
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Dynamic privacy filters to efficiently identify, filter and protect sensitive data
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Ability to ensure PCI DSS compliance for terminal emulation sessions
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Deploy Classic interface to maintain Reflection 14 look and feel
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Run existing Reflection 14 macros and automations with Reflection Desktop
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Ability to create individual settings files (sessions, macros, keyboards, etc.) for more flexible administration
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Authentication and Authorization
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Support for IBM Express Logon Feature (ELF) enables certificate authentication and single sign-on (SSO) for mainframe sessions
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LDAP authentication
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Single Sign-On (SSO) for NTLM v2
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Key Consideration(s)
Key Consideration(s) Use existing mainframe/host side authentication capabilities to secure access to host applications and data.
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Seamless workflow to secure host access without disrupting end user productivity
Minimize disruption to end users by running existing Extra! configurations and macros in Reflection Desktop while providing users a familiar look and feel much like the experience of upgrading Microsoft Office.
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Reflection Desktop, unlike Extra!, provides one session file for multiple settings files, including keyboard, colors, file transfer, security, and connections that simplify administration.
Authorization via legacy workflow
Pre 14.1
14.1
Support for Kerberos telnet authentication for TN5250 connections to the AS/400 (IBM System i)
Centralized Management
Key Consideration(s) Mainframe applications were designed long before privacy r equirements and regulations. Organizations can now c omply with privacy regulations and requirements (such as PCI DSS) without making any high cost and risky changes to their mainframe application or disrupting existing end user workflows to prevent sensitive information from being viewed, copied to the clipboard, and printed.
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Use existing Reflection 14 session files without changes
Compound settings files via Open Packaging Conventions (OPC)—Support for compound configurations to include all customizations in single session file
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Retain existing Reflection 14 sessions and while gaining easier administration
Simplified Administration
Key Consideration(s)
Administrators can configure terminal emulation sessions to meet end user needs while locking down configurations to prevent unauthorized access.
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Ease the Transition to Reflection Desktop
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Strong security requires the enterprise to control access to host applications and data, in addition to supporting r egulatory compliance, without disrupting employee productivity. You can enable strong security through effective management by teaming Reflection Desktop with Host Access Management and Security Server (MSS). Working with your Identity and Access Management (IAM) system, MSS seamlessly propagates changes to application settings and userspecific content from a central server. Continued on next page
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Reflection Desktop
Features Centralized Management continued
Reflection 14
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Key Consideration(s)
Host Access Management and Security Server (MSS) Add-Ons Security Proxy: Deliver end-to-end encryption and enforce access control at the perimeter with patented security technology
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SSH connections via the Security Proxy Add-On
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Advanced Authentication: Enable multifactor authentication to authorize access to your valuable host systems
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Automated Sign-On for Mainframe: Enable automated sign-on to IBM 3270 applications via your identity and access management system
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PKI Automated Sign-On: PKI-enable automated application sign-on to your critical enterprise systems
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Terminal ID Management: Dynamically allocate terminal IDs based on username, DNS name, IP address, or address pool
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Standardization and Competitive Replacement
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OpenText (Hummingbird) HostExplorer runtime support for Hummingbird macros
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Brandon Systems (Jolly Giant) QWS3270 runtime support for Jolly Giant macros
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Run Rumba sessions and macros
Productivity
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Screen History
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Quickpads, Hotspots, Auto-Complete, Auto-Expand and Spell-Check
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Visual terminal keyboard for accessing terminal keys
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Application, desktop, and Internet search support
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Support for opening new sessions in existing workspaces
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Triple-mouse-click support
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Word wrap support (IBM 3270 and 5250 only)
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Tabbed Multiple Document Interface (MDI)
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Add layers of security protection for your most sensitive systems and data.
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IBM Personal Communications (PComm) sessions and runtime support for PComm macros
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Organizations looking to simplify administration and reduce costs are standardizing on a single terminal emulation solution. Now you can ease the transition to Reflection Desktop, saving time and reducing disruptions to user productivity.
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Microsoft Office Integration—All Host Types—to automate data exchange between host apps and Office Microsoft Office 2016 integration (32-bit and 64-bit)
Microsoft Office 2013 and 2010 integration (32-bit and 64-bit)
User Interface Modernization
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Plus mode UI modernization features: Button, Calendar, Image, and Tooltip
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Plus mode UI modernization (full functionality available with add-on): Auto Execution, Checkbox, Chooser, Collector, Grid Collector, Input Field, Label, Radio Button, Tab, Table, and Web Frame
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14.1
Key Consideration(s)
Pre 14.1
Key Consideration(s)
Implement modern features that enable users to be more productive when interacting with host applications. Use familiar Microsoft Office interfaces and features to make working with mainframe applications familiar and efficient. With Microsoft Office available on the system, you can e nable users to leverage host data in e-mail messages, contacts, appointments, notes, tasks, and word-processing documents. Key Consideration(s) Add modern time saving controls and look and feel to IBM 3270 and IBM 5250 sessions to give workers a more intuitive and modern look and feel without making costly and disruptive changes to the application. Continued on next page
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Comparing Reflection Desktop and Reflection 14
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Version Comparison Chart
Reflection Desktop
Programming and Automation
Reflection 14
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Use existing Reflection Basic macros without changes
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Reflection Basic macro runtime and editing
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Reflection Command Language (RCL) macros support
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Key Consideration(s) Organizations can continue to use existing Extra! macros and customizations in Reflection without the need to update or rewrite them.
Customizations and integrations with other desktop applications Events Mapper for triggering actions based on events in host sessions with no coding required
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Using the Events Mapper, you can configure Reflection to initiate actions, such as macros, menu and terminal commands when an event is encountered during a host session. This makes it possible to monitor Reflection host interactions and synchronize Reflection commands with a defined group of host session events.
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Easily customize and integrate Reflection with other desktop applications.
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VBA-macro sharing
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Microsoft .NET
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Native .NET API
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Embeddable .NET control
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Integration between Reflection .NET API and Microsoft Visual Studio IDE
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API documentation with detailed walkthroughs on how to use the Reflection API with .NET
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Ability to programmatically interact/share information between a host session and a webpage
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Programmatic access to over 400 properties and methods via Reflection API
HLLAPI, eHLLAPI, and WinHLLAPI (IBM 3270 and 5250)
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Support
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Macro recorder for VBA
VBA-macro output available in VB.NET and C# (.NET) VBA IDE (Integrated Development Environment)
User Interface Modes TouchUx for optimal user experience when interacting with host applications from touch devices Browser Ribbon Classic ● Feature available in this version
Programmers familiar with Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) can customize Reflection and automate common tasks using Reflection methods, properties, and events that extend the core Visual Basic language.
Create custom desktop applications in a .NET development environment using the Micro Focus Reflection API. The .NET Framework is the Microsoft managed-code technology used for building applications that have visually stunning user experiences, seamless and secure communication, and the ability to model a range of business processes.
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Key Consideration(s)
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Enable TouchUx to give iOS, Android, and Windows mobile-device users a familiar data input experience.
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Provide browser look and feel that maximizes screen real estate and minimizes window dressings and clutter.
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The Ribbon interface shares the look and feel of modern Windows and Microsoft Office.
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Reflection Desktop
User Interface continued
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Customizable Ribbon
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Tabbed or windowed Multiple Document Interface (MDI) for sessions
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Configurable tabs, including colors, renaming, and more
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Local and online HTML Help
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International Support
14.1
Pre 14.1
Key Consideration(s)
Customize the user interface to best suit the needs of user population.
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German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese localization
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Support for Chinese Simplified/Traditional, Korean, and Japanese code pages—Double Byte Character Support (DBCS) enabled
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Japanese localization
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Multi-national organizations can standardize on a single terminal emulation solution across all regions of the world.
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