Adobe CS5 in Thin VDI environment

My company is moving to a thin client VDI environment. Our shop is a graphic, photo, and video shop currently using Adobe CS5 Master Collection. We primarily use Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premier Pro. Will these programs be fully functional in a thin environment, especially Premier Pro? TIA Lisa

Erm, no. Sorry, given the dependency for hardware acceleration in Premiere Pro, this is just a stupid move. And even PS has hardware acceleration features for 3D, clone stamp overlays, canvas rotation, art brushes... Seriously, you're shooting yourselves in the foot.
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