Administrator Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Hybrid Client Version 1.x Administrator's Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Dell Hybrid Client installation
- Registering Dell Hybrid Client to Wyse Management Suite
- Managing user accounts
- Getting started with Dell Hybrid Client
- Logging in to your Dell Hybrid Client
- Configure the date and time
- Desktop overview
- Using the top bar
- Using the taskbar
- Applications overview screen
- Shut down, log off, or restart
- Lock your desktop
- Managing the Dell Hybrid Client policy settings
- Viewing system information
- Reset the Dell Hybrid Client to factory default settings
- Enable or disable access to desktop shortcuts
- Configuring the printer settings
- Configure the custom connection settings
- Configure the browser shortcut settings
- Multilanguage support
- Configure the VPN settings
- Configure the power profile settings
- Configure the user data roaming settings
- Configure the user personalization roaming settings
- Manage system updates
- Configuring the local settings
- Configure the network settings locally
- Configuring the display settings locally
- Configure the peripheral settings locally
- Configure the display personalization settings locally
- Configure the region and language settings locally
- Configure the power settings locally
- Change the password
- Configure the Dell Client Agent (DCA) settings manually
- Configuring the VDI environment
- Single Sign-On (SSO) to VDI applications
- Single Sign-On (SSO) to VDI applications
- Multifactor authentication for VDI applications
- Configuring Citrix
- Configuring VMware
- Configuring RDP
- Logging in to a VDI session using a smart card
- Install a certificate
- Zoom application plug-in for VDI
- Multimedia add-on package for VDI
- File Type Association
- Configuring the Cloud environment
- File Affiliation
- User applications
- Device security
- Dell Hybrid Client recovery imaging
- Dell Hybrid Client troubleshooting
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
2. Go to the Groups & Configs page, and select your preferred Device Policy group.
3. Click Edit Policies > Hybrid Client.
The Configuration Control | Hybrid Client page is displayed.
4. Click the Advanced tab.
5. Expand WMS Settings and click WMS Client Settings.
6. In the User Data Roaming section, click the Enable User Data Roaming toggle switch to enable the option.
7. Specify whether the user data roaming must be synchronized when the user logs out of Dell Hybrid Client.
8. From the User Data Roaming Repository drop-down list, select either WMS Repository or 3rd Party Cloud
Repository.
9. Click Save & Publish.
10. Go to the Groups & Configs page, and select your preferred User Policy group.
11. Go to the Advanced tab, expand Personalization, and click User Data Roaming.
12. Enable one or more options from the following list to allow data roaming across devices that are powered by Dell Hybrid
Client:
● Chrome Browser Data—Bookmarks, current tabs, history, last tabs, preferences, shortcuts, and top sites are
supported for data roaming.
● Firefox Browser Data—Bookmarks, downloaded files, previously visited websites, website favicon images, Firefox
permissions, search bar history, information that is entered into forms on websites, and file store preferences are
supported for data roaming.
● Desktop Customization—Favorite bar customization and App folders customization are supported for data roaming.
● Custom Wallpaper——Custom wallpaper that you have configured is supported for data roaming.
● Browser Apps State—If Firefox or Chrome web browser is open when you log out of the device, it reopens
automatically when you log in to another device.
● Cloud Data—The state of cloud files that are opened from the Dell File Explorer, cloud application that are opened from
the launcher, and cloud files that are marked offline from the Dell File Explorer are supported for data roaming.
● VDI session—Citrix, VMware, Remote Desktop Protocol connections, and sessions are supported for data roaming. The
VDI session allows you to open a file using the published and remote application, where the application is launched in a
new session. All Citrix, VMware, and Remote Desktop Protocol client connections are created and launched when the
session is active while logging off from the previous session.
13. Click Save & Publish.
Configure the user personalization roaming settings
Dell Hybrid Client supports user personalized roaming for certain configurations that are managed using the Device Settings
window on the local device. A user can configure user-specific settings on one device, and the same settings are enabled on
another device when the same user is logged in.
Prerequisites
On the Hybrid Client policy settings, go to Advanced tab > WMS Settings > WMS Client Settings and ensure that the
Enable Session Reporting option is enabled.
Steps
1. Log in to Wyse Management Suite.
2. Go to the Groups & Configs page, and select your preferred Device Policy group.
3. Click Edit Policies > Hybrid Client.
The Configuration Control | Hybrid Client page is displayed.
4. Click the Advanced tab.
5. Expand WMS Settings and click WMS Client Settings.
6. Click the Enable User Personalization Roaming toggle switch to enable the option.
7. Click Save & Publish.
The following options are supported as part of user personalization on Dell Hybrid Client:
● Peripherals Management:
○ Mouse
○ Speed
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