Configuring Remote Desktop Features

The following table describes policy seings in the Horizon Agent Conguration ADMX template le other
than those seings that are used with USB devices. The template contains both Computer Conguration and
User Conguration seings. The User Conguration seing overrides the equivalent Computer
Conguration seing.
Table 5‑6. Horizon Agent Configuration Template Settings
Setting Computer User Properties
AllowDirectRDP
X Determines whether clients other than Horizon Client
devices can connect directly to remote desktops with
RDP. When this seing is disabled, the agent permits only
Horizon-managed connections through Horizon Client.
When connecting to a remote desktop from
Horizon Client for Mac, do not disable the
AllowDirectRDP seing. If this seing is disabled, the
connection fails with an Access is denied error.
By default, while a user is logged in to a Horizon 7
desktop session, you can use RDP to connect to the
virtual machine from outside of Horizon 7. The RDP
connection terminates the Horizon 7 desktop session, and
the user's unsaved data and seings might be lost. The
user cannot log in to the desktop until the external RDP
connection is closed. To avoid this situation, disable the
AllowDirectRDP seing.
I The Windows Remote Desktop Services
service must be running on the guest operating system of
each desktop. You can use this seing to prevent users
from making direct RDP connections to their desktops.
This seing is in the VMware View Agent 
> Agent  folder in the Group Policy
Management Editor.
This seing is enabled by default.
AllowSingleSignon
X Determines whether single sign-on (SSO) is used to
connect users to desktops and applications. When this
seing is enabled, users are required to enter their
credentials only once, when they log in to the server.
When this seing is disabled, users must reauthenticate
when the remote connection is made.
This seing is in the VMware View Agent 
> Agent  folder in the Group Policy
Management Editor.
This seing is enabled by default.
CommandsToRunOnConnect
X Species a list of commands or command scripts to be
run when a session is connected for the rst time.
This seing is in the VMware View Agent 
> Agent  folder in the Group Policy
Management Editor.
See “Running Commands on Horizon Desktops,” on
page 110 for more information.
CommandsToRunOnDisconnect
X Species a list of commands or command scripts to be
run when a session is disconnected.
This seing is in the VMware View Agent 
> Agent  folder in the Group Policy
Management Editor.
See “Running Commands on Horizon Desktops,” on
page 110 for more information.
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