Configuring Remote Desktop Features

Group Policy
Setting Computer User Description
When this seing is disabled or not congured, group policy seings take
precedence over the seings that are congured on the remote desktop.
This seing is in the VMware View Agent  > Serial COM folder
in the Group Policy Management Editor.
Disable
functionality
X Disables the serial port redirection feature.
When you enable this seing, COM ports are not redirected to the remote
desktop. The serial port tool tray icon on the remote desktop is not displayed.
When this seing is disabled, serial port redirection works, the serial port tool
tray icon is displayed, and COM ports appear in the Serial COM Redirection
for VMware Horizon menu.
When this seing is not congured, seings that are local to the remote
desktop determine whether serial port redirection is disabled or enabled.
This seing is in the VMware View Agent  > Serial COM folder
in the Group Policy Management Editor.
Lock
configuration
X X Locks the serial port redirection user interface and prevents users from
changing conguration options on the remote desktop.
When you enable this seing, users cannot congure the options that are
available from the tool tray menu on their desktops. Users can display the
Serial COM Redirection for VMware Horizon menu, but the options are
inactive and cannot be changed.
When this seing is disabled, users can congure the options in the Serial
COM Redirection for VMware Horizon menu.
When this seing is not congured, local program seings on the remote
desktop determine whether users can congure the COM port redirection
seings.
This seing is in the VMware View Agent  > Serial COM folder
in the Group Policy Management Editor.
Bandwidth
limit
X Sets a limit on the data transfer speed, in kilobytes per second, between the
redirected serial port and client systems.
When you enable this seing, you can set a value in the Bandwidth limit (in
kilobytes per second) box that determines the maximum data transfer speed
between the redirected serial port and the client. A value of 0 disables the
bandwidth limit.
When this seing is disabled, no bandwidth limit is set.
When this seing is not congured, local program seings on the remote
desktop determine whether a bandwidth limit is set.
This seing is in the VMware View Agent  > Serial COM folder
in the Group Policy Management Editor.
Configure USB to Serial Adapters
You can congure USB to Serial adapters that use a Prolic chipset to be redirected to remote desktops by
the serial port redirection feature.
To ensure that data is transmied properly on Prolic chipset adapters, you can enable a serial port
redirection group policy seing in Active Directory or on an individual desktop virtual machine.
If you do not congure the group policy seing to resolve issues for Prolic chipset adapters, connected
devices can transmit data but not receive data.
You do not have to congure a policy seing or registry key on client systems.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the Serial Port Redirection setup option is installed on your desktops. The group policy
seings have no eect if serial port redirection is not installed. See your Seing Up document for more
information on installing Horizon Agent.
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