Configuring Remote Desktop Features
Table Of Contents
- Configuring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7
- Contents
- Configuring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7
- Configuring Remote Desktop Features
- Configuring Unity Touch
- Configuring Flash URL Redirection for Multicast or Unicast Streaming
- Configuring Flash Redirection
- Configuring Real-Time Audio-Video
- Configuration Choices for Real-Time Audio-Video
- System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
- Ensuring That Real-Time Audio-Video Is Used Instead of USB Redirection
- Selecting Preferred Webcams and Microphones
- Select a Preferred Webcam or Microphone on a Windows Client System
- Select a Default Microphone on a Mac Client System
- Configuring Real-Time Audio-Video on a Mac Client
- Configure a Preferred Webcam or Microphone on a Mac Client System
- Select a Default Microphone on a Linux Client System
- Select a Preferred Webcam or Microphone on a Linux Client System
- Configuring Real-Time Audio-Video Group Policy Settings
- Real-Time Audio-Video Bandwidth
- Configuring Scanner Redirection
- Configuring Serial Port Redirection
- Managing Access to Windows Media Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
- Managing Access to Client Drive Redirection
- Configure Skype for Business
- Configuring URL Content Redirection
- Understanding URL Content Redirection
- Requirements for URL Content Redirection
- Using URL Content Redirection in a Cloud Pod Architecture Environment
- Installing Horizon Agent with the URL Content Redirection Feature
- Configuring Agent-to-Client Redirection
- Configuring Client-to-Agent Redirection
- Installing Horizon Client for Windows with the URL Content Redirection Feature
- Using the vdmutil Command-Line Utility
- Create a Local URL Content Redirection Setting
- Create a Global URL Content Redirection Setting
- Assign a URL Content Redirection Setting to a User or Group
- Test a URL Content Redirection Setting
- Managing URL Content Redirection Settings
- Using Group Policy Settings to Configure Client-to-Agent Redirection
- URL Content Redirection Limitations
- Unsupported URL Content Redirection Features
- Using USB Devices with Remote Desktops and Applications
- Limitations Regarding USB Device Types
- Overview of Setting Up USB Redirection
- Network Traffic and USB Redirection
- Automatic Connections to USB Devices
- Deploying USB Devices in a Secure Horizon 7 Environment
- Using Log Files for Troubleshooting and to Determine USB Device IDs
- Using Policies to Control USB Redirection
- Troubleshooting USB Redirection Problems
- Configuring Policies for Desktop and Application Pools
- Setting Policies in Horizon Administrator
- Using Smart Policies
- Using Active Directory Group Policies
- Using Horizon 7 Group Policy Administrative Template Files
- Horizon 7 ADMX Template Files
- Add the ADMX Template Files to Active Directory
- Horizon Agent Configuration ADMX Template Settings
- PCoIP Policy Settings
- VMware Blast Policy Settings
- Using Remote Desktop Services Group Policies
- Configure the RDS Per Device CAL Storage
- Add the Remote Desktop Services ADMX Files to Active Directory
- RDS Application Compatibility Settings
- RDS Connections Settings
- RDS Device and Resource Redirection Settings
- RDS Licensing Settings
- RDS Printer Redirection Settings
- RDS Profiles Settings
- RDS Connection Server Settings
- RDS Remote Session Environment Settings
- RDS Security Settings
- RDS Session Time Limits
- RDS Temporary Folders Settings
- Setting Up Location-Based Printing
- Active Directory Group Policy Example
- Active Directory Group Policy Example
- Index
4 On the same Windows client machine, open the registry editor (regedit) and check the registry keys in
the path \Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Vmware. Inc.\VMware VDM\URLRedirection\.
You should see a key for each protocol specied in the seing. You can click a protocol to see the rules
associated with that protocol. For example, agentRules shows the URLs that are being redirected,
brokerHostName shows the IP address or fully qualied host name of the Connection Server instance
that is used when redirecting the URLs, and remoteItem shows the display name of the desktop or
application pool that handles the redirected URLs.
Managing URL Content Redirection Settings
You can use vdmutil commands to manage your URL content redirection seings.
You must specify the --authAs, --authDomain, and --authPassword options with all commands. For
more information, see “Using the vdmutil Command-Line Utility,” on page 59.
Displaying Settings
Run the vdmutil command with the --listURLSetting option to list the names of all congured URL
content redirection seings.
vdmutil --listURLSetting
Run the vdmutil command with the --readURLSetting to view detailed information about a particular
URL content redirection seing.
vdmutil --readURLSetting --urlSettingName value
Deleting a Setting
Run the vdmutil command with the --deleteURLSetting option to delete a URL content redirection
seing.
vdmutil --deleteURLSetting --urlSettingName value
Disabling and Enabling a Setting
Run the vdmutil command with the --disableURLSetting option to disable a URL content redirection
seing.
vdmutil --disableURLSetting --urlSettingName value
Run the vdmutil with the --enableURLSeing option to enable a URL content redirection seing that was
disabled.
vdmutil --enableURLSetting --urlSettingName value
Removing a User or Group From a Setting
Run the vdmutil command with the --removeUserURLSetting option to remove a user from a URL
content redirection seing.
vdmutil --removeUserURLSetting --urlSettingName value --userName value
Run the vdmutil command with the --removeGroupURLSetting option to remove a group from a URL
content redirection seing.
vdmutil --removeGroupURLSetting --urlSettingName value --userGroup value
Use the format domain\username or domain\groupname when specifying a user or group name.
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