Configuring Remote Desktop Features

For example, if you have a rule that redirects URLs that contain acme.com, an original URL, such as
http://www.acme.com/some-really-long-path, and a shortened URL of the original URL, such as
https://goo.gl/xyz, the original URL is redirected, but the shortened URL is not redirected.
You can work around this limitation by creating rules to block or redirect URLs from the Web sites most
often used for shortening URLs.
Embedded HTML Pages
Embedded HTML pages bypass URL redirection, for example, when a user goes to a URL that does not
match a URL redirection rule. If a page contains an embedded HTML page (an iFrame or inline frame) that
contains a URL that does match a redirection rule, the URL redirection rule does not work. The rule works
only on the top-level URL.
Disabled Internet Explorer Plug-Ins
URL Content Redirection does not work in situations where Internet Explorer plug-ins are disabled, for
example, when a user switches to InPrivate Browsing in Internet Explorer. People use private browsing so
that Web pages and les downloaded from Web pages will not be logged in to the browsing and download
history on their computer. This limitation occurs because the URL Redirection feature requires a certain
Internet Explorer plug-in to be enabled, and private browsing disables these plug-ins.
You can work around this limitation by using the GPO seing to prevent users from disabling plug-ins.
These seings include "Do not allow users to enable or disable add-ons" and "Automatically enable newly
installed add-ons." In the Group Policy Management Editor, these seings are under Computer
 > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Internet Explorer.
To work around this limitation specically for Internet Explorer, use the GPO seing to disable InPrivate
mode. This seing is called "Turn o InPrivate Browsing." In the Group Policy Management Editor, these
seings are under Computer  > Administrative Templates > Windows Components >
Internet Explorer > Privacy.
These workarounds are best practices and can prevent issues with redirection that situations other than
private browsing can cause.
Windows 10 Universal App Is the Default Handler for a Protocol
URL redirection does not work if a Windows 10 Universal app is the default handler for a protocol specied
in a link. Universal applications are built on the Universal Windows Platform so that they can be
downloaded to PCs, tablets, and phones, include the Microsoft Edge browser, Mail, Maps, Photos, Grove
Music and others.
If you click a link for which one of these applications is the default handler, the URL is not redirected. For
example, if a user clicks an email link in an application and the default email application is the Mail
universal app, the URL specied in the link is not redirected.
You can work around this limitation by making a dierent application the default handler of the protocol of
URLs that you want to redirect. For example, if Edge is the default browser, make Internet Explorer the
default browser.
Secure Boot Enabled Machines
Machines that have secure boot enabled leave the URL Content Redirection feature disabled. URLs cannot
be redirected from these machines. URLs can be redirected to these machines.
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