Configuring Remote Desktop Features

Table 4‑10. USB Device Families (Continued)
Device Family
Name Description
wireless
Wireless networking adapters.
wusb
Wireless USB devices.
USB Settings in the Horizon Agent Configuration ADMX Template
You can dene USB policy seings for both Horizon Agent and Horizon Client. On connection,
Horizon Client downloads the USB policy seings from Horizon Agent and uses them in conjunction with
the Horizon Client USB policy seings to decide which devices it will allow to be available for redirection
from the client computer.
The Horizon Agent Conguration ADMX template le contains policy seings related to the authentication
and environmental components of Horizon Agent, including USB redirection. The ADMX template le is
named (vdm_agent.admx). The seings apply at the computer level. Horizon Agent preferentially reads the
seings from the GPO at the computer level, and otherwise from the registry at
HKLM\Software\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Agent\USB
Settings for Configuring USB Device Splitting
The following table describes each policy seing for spliing composite USB devices in the Horizon Agent
Conguration ADMX template le. All of these seings are in the VMware Horizon Agent  >
View USB  > Client Downloadable only  folder in the Group Policy Management
Editor. Horizon Agent does not enforce these seings. Horizon Agent passes the seings to Horizon Client
for interpretation and enforcement according to whether you specify the merge (m) or override (o) modier.
Horizon Client uses the seings to decide whether to split composite USB devices into their component
devices, and whether to exclude the component devices from being available for redirection. For a
description of how Horizon applies the policies for spliing composite USB devices, see “Conguring
Device Spliing Policy Seings for Composite USB Devices,” on page 77.
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