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
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Create an administrative installation package from the Horizon Agent installer and distribute the
package to the virtual machines
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Run the Horizon Agent installer from the command line on the virtual machines
N Unity Touch assumes that shortcuts to applications are located in the Programs folder in the Start
menu. If any shortcut is located outside of the Programs folder, aach the prex Programs to the shortcut
path. For example, Windows Update.lnk is located in the ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu folder.
To publish this shortcut as a default favorite application, add the prex Programs to the shortcut path. For
example: "Programs/Windows Update.lnk".
Prerequisites
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Verify that Horizon Agent is installed on the virtual machine.
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Verify that you have administrative rights on the virtual machine. For this procedure, you might need
to edit a registry seing.
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If you have oating-assignment desktop pools, use Active Directory to set up roaming user proles.
Follow the instructions provided by Microsoft.
Users of oating-assignment desktop pools will be able to see their list of favorite applications and
favorite les every time they log in.
Procedure
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(Optional) Create a default list of favorite applications by adding a value to the Windows registry.
a Open regedit and navigate to the HKLM\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Unity registry seing.
On a 64-bit virtual machine, navigate to the HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware
Unity directory.
b Create a string value called FavAppList.
c Specify the default favorite applications.
Use the following format to specify the shortcut paths to the applications that are used in the Start
menu.
path-to-app-1|path-to-app-2|path-to-app-3|…
For example:
Programs/Accessories/Accessibility/Speech Recognition.lnk|Programs/VMware/VMware vSphere
Client.lnk|Programs/Microsoft Office/Microsoft Office 2010 Tools/Microsoft Office 2010
Language Preferences.lnk
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