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
Lower-level policy seings can be more or less restrictive than the equivalent higher-level seings. For
example, you can set a global policy to Deny and the equivalent desktop pool-level policy to Allow, or vice
versa.
N Only global policies are available for RDS desktop and application pools. You cannot set user-level
policies or pool-level policies for RDS desktop and application pools.
Configure Global Policy Settings
You can congure global policies to control the behavior of all client sessions users.
Prerequisites
Familiarize yourself with the policy descriptions. See “Horizon 7 Policies,” on page 91.
Procedure
1 In Horizon Administrator, select Policies > Global Policies.
2 Click Edit policies in the View Policies pane.
3 Click OK to save your changes.
Configure Policies for Desktop Pools
You can congure desktop-level policies to aect specic desktop pools. Desktop-level policy seings take
precedence over their equivalent global policy seings.
Prerequisites
Familiarize yourself with the policy descriptions. See “Horizon 7 Policies,” on page 91.
Procedure
1 In Horizon Administrator, select Catalog > Desktop Pools.
2 Double-click the ID of the desktop pool and click the Policies tab.
The Policies tab shows the current policy seings. When a seing is inherited from the equivalent
global policy, Inherit appears in the Desktop Pool Policy column.
3 Click Edit Policies in the View Policies pane.
4 Click OK to save your changes.
Configure Policies for Users
You can congure user-level policies to aect specic users. User-level policy seings always take
precedence over their equivalent global and desktop pool-level policy seings.
Prerequisites
Familiarize yourself with the policy descriptions. See “Horizon 7 Policies,” on page 91.
Procedure
1 In Horizon Administrator, select Catalog > Desktop Pools.
2 Double-click the ID of the desktop pool and click the Policies tab.
The Policies tab shows the current policy seings. When a seing is inherited from the equivalent
global policy, Inherit appears in the Desktop Pool Policy column.
3 Click User Overrides and then click Add User.
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