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 HTML5 Multimedia 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
- Activate the BEAT Side Channel for USB or Client Drive Redirection
- 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
- VMware View Agent Configuration ADMX Template Settings
- VMware Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business Policy Settings
- PCoIP Policy Settings
- VMware Blast Policy Settings
- Using Remote Desktop Services Group Policies
- Add the Remote Desktop Services ADMX File 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
- Filtering Printers for Virtual Printing
- Setting Up Location-Based Printing
- Active Directory Group Policy Example
Table 4‑10. USB Device Families (Continued)
Device Family
Name Description
physical
Force feedback devices such as force feedback joysticks.
printer
Printing devices.
security
Security devices such as fingerprint readers.
smart-card
Smart-card devices.
storage
Mass storage devices such as flash drives and external hard disk drives.
unknown
Family not known.
vendor
Devices with vendor-specific functions.
video
Video-input devices.
wireless
Wireless networking adapters.
wusb
Wireless USB devices.
USB Settings in the Horizon Agent Configuration ADMX Template
You can define USB policy settings for both Horizon Agent and Horizon Client. On connection,
Horizon Client downloads the USB policy settings from Horizon Agent and uses them in conjunction with
the Horizon Client USB policy settings to decide which devices it will allow to be available for redirection
from the client computer.
The Horizon Agent Configuration ADMX template file contains policy settings related to the authentication
and environmental components of Horizon Agent, including USB redirection. The ADMX template file is
named (vdm_agent.admx). The settings apply at the computer level. Horizon Agent preferentially reads
the settings 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 setting for splitting composite USB devices in the Horizon Agent
Configuration ADMX template file. All of these settings are in the VMware Horizon Agent Configuration
> View USB Configuration > Client Downloadable only Settings folder in the Group Policy
Management Editor. Horizon Agent does not enforce these settings. Horizon Agent passes the settings to
Horizon Client for interpretation and enforcement according to whether you specify the merge (m) or
override (o) modifier. Horizon Client uses the settings 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 splitting composite USB devices, see
Configuring Device Splitting Policy Settings for Composite USB Devices.
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