Configuring Remote Desktop Features

Unsupported URL Content Redirection Features
The URL Content Redirection feature does not work in certain circumstances.
Shortened URLs
Shortened URLs, such as https://goo.gl/abc, can be redirected based on filtering rules, but the
filtering mechanism does not examine the original unshortened URL.
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 files 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 setting to prevent users from disabling plug-ins.
These settings 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 settings are under Computer
Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Internet Explorer.
To work around this limitation specifically for Internet Explorer, use the GPO setting to disable InPrivate
mode. This setting is called "Turn off InPrivate Browsing." In the Group Policy Management Editor, these
settings are under Computer Configuration > 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.
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