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
- Configuring Fingerprint Scanner Redirection
- Configuring Session Collaboration
- Configure Skype for Business
- Activate the BEAT Side Channel for USB, Windows Media Player MMR, 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
- Install and Enable the URL Content Redirection Helper Extension for Chrome on Windows
- Enable the URL Content Redirection Helper for Chrome on a Mac
- 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
- Session Collaboration Policy Settings
- Device Bridge BAS Plugin Policy 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
Limitations
The Session Collaboration feature does not support Linux remote desktop sessions or published
application sessions.
Users cannot use the following remote desktop features in a collaborative session.
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USB redirection
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Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV)
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Multimedia redirection
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Client drive redirection
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Smart card redirection
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Virtual printing
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Microsoft Lync redirection
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File redirection and Keep in Dock functionality
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Clipboard redirection
Users cannot change the remote desktop resolution in a collaborative session.
Configure Skype for Business
You can make optimized audio and video calls with Skype for Business inside a virtual desktop without
negatively affecting the virtual infrastructure and overloading the network.
All media processing takes place on the client machine instead of in the virtual desktop during a Skype
audio and video call.
VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business
To use Skype for Business, you must have the VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for
Business on the client machine. The Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business software is installed by
default as part of the Horizon Client for Windows (4.6 and later), Horizon Client for Linux (4.6 and later),
and Horizon Client for Mac (4.7 and later) installers.
You can configure group policy settings to change the default configuration. See VMware Virtualization
Pack for Skype for Business Policy Settings.
A Horizon administrator must install the VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business on
the virtual desktop during Horizon Agent installation. For Horizon Agent installation information, see the
Setting Up Virtual Desktops in Horizon 7 document.
The VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business contains these software modules:
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Horizon Media Proxy installed inside the virtual desktop.
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Horizon Media Provider installed on the client endpoint
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