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
Redirection from a remote desktop or application to a client is called agent-to-client redirection.
Redirection from a client to a remote desktop or application is called client-to-agent redirection.
Agent-to-client
redirection
With agent-to-client redirection, Horizon Agent sends the URL to
Horizon Client, which opens the default application for the protocol in the
URL on the client machine.
Client-to-agent
redirection
With client-to-agent redirection, Horizon Client opens a remote desktop or
remote application that you specify to handle the URL. If the URL is
redirected to a remote desktop, the link is opened in the default browser for
the protocol on the desktop. If the URL is redirected to a remote
application, the link is opened by the specified application. The end user
must be entitled to the desktop or application pool.
You can redirect some URLs from a remote desktop or application to a client, and redirect other URLs
from a client to a remote desktop or application. You can redirect any number of protocols, including
HTTP, HTTPS, mailto, and callto. The callto protocol is not supported for redirection with the Chrome
browser.
Requirements for URL Content Redirection
To use the URL Content Redirection feature, your client machines, remote desktop machines, and RDS
hosts must meet certain requirements.
Web browsers
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Internet Explorer 9, 10, and 11
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Chrome 60.0.3112.101 (Official Build), 64-bit or 32-bit
To use the Chrome browser with URL Content Redirection, the VMware
Horizon URL Content Redirection Helper extension must be installed and
enabled in Chrome. For Windows installation instructions, see Install and
Enable the URL Content Redirection Helper Extension for Chrome on
Windows. For Mac installation instructions, see Enable the URL Content
Redirection Helper for Chrome on a Mac.
Windows clients
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Horizon Client 4.0 for Windows or later.
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To use the Chrome browser with URL Content Redirection, you must
install Horizon Client 4.7 or later.
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To use client-to-agent redirection, you must enable the URL Content
Redirection feature during Horizon Client for Windows installation.
Note To use agent-to-client redirection, you do not need to enable the
URL Content Redirection feature in Horizon Client for Windows.
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