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
You can also apply the group policy settings to a GPO that is linked to the OU that contains your Windows
client computers, but the preferred method for configuring client-to-agent redirection is to use the
vdmutil command-line utility. Because macOS does not support GPOs, you must use vmdutil if you
have Mac clients.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the URL Content Redirection feature is included when you install Horizon Agent. See
Installing Horizon Agent with the URL Content Redirection Feature.
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Verify that Active Directory GPOs are created for the URL Content Redirection group policy settings.
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Verify that the MMC and the Group Policy Management Editor snap-in are available on your Active
Directory server.
Procedure
1 Download the Horizon 7 GPO Bundle .zip file from the VMware download site at
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads.
Under Desktop & End-User Computing, select the VMware Horizon 7 download, which includes the
GPO Bundle.
The file is named VMware-Horizon-Extras-Bundle-x.x.x-yyyyyyy.zip, where x.x.x is the
version and yyyyyyy is the build number. All ADMX files that provide group policy settings for
Horizon 7 are available in this file.
2 Unzip the VMware-Horizon-Extras-Bundle-x.x.x-yyyyyyy.zip file and copy the URL Content
Redirection ADMX file to your Active Directory server.
a Copy the urlRedirection.admx file to the C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions folder.
b Copy the urlRedirection.adml language resource file to the appropriate subfolder in
C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions.
For example, for the EN locale, copy the urlRedirection.adml file to the
C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US folder.
3 On your Active Directory server, open the Group Policy Management Editor.
The URL Content Redirection group policy settings are installed in Computer Configuration >
Policies > Administrative Templates > VMware Horizon URL Redirection.
What to do next
Configure the group policy settings.
URL Content Redirection Group Policy Settings
The URL Content Redirection template file contains group policy settings that enable you to create rules
for agent-to-client and client-to-agent redirection. The template file contains both Computer Configuration
and User Configuration policies. All of the settings are in the VMware Horizon URL Redirection folder in
the Group Policy Management Editor.
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