Configuring Remote Desktop Features

Table 3‑1. URL Content Redirection Group Policy Settings (Continued)
Setting Computer User Properties
Url Redirection Protocol
'[...]'
X Use this setting for any protocol other than HTTP, such as HTTPS,
email, or callto.
The options are the same as for Url Redirection Protocol
'http'.
If you do not need to configure other protocols, you can delete or
comment out this entry before adding the URL Content Redirection
template file to Active Directory.
As a best practice, configure the same redirection settings for the
HTTP and HTTPS protocols. That way, if a user types a partial URL
into Internet Explorer, such as mycompany.com, and that site
automatically redirects from HTTP to HTTPS, the URL Content
Redirection feature will work as expected. In this example, if you set
a rule for HTTPS but do not set the same redirection setting for
HTTP, the partial URL that the user types is not redirected.
This setting is not configured by default.
Install the Chrome extension
that is required in the URL
content redirection feature.
X If this setting is enabled, the Chrome extension that the URL Content
Redirection feature requires is installed silently and automatically.
This installation also includes granting the necessary permissions.
Reversing this installation requires administrative privileges.
If this setting is disabled or is not configured, the Chrome extension
that the URL Content Redirection feature requires is not installed,
and URL content redirection does not work in the Chrome browser,
even if redirection are set, unless the extension is installed manually
from the Chrome Web Store.
This setting is not configured by default.
For client-to-agent redirection, if you configure a protocol that does not have a default handler, after you
configure a group policy setting for this protocol, you must start Horizon Client once before URLs that
specify this protocol are redirected.
Syntax for Creating URL Content Redirection Rules
You can use regular expressions when you specify which URLs to open on the client or in a remote
desktop or application. Use semicolons to separate multiple entries. Spaces are not allowed between
entries.
The following table describes some sample entries.
Entry Description
.*
Specifies that all URLs are redirected.
If you use this setting for agent rules (agentRules option), all URLs are opened in the specified
remote desktop or application.
If you use this setting for client rules (clientRules option), all URLs are redirected to the client.
.*.acme.com;.*.example.com
Specifies that all URLs that include the text .acme.com or example.com are redirected.
[space or leave empty] Specifies that no URLs are redirected. For example, leaving the clientRules option empty
specifies that no URLs are redirected to the client.
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