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
Command Output
The vdmutil command returns 0 when an operation succeeds and a failure-specific non-zero code when
an operation fails. The vdmutil command writes error messages to standard error. When an operation
produces output, or when verbose logging is enabled by using the --verbose option, the vdmutil
command writes output to standard output in US English.
Options for URL Content Redirection
You can use the following vdmutil command options to create, assign, and manage URL content
redirection settings. All options are preceded by two dashes (--).
Table 3‑3. vdmutil Command Options for URL Content Redirection
Option Description
--addGroupURLSetting
Assigns a group to a particular URL content redirection setting.
--addUserURLSetting
Assigns a user to a particular URL content redirection setting.
--createURLSetting
Creates a URL content redirection setting.
--deleteURLSetting
Deletes a URL content redirection setting.
--disableURLSetting
Disables a URL content redirection setting.
--enableURLSetting
Enables a URL content redirection setting that was previously disabled with
the --disableURLSetting option.
--listURLSetting
Lists all of the URL content redirection settings on the Connection Server
instance.
--readURLSetting
Displays information about a URL content redirection setting.
--removeGroupURLSetting
Removes a group assignment from a URL content redirection setting.
--removeUserURLSetting
Removes a user assignment from a URL content redirection setting.
--updateURLSetting
Updates an existing URL content redirection setting.
You can display syntax information for all vdmutil options by typing vdmutil --help. To display
detailed syntax information for a particular option, type vdmutil --option --help.
Create a Local URL Content Redirection Setting
You can create a local URL content redirection setting that redirects specific URLs to open on a remote
desktop or application. A local URL content redirection setting is visible only in the local pod.
You can configure any number of protocols, including HTTP, HTTPS, mailto, and callto. The callto
protocol is not supported for redirection with the Chrome browser.
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.
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