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
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To assign a URL content redirection setting to a group, run the vdmutil command with the
--addGroupURLSetting option.
vdmutil --addGroupURLSetting --urlSettingName value --groupName value
Option Description
--urlSettingName Name of the URL content redirection setting to assign.
--groupName Name of the Active Directory group in domain\group format.
Example: Assigning a URL Content Redirection Setting
The following example assigns the URL content redirection setting called url-filtering to the user
named mydomain\janedoe.
vdmutil --addUserURLSetting --authAs johndoe --authDomain mydomain
--authPassword secret --urlSettingName url-filtering --userName mydomain\janedoe
The following example assigns the URL content redirection setting called url-filtering to the group
called mydomain\usergroup.
vdmutil --addGoupURLSetting --authAs johndoe --authDomain mydomain
--authPassword secret --urlSettingName url-filtering --groupName mydomain\usergroup
What to do next
Verify your URL content redirection settings. See Test a URL Content Redirection Setting.
Test a URL Content Redirection Setting
After you create and assign a URL content redirection setting, perform certain steps to verify that the
setting is working properly.
Prerequisites
Become familiar with vdmutil command-line interface options and requirements and verify that you have
sufficient privileges to run the the vdmutil command. See Using the vdmutil Command-Line Utility.
Procedure
1 Log in to the Connection Server instance.
2 Run the vdmutil command with the --readURLSetting option.
For example:
vdmutil --readURLSetting --urlSettingName url-filtering --authAs johndoe
--authDomain mydomain --authPassword secret
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