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Table 3‑6. Horizon Client Configuration Administrative Template: RDP Settings
Setting Description
Audio redirection
Determines whether audio information played on the remote desktop is redirected.
Select one of the following seings:
n
Disable Audio: Audio is disabled.
n
Play in VM (needed for VoIP USB Support): Audio plays within the remote
desktop. This seing requires a shared USB audio device to provide sound on
the client.
n
Redirect to client: Audio is redirected to the client. This is the default mode.
This seing applies only to RDP audio. Audio that is redirected through MMR
plays in the client.
Enable audio capture
redirection
Determines whether the default audio input device is redirected from the client to
the remote session. When this seing is enabled, the audio recording device on the
client appears in the remote desktop and can record audio input.
The default seing is disabled.
Bitmap cache file size in
unit for number bpp bitmaps
Species the size of the bitmap cache, in kilobytes or megabytes, to use for specic
bits per pixel (bpp) bitmap color seings.
Separate versions of this seing are provided for the following unit and bpp
combinations:
n
MB/8bpp
n
MB/16bpp
n
MB/24bpp
n
MB/32bpp
In-memory bitmap cache size
in KB for 8bpp bitmaps
Species the size, in kilobytes, of the RAM bitmap cache to use for the 8-bits-per-
pixel color seing. If ScaleBitmapCachesByBPP is true (the default), this cache size
is multiplied by the bytes per pixel to determine the actual RAM cache size.
When this seing is enabled, enter a size kilobytes.
Bitmap caching/cache
persistence active
Determines whether persistent bitmap caching is used (active). Persistent bitmap
caching can improve performance, but it requires additional disk space.
Color depth
Species the color depth of the remote desktop. Select one of the available seings:
n
8 bit
n
15 bit
n
16 bit
n
24 bit
n
32 bit
For 24-bit Windows XP systems, you must enable the Limit Maximum Color Depth
policy in Computer  > Administrative Templates > Windows
Components > Terminal Services and set it to 24 bits.
Cursor shadow
Determines whether a shadow appears under the cursor on the remote desktop.
Desktop background
Determines whether the desktop background appears when clients connect to a
remote desktop.
Desktop composition
(Windows Vista or later) Determines whether desktop composition is enabled on
the remote desktop.
When desktop composition is enabled, individual windows no longer draw
directly to the screen or primary display device as they did in previous versions of
Microsoft Windows. Instead, drawing is redirected to o-screen surfaces in video
memory, which are then rendered into a desktop image and presented on the
display.
Enable compression
Determines whether RDP data is compressed. This seing is enabled by default.
Enable RDP Auto-Reconnect
Determines whether the RDP client component aempts to reconnect to a remote
desktop after an RDP protocol connection failure. This seing has no eect if the
Use secure tunnel connection to desktop option is enabled in Horizon
Administrator. This seing is disabled by default.
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