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When you use this feature, most USB devices that are attached to the local client system become
available from menus in Horizon Client. You use these menus to connect and disconnect the devices.
Note With View Agent 6.1 or later, or Horizon Agent 7.0 or later, you can also redirect locally connected
USB thumb flash drives and hard disks for use in published desktops and applications. Other types of
USB devices, including other types of storage devices, such as security storage drives and USB CD-
ROM, are not supported in published desktops and applications. With Horizon Agent 7.0.2 or later,
published desktops and applications can support more generic USB devices, including TOPAZ Signature
Pad, Olympus Dictation Foot pedal, and Wacom signature pad. Other types of USB devices, including
security storage drives and USB CD-ROM drives, are not supported in published desktops and
applications.
If you use the client drive redirection feature to share a USB storage device or a folder on a USB storage
device, you cannot use the USB redirection feature to redirect the device to a remote desktop or
application because the device is already shared.
Using USB devices with remote desktops and published applications has the following limitations:
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When you access a USB device from a menu in Horizon Client and use the device in a remote
desktop, you cannot access the device on the local computer.
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USB devices that do not appear in the menu, but are available in a remote desktop, include human
interface devices such as keyboards and pointing devices. The remote desktop and the local
computer use these devices at the same time. Interaction with these devices can sometimes be slow
because of network latency.
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Large USB disk drives can take several minutes to appear in the desktop.
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Some USB devices require specific drivers. If a required driver is not already installed on a remote
desktop, you might be prompted to install it when you connect the USB device to the remote desktop.
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If you plan to attach USB devices that use MTP drivers, such as Android-based Samsung smart
phones and tablets, configure Horizon Client so that it automatically connects USB devices to your
remote desktop. Otherwise, if you try to manually redirect the USB device by using a menu item, the
device is not redirected unless you unplug the device and then plug it in again.
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Webcams are not supported for USB redirection.
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The redirection of USB audio devices depends on the state of the network and is not reliable. Some
devices require a high data throughput even when they are idle. Audio input and output devices work
well with the Real-Time Audio-Video feature. You do not need to use USB redirection for those
devices.
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You cannot format a redirected USB drive in a published desktop on an RDS host unless you connect
as an administrator user.
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