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URL Content Redirection can occur when end users click a URL link in a browser or an application, such as
a Microsoft Word document or an email, or if a user clicks or types a URL into an Internet Explorer 9, 10, or
11 browser. URL links can be links to Web pages, telephone numbers, email addresses, and more.
Syntax for URL Content Redirection Rules
When specifying which URLs to open on the client or agent, you can use regular expressions. Separate
multiple entries with semicolons. Spaces are not allowed between entries.
Following are some examples.
Entry Description
.*
(Dot-star) Specifies that all URLs should be redirected. If you use this setting for the
agentRules option, all URLs are redirected to the agent side, which means URLs are
opened in a remote desktop or application. If you use this setting for the clientRules
option, the specified URLs are redirected to the client.
.*.acme.com;.*.example.com Specifies that all URLs that have the text .acme.com or example.com in them should
be redirected.
[space or leave empty] To specify that no URLs should be directed, use a space or leave the setting empty. For
example, leaving clientRules empty specifies that no URLs should be redirected to the
client.
For agentRules you must also use the brokerHostname option to specify the IP address or fully qualified
domain name of the connection server, and you must use the remoteItem option to specify the display name
of the desktop or application pool, as shown in View Administrator.
Agent-to-Client Redirection
Add this template to the GPO for a remote desktop or application pool if you want certain URLs to be
redirected to the Windows client.
For example, agent-to-client redirection might be used to conserve resources or as an added security layer. If
employees are working in a remote desktop or application and they want to watch videos, for example, you
might redirect those URLs to the client machine so that no extra load is put on the data center. Or for
security purposes, for employees working outside the company network, you might want all URLs that
point to external locations outside the company network to be opened on an employee's own client machine.
You could, for example, configure rules so that any content that is not company-related, that is, any URLs
that do not point to the company network, are redirected to open on the client machine. In this case you
could use the following settings, which include regular expressions:
n
For agentRules: .*.mycompany.com
This rule means that any URL that contains the text mycompany.com should be opened on the agent.
n
For clientRules: .*
This rule means that all URLs should be opened on the client, with the default client browser.
The feature uses the following process for applying the rules:
1 When a user clicks a link in a remote application or desktop, the client rules are checked first.
2 If a pattern in the URL matches a client rule, the agent rules are checked next.
3 If there is a conflict between the agent rules and the client rules, the link is opened locally, which means
in this case, on the agent machine.
4 If there is no conflict, the URL is redirected to the client.
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