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In the example above, there is a rules conflict because URLs with mycompany.com are a subset of all
URLs. Because of this conflict, URLs with mycompany.com in them are opened locally. If you click a link
with mycompany.com in the URL while in a remote desktop, the URL will be opened on that remote
desktop. If you click a link with mycompany.com in the URL in it from a client system, the URL will be
opened on the client.
Client-to-Agent Redirection
Add this template to the GPO for a group of client computers if you want certain URLs to be redirected to a
remote desktop or application. For example, for security purposes you might want all URLs that point to the
company network to be opened in a remote desktop or application. In that case you could set agentRules to:
.*.mycompany.com
To redirect URLs to a remote desktop or application pool, you must also specify which pool to use. Use the
brokerHostname option to specify the IP address or fully qualified domain name of the connection server,
and use the remoteItem option to specify the display name of the desktop or application pool, as shown in
View Administrator.
If the URL is redirected to a remote desktop, the link is opened in the default browser for that desktop. If the
URL is redirected to a remote application, the link is opened using the specified application pool. The end
user must be entitled to the desktop or application pool specified.
You can add this template to GPOs for both agent and client, but if you do so, ensure that the rules do not
conflict, or that any conflicts are intentional.
Template Setting Details
The following table describes policy settings in the Horizon URL Content Redirection ADM template file.
The template contains Computer Configuration settings only.
Table 14‑2. Horizon URL Content Redirection Template Settings
Setting Properties
IE Policy: Users can't disable URL
Redirection plugin
Determines whether users can disable URL Content Redirection.
This setting is disabled by default.
IE Policy: Automatically activate
newly installed plugins
Determines whether newly installed Internet Explorer plug-ins are
automatically activated.
This setting is disabled by default.
Url Redirection Enabled
Determines whether this feature is turned on.
This setting is enabled by default. You can use this setting to disable the
feature even if the component has been installed.
Url Redirection Protocol 'http'
For all URLs that use the HTTP protocol, specifies the URLs that should
be redirected.
For example, if you set agentRules to .*.mycompany.com then all URLs
that have "mycompany.com" in them are redirected to a remote desktop
or remote application. You can further specify which connection server
to use by setting brokerHostname, and you can specify which desktop
or application pool to use by setting remoteItem to the display name of
the pool, as shown in View Administrator.
If you set clientRules to .*.mycompany.com then all URLs that have
"mycompany.com" in them are redirected to the Windows-based client
and opened in the default browser on the client.
NOTE As a best practice, set the same rules for the HTTP protocol and
the HTTPS protocol. That way, if a user types a partial URL, such as
mycompany.com into Internet Explorer, if that site automatically
redirects from HTTP to HTTPS, the URL Content Redirection feature
will work as desired. In this case, if you set a rule for HTTPS but not
HTTP, the partial URL that the user types would not be redirected.
This setting is disabled by default.
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