Specifications

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Apolicyisaruleorsetofrulesdefinedbyasystemadministratorthatgovernsthe
behaviorofanapplication.WithinViewManager,policiescanbeusedtoestablishthe
configurationofconstituentcomponentsbycontrollingtheloggingofinformation,
managingclientaccess,restrictingdeviceusage,establishingsecurityparametersfor

clientusage,andsoforth.
SomecomponentpoliciescanbeassignedthroughViewAdministrator,whereasothers
arecontainedwithinGroupPolicyObjectsinsideActiveDirectoryandareappliedto
usersordesktopsattheWindowsregistrylevel.Thefollowingsectionsdescribethe
purposeofeachtypeofpolicy,andwherethey
areconfiguredandapplied.
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics:
 “PowerPolicy”onpage 179
 “ClientPolicies”onpage 183
 “GroupPolicyObjects”onpage 186
Power Policy
Duringthedeploymentprocess,manytypesofdesktopordesktoppoolpresentyou
withtheopportunitytoconfigurethepowerpolicyoftheirdesktopsources.Power
policycontrolshowdesktopsbehavewhentheyarenotinuseandisthereforean
importantmechanismforthemanagementofresourceswithinyourView
Manager
environment.
Component Policies
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NOTEAViewManagerdesktopisnotinusebeforetheuserhasloggedin,orafterthe 
userhasdisconnectedorloggedoff.