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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
c
lient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config
uredandapplied.
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics:
 “PowerPolicy”onpage 135
 “ClientPolicies”onpage 139
 “GroupPolicyObjects”onpage 142
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VIenvi
ronment.
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.