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You use the Microsoft Windows Group Policy Object Editor to manage group policy settings. The Group Policy
Object Editor is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in. The MMC is part of the Microsoft Group
Policy Management Console (GPMC). See the Microsoft TechNet Web site for information on installing and
using the GPMC.
Creating an OU for View Desktops
You should create an organizational unit (OU) in Active Directory specifically for your View desktops.
To prevent group policy settings from being applied to other Windows servers or workstations in the same
domain as your desktops, create a GPO for your View group policies and link it to the OU that contains your
View desktops.
See the Microsoft Active Directory documentation on the Microsoft TechNet Web site for information on
creating OUs and GPOs.
Enabling Loopback Processing for View Desktops
By default, a user's policy settings come from the set of GPOs that are applied to the user object in Active
Directory. However, in the View environment, GPOs should apply to users based on the computer they log
in to.
When you enable loopback processing, a consistent set of policies applies to all users that log in to a particular
computer, regardless of their location in Active Directory.
See the Microsoft Active Directory documentation for information on enabling loopback processing.
NOTE Loopback processing is only one approach to handling GPOs in View. You might need to implement a
different approach.
Using the View Group Policy Administrative Template Files
View includes several component-specific Group Policy Administrative (ADM) Template files. You can
optimize and secure View desktops by adding the policy settings in these ADM template files to a new or
existing GPO in Active Directory.
The View ADM template files contain both Computer Configuration and User Configuration group policies.
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The Computer Configuration policies set policies that apply to all View desktops, regardless of who
connects to the desktop.
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The User Configuration policies set policies that apply to all users, regardless of the View desktop they
connect to. User Configuration policies override equivalent Computer Configuration policies.
View applies policies at View desktop startup and when users log in.
View ADM Template Files
The View ADM template files are installed in the
install_directory
\VMware\VMware
View\Server\extras\GroupPolicyFiles directory on your View Connection Server host.
Table 8-3 describes each ADM template file.
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