You can configure policies to control the behavior of desktop and application pools, machines, and users. You use Horizon Administrator to set policies for client sessions. You can use Active Directory group policy settings to control the behavior of Horizon Agent , Horizon Client for Windows, and features that affect single-user machines, RDS hosts, PCoIP, or VMware Blast.
Setting Policies in Horizon Administrator You use Horizon Administrator to configure policies for client sessions. [Read more]
Using Smart Policies You can use Smart Policies for user environment settings in a published desktop or application and also for computer environment settings that apply during computer boot or session reconnection. [Read more]
Using Active Directory Group Policies You can use Microsoft Windows Group Policy to optimize and secure remote desktops, control the behavior of Horizon 7 components, and to configure location-based printing. [Read more]
Using Horizon 7 Group Policy Administrative Template Files Horizon 7 provides several component-specific Group Policy Administrative ADMX template files. You can optimize and secure remote desktops and applications by adding the policy settings in the ADMX template files to a new or existing GPO in Active Directory. [Read more]
Horizon 7 ADMX Template Files The Horizon 7 ADMX template files provide group policy settings that allow you to control and optimize Horizon 7 components. [Read more]
Add the ADMX Template Files to Active Directory You can add the policy settings for specific remote desktop features in the Horizon 7 ADMX files to group policy objects (GPOs) in Active Directory. [Read more]
VMware View Agent Configuration ADMX Template Settings The VMware View Agent Configuration ADMX template file (vdm_agent.admx ) contains policy settings related to the authentication and environmental components of Horizon Agent . [Read more]
Session Collaboration Policy Settings The VMware View Agent Configuration ADMX template file (vdm_agent.admx ) contains policy settings related to Session Collaboration. [Read more]
Client Drive Redirection Policy Settings The VMware Horizon Client Drive Redirection ADMX template file (vdm_agent_cdr.admx ) contains policy settings related to the client drive redirection feature. [Read more]
VMware HTML5 Feature Policy Settings The VMware View Agent Configuration ADMX template file (vdm_agent.admx ) contains policy settings related to the VMware HTML5 features. [Read more]
VMware Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business Policy Settings The VMware View Agent Configuration ADMX template file (vdm_agent.admx ) contains policy settings related to the VMware Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business. [Read more]
VMware Horizon Performance Tracker Policy Settings The Horizon Performance Tracker ADMX template file (perf_tracker.admx ) contains policy settings related to the VMware Horizon Performance Tracker feature. [Read more]
VMware Integrated Printing Policy Settings The VMware Integrated Printing ADMX template file (printerRedirection.admx ) contains policy settings related to the VMware Integrated Printing feature. [Read more]
PCoIP Policy Settings The PCoIP ADMX template file (pcoip.admx ) contains policy settings related to the PCoIP display protocol. You can configure settings to default values that can be overridden by an administrator, or you can configure settings to non-overridable values. [Read more]
VMware Blast Policy Settings The VMware Blast ADMX template file (vdm_blast.admx ) contains policy settings for the VMware Blast display protocol. After the policy is applied, the settings are stored in the registry key HKLM\Software\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware Blast\config . [Read more]
Using Remote Desktop Services Group Policies You can use Remote Desktop Services group policies to control the configuration and performance of RDS hosts and published desktop and application sessions. Horizon 7 provides an ADMX file that contains the Microsoft RDS group policies that are supported in Horizon 7 . [Read more]
Filtering Printers for Virtual Printing When the virtual printing feature is enabled, users can print to any printer available on their client systems from their remote desktops and applications. You can use the Specify a filter in redirecting client printers agent group policy setting to prevent the virtual printing feature from redirecting specific client printers to remote desktops and applications. [Read more]
Setting Up Location-Based Printing The location-based printing feature maps printers that are physically near client systems to remote desktops, enabling users to print to their network printers from their remote desktops. [Read more]
Managing Special Unity Windows You can use the Unity Filter rule list agent group policy setting to filter out unity windows, or map unity windows to a specific type, when using published applications. This feature is useful if you have a window display problem, such as a window that has a black background, or a drop-down window that is not sized correctly. [Read more]
Active Directory Group Policy Example One way to implement Active Directory group policies in Horizon 7 is to create an OU for the machines that deliver remote desktop sessions and link one or more GPOs to that OU. You can use these GPOs to apply group policy settings to your Horizon 7 machines. [Read more]