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 Using Smart Policies 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. Using Active Directory Group Policies Horizon 7 components, and to configure location-based printing. 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. Horizon 7 ADMX Template Files Horizon 7 ADMX template files provide group policy settings that allow you to control and optimize Horizon 7 components. Add the ADMX Template Files to Active Directory Horizon 7 ADMX files to group policy objects (GPOs) in Active Directory. VMware View Agent Configuration ADMX Template Settings vdm_agent.admx ) contains policy settings related to the authentication and environmental components of Horizon Agent . Session Collaboration Policy Settings vdm_agent.admx ) contains policy settings related to Session Collaboration. Client Drive Redirection Policy Settings vdm_agent_cdr.admx ) contains policy settings related to the client drive redirection feature. VMware HTML5 Feature Policy Settings vdm_agent.admx ) contains policy settings related to the VMware HTML5 features. VMware Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business Policy Settings vdm_agent.admx ) contains policy settings related to the VMware Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business. VMware Horizon Performance Tracker Policy Settings perf_tracker.admx ) contains policy settings related to the VMware Horizon Performance Tracker feature. VMware Integrated Printing Policy Settings printerRedirection.admx ) contains policy settings related to the VMware Integrated Printing feature. PCoIP Policy Settings 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. VMware Blast Policy Settings 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 . Using Remote Desktop Services Group Policies Horizon 7 provides an ADMX file that contains the Microsoft RDS group policies that are supported in Horizon 7 . Filtering Printers for Virtual Printing 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. Setting Up Location-Based Printing Managing Special Unity Windows 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. Active Directory Group Policy Example 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.
