The Horizon ADMX template files provide group policy settings that allow you to control and optimize Horizon components.
The ADMX files are available in VMware-Horizon-Extras-Bundle-YYMM-x.x.x-yyyyyyyy.zip, which you can download from the VMware Downloads site at https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads. Under Desktop & End-User Computing, select the VMware Horizon download, which includes the ZIP file.
| Template Name | Template File | Description |
|---|---|---|
| VMware Blast | vdm_blast.admx | Contains policy settings related to the VMware Blast display protocol. |
| VMware View Agent Configuration | vdm_agent.admx | Contains policy settings related to the authentication and environmental components of Horizon Agent. |
| VMware Horizon Client Configuration | vdm_client.admx | Contains policy settings related to Horizon Client for Windows. Clients that connect from outside the Connection Server host domain are not affected by policies applied to Horizon Client. See the VMware Horizon Client for Windows Installation and Setup Guide document. |
| VMware Horizon URL Redirection | urlRedirection.admx | Contains policy settings related to the URL Content Redirection Feature. If you add this template to a GPO for a remote desktop pool or application pool, certain URL links clicked inside the remote desktops or app can be redirected to a Windows-based client and opened in a client-side browser. If you add this template to a client-side GPO, when a user clicks certain URL links in a Windows-based client system, the URL can be opened in a remote desktop or application. See Configuring URL Content Redirection and see the VMware Horizon Client for Windows Installation and Setup Guide document. |
| VMware View Server Configuration | vdm_server.admx | Contains policy settings related to Connection Server. See the Horizon Administration document. |
| VMware View Common Configuration | vdm_common.admx | Contains policy settings that are common to all Horizon components. See the Horizon Administration document. |
| PCoIP Session Variables | pcoip.admx | Contains policy settings related to the PCoIP display protocol. |
| PCoIP Client Session Variables | pcoip.client.admx | Contains policy settings related to the PCoIP display protocol that affect Horizon Client for Windows. See the VMware Horizon Client for Windows Installation and Setup Guide document. |
| VMware Virtual Print Redirection | printerRedirection.admx | Contains policy settings to disable location-based printing, disable print setting persistence, and select the printer driver for a redirected client printer. |
| View RTAV Configuration | vdm_agent_rtav.admx | Contains policy settings related to webcams that are used with the Real-Time Audio-Video feature. |
| Scanner Redirection | vdm_agent_scanner.admx | Contains policy settings related to scanning devices that are redirected for use in published desktops and applications. |
| Serial COM | vdm_agent_serialport.admx | Contains policy settings related to serial (COM) ports that are redirected for use in virtual desktops. |
| VMware Horizon Printer Redirection | vdm_agent_printing.admx | Contains policy settings related to filtering redirected printers. |
| View Agent Direct-Connection | view_agent_direct_connection.admx | Contains policy settings related to the View Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In. See the View Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In Administration document. |
| VMware Horizon Performance Tracker | perf_tracker.admx | Contains policy settings related to the VMware Horizon Performance Tracker feature. |
| VMware Horizon Client Drive Redirection | vdm_agent_cdr.admx | Contains policy settings related to the client drive redirection feature. |
