Policy settings reference
Policies include settings that are applied when the policy is enforced. Descriptions in this section also indicate if more settings are required to enable a feature or are similar to a setting.
Quick reference
The following tables list the settings that you can configure within a policy. Find the task that you want to complete in the left column, then locate its corresponding setting in the right column.
A full listing of all policy settings is available in .CHM (Compiled HTML) format and .CSV format. These files are available in the \program files\citrix\grouppolicy folder on the server where the broker (delivery controller) is installed. You can also download the latest version of the policy settings by clicking here.
Audio
| For this task | Use this policy setting |
|---|---|
| Control whether to allow the use of multiple audio devices | Audio Plug N Play |
| Control whether to allow audio input from microphones on the user device | Client microphone redirection |
| Control audio quality on the user device | Audio quality |
| Control audio mapping to speakers on the user device | Client audio redirection |
Bandwidth for user devices
| To limit bandwidth used for | Use this policy setting |
|---|---|
| Client audio mapping | Audio redirection bandwidth limit or Audio redirection bandwidth limit percent |
| Cut-and-paste using a local clipboard | Clipboard redirection bandwidth limit or Clipboard redirection bandwidth limit percent |
| Access in a session to local client drives | File redirection bandwidth limit or File redirection bandwidth limit percent |
| HDX MediaStream Multimedia Acceleration | HDX MediaStream Multimedia Acceleration bandwidth limit or HDX MediaStream Multimedia Acceleration bandwidth limit percent |
| Client session | Overall session bandwidth limit |
| Printing | Printer redirection bandwidth limit or Printer redirection bandwidth limit percent |
| TWAIN devices (such as a camera or scanner) | TWAIN device redirection bandwidth limit or TWAIN device redirection bandwidth limit percent |
| USB devices | Client USB device redirection bandwidth limit or Client USB device redirection bandwidth limit percent |
Redirection of client drives and user devices
| For this task | Use this policy setting |
|---|---|
| Control whether drives on the user device are connected when users log on to the server or not | Auto connect client drives |
| Control cut-and-paste data transfer between the server and the local clipboard | Client clipboard redirection |
| Control how drives map from the user device | Client drive redirection |
| Control whether users’ local hard drives are available in a session | Client fixed drives and Client drive redirection |
| Control whether users’ local floppy drives are available in a session | Client floppy drives and Client drive redirection |
| Control whether users’ network drives are available in a session | Client network drives and Client drive redirection |
| Control whether users’ local CD, DVD, or Blu-ray drives are available in a session | Client optical drives and Client drive redirection |
| Control whether users’ local removable drives are available in a session | Client removable drives and Client drive redirection |
| Control whether users’ TWAIN devices, such as scanners and cameras, are available in a session and control compression of image data transfers | Client TWAIN device redirection; TWAIN compression redirection |
| Control whether USB devices are available in a session | Client USB device redirection and Client USB device redirection rules |
| Improve the speed of writing and copying files to a client disk over a WAN | Use asynchronous writes |
Content redirection
| For this task | Use this policy setting |
|---|---|
| Control whether to use content redirection from the server to the user device | Host to client redirection |
Desktop UI
| For this task | Use this policy setting |
|---|---|
| Control whether Desktop wallpaper is used in users’ sessions or not | Desktop wallpaper |
| View window contents while a window is dragged | View window contents while dragging |
Graphics and multimedia
Important:
The Flash policy remains only to allow customers with older VDAs to use newer controllers (for example, version 1912 controllers) and still use Flash. This VDA version does not support Flash.
| For this task | Use this policy setting |
|---|---|
| Control the maximum number of frames per second sent to user devices from virtual desktops | Target frame rate |
| Control the visual quality of images displayed on the user device | Visual quality |
| Control whether websites can display Flash content when accessed in sessions | Flash server-side content fetching URL list; Flash URL compatibility list; Flash video fallback prevention policy setting; Flash video fallback prevention error *.swf |
| Control compression of server-rendered video | Use video codec for compression; Use hardware encoding for video codec |
| Control the delivery of HTML5 multimedia web content to users | HTML5 video redirection |
Prioritize Multi-Stream network traffic
| For this task | Use this policy setting |
|---|---|
| Specify ports for ICA traffic across multiple connections and establish network priorities | Multi-Port policy |
| Enable support for multi-stream connections among servers and user devices | Multi-Stream (computer and user settings) |
| For this task | Use this policy setting |
|---|---|
| Control creation of client printers on the user device | Auto-create client printers and Client printer redirection |
| Control the location where printer properties are stored | Printer properties retention |
| Control whether the client or the server processes the print requests | Direct connections to print servers |
| Control whether users can access printers connected to their user devices | Client printer redirection |
| Control installation of native Windows drivers when automatically creating client and network printers | Automatic installation of in-box printer drivers |
| Control when to use the Universal Printer Driver | Universal print driver usage |
| Choose a printer based on a roaming user session information | Default printer |
| Load balance and set failover threshold for Universal Print Servers | Universal Print Servers for load balancing; Universal Print Servers out-of-service threshold |
Note:
Policies cannot be used to enable a screen saver in a desktop or application session. For users who require screen savers, the screen saver can be implemented on the user device.
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