Scenario 3
This scenario covers how to disable App Protection for users in a specific Active Directory group.
Following are the steps to disable App Protection for Win10Desktop users who are part of the Active Directory group xd.local\sales:
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Run
Get-BrokerAccessPolicyRuleto view the two broker access policies forWin10Desktop. For a delivery groupWin10Desktopthere are two broker access policies,Win10Desktop_AGandWin10Desktop_Direct. Make a note of the Desktop Group UID of theWin10Desktop. -
Create a Broker access policy rule for
Win10Desktopto filter connections from users in the Active Directory groupxd.local\sales.New-BrokerAccessPolicyRule -Name Win10Desktop_AG_Sales_Group -DesktopGroupUid <Uid_of_desktopGroup> -AllowedConnections ViaAG -AllowedProtocols HDX, RDP -AllowedUsers Filtered -AllowRestart $true -Enabled $true <!--NeedCopy-->Uid_of_desktopGroup is the DesktopGroupUID of the delivery group got by running the GetBrokerAccessPolicy Rule in step 1.
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Use the following command to disable App Protection policies for the Windows 10 Desktop users, part of the AD group xd.local\sales:
Set-BrokerAccessPolicyRule Win10Desktop_AG_Sales_Group -AllowedUsers Filtered -IncludedUsers xd.local\sales -IncludedUserFilterEnabled $true -AppProtectionScreenCaptureRequired $false -AppProtectionKeyLoggingRequired $false <!--NeedCopy--> -
Use the following command to enable App Protection policies for the rest of the gateway connections except for the users from xd.local\sales:
Set-BrokerAccessPolicyRule Win10Desktop_AG -AllowedUsers Anyauthenticated -ExcludedUserFilterEnabled $true -ExcludedUsers xd.local\sales -AppProtectionScreenCaptureRequired $true -AppProtectionKeyLoggingRequired $true <!--NeedCopy--> -
Verification
Sign out of the Citrix Workspace app, if already open. Sign in to the Citrix Workspace app as a user in the xd.local\sales Active Directory group. Launch the protected resource and you see that App Protection is disabled.
Sign out of the Citrix Workspace app and sign in again as a user who is not part of xd.local\sales. Launch the protected resource and you see that App Protection is enabled.