VMware View Manager 4.5 Admin Manual page 137

Configure Policies for Desktop Users
You can configure user-level policies to affect specific users. User-level policy settings always take precedence
over their equivalent global and desktop-level policy settings.
Prerequisites
Familiarize yourself with the policy descriptions. See
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, select Inventory > Pools.
2 Double-click the ID of the desktop pool and click the Policies tab.
The Policies tab shows the current policy settings. When a setting is inherited from the equivalent global
policy, Inherit appears in the Pool Policy column.
3 Click User Overrides and then click Add User.
4 To find a user, click Add, type the name or description of the user, and then click Find.
5 Select one or more users from the list, click OK, and then click Next.
The Add Individual Policy dialog box appears.
6 Configure general session policies on the General tab.
7 Configure policies for local mode clients on the Local tab.
8 Click Finish to save your changes.
View Policies
You can configure View policies to affect all client sessions, or you can apply them to affect specific desktops
or users.
Table 8-1 describes each View policy setting.
Table 8-1. View Policies
Policy
Multimedia redirection (MMR)
USB Access
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"View Policies,"
Description
Determines whether MMR is enabled for client systems.
MMR is a Microsoft DirectShow filter that forwards multimedia data from specific
codecs on View desktops directly through a TCP socket to the client system. The
data is then decoded directly on the client system, where it is played.
The default value is Allow. If client systems have insufficient resources to handle
local multimedia decoding, change the setting to Deny.
MMR does not work correctly if the client system's video display hardware does
not have overlay support.
Determines whether desktops can use USB devices connected to the client system.
The default value is Allow. To prevent the use of external devices for security
reasons, change the setting to Deny.
Chapter 8 Configuring Policies
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