HP ThinPro 7.1 - Administrator Guide
Option Description
Use RD Gateway Enables additional RD Gateway options, such as the gateway address, port, and
credentials.
Server Probe Launches the Server Probe, which can be used to determine which RDP features are
supported by your RDP server.
Service
The following table describes the settings that are available under the Service category when editing an RDP
connection.
Option Description
Service Sets the RDP service to one of the following:
● Remote Computer: When using this service, a direct RDP connection is created to a
remote computer. A remote application or alternate shell can optionally be started
upon connection. The following additional options are available for a Remote
Computer service:
– If Mode is set to Remote Application, the Application eld species the path
of the application to run.
– If Mode is set to Alternate Shell, the Command eld species the command
that executes the application to run in the alternate shell. For example, to run
Microsoft® Word, type Word.exe.
If Mode is set to Alternate Shell, the Directory eld species the server’s
working directory path for the application’s program les. For example, the
working directory for Microsoft Word is C:\Program Files
\Microsoft.
● RD Web Access: When using this service, a list of RemoteApp resources is retrieved
from the server and presented to the user, and the actual RDP connection is started
when a resource is selected. The following additional options are available for RD
Web Access:
– Keep resource selection window open: With this option selected, users can
open multiple resources simultaneously from the resource selection window.
– Auto-start single resource: With this option selected, and if there is a single
published resource, that resource will start automatically upon connection.
– Resource lter and Web Feed Browser: These can be used to limit the remote
resources that will be made available to the user in the resource selection
window.
– Auto-disconnect timeout: With this option selected, you can set how long a
Web Access connection can be maintained before it is automatically closed as
a security measure.
NOTE: An advantage of using RD Web Access is that it handles the details of
brokered connections and the Load Balance URL automatically.
For more information, see the HP ThinPro white paper RD Web Access Deployment
Example (available in English only).
Window
The following table describes the settings that are available under the Window category when editing an RDP
connection.
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