Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View

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On the client, block all devices from being redirected except one particular device:
Exclude All Devices: true
Include Vid/Pid Device: Vid-0123_Pid-abcd
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Exclude all devices made by a particular company because these devices cause problems for your end
users. Use an agent-side setting:
Exclude Vid/Pid Device: o:Vid-0341_Pid-*
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On the client, include two specific devices but exclude all others:
Exclude All Devices: true
Include Vid/Pid Device: Vid-0123_Pid-abcd;Vid-1abc_Pid-0001
USB Device Families
You can specify a family when you are creating USB filtering rules for Horizon Client or View Agent.
NOTE Some devices do not report a device family.
Table 14‑10. USB Device Families
Device Family
Name Description
audio
Any audio-input or audio-output device.
audio-in
Audio-input devices such as microphones.
audio-out
Audio-output devices such as loudspeakers and headphones.
bluetooth
Bluetooth-connected devices.
comm
Communications devices such as modems and wired networking adapters.
hid
Human interface devices excluding keyboards and pointing devices.
hid-bootable
Human interface devices that are available at boot time excluding keyboards and pointing devices.
imaging
Imaging devices such as scanners.
keyboard
Keyboard device.
mouse
Pointing device such as a mouse.
other
Family not specified.
pda
Personal digital assistants.
physical
Force feedback devices such as force feedback joysticks.
printer
Printing devices.
security
Security devices such as fingerprint readers.
smart-card
Smart-card devices.
storage
Mass storage devices such as flash drives and external hard disk drives.
unknown
Family not known.
vendor
Devices with vendor-specific functions.
video
Video-input devices.
wireless
Wireless networking adapters.
wusb
Wireless USB devices.
Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View
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