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Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops: Installation Guide - Citrix Cloud General Configuration
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops: Installation Guide - Citrix Cloud General Configuration
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops: Installation Guide - Citrix Cloud General Configuration
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Installation Guide – Citrix Cloud
General Configuration
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Service Installation Guide – Citrix Cloud General
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LEGAL NOTICE
This document is furnished "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. This document is not supported under any Citrix
standard support program. Citrix Systems, Inc. disclaims all warranties regarding the contents of this document,
including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose. This
document may contain technical or other inaccuracies or typographical errors. Citrix Systems, Inc. reserves the right
to revise the information in this document at any time without notice. This document and the software described in
this document constitute confidential information of Citrix Systems, Inc. and its licensors, and are furnished under a
license from Citrix Systems, Inc. This document and the software may be used and copied only as agreed upon by the
Beta or Technical Preview Agreement.
Copyright © 2021 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Citrix, Citrix Receiver, and StoreFront are trademarks of Citrix
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LEGAL NOTICE
This document is furnished "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. This document is not supported under any Citrix
standard support program. Citrix Systems, Inc. disclaims all warranties regarding the contents of this document,
including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose. This
document may contain technical or other inaccuracies or typographical errors. Citrix Systems, Inc. reserves the right
to revise the information in this document at any time without notice. This document and the software described in
this document constitute confidential information of Citrix Systems, Inc. and its licensors, and are furnished under a
license from Citrix Systems, Inc. This document and the software may be used and copied only as agreed upon by the
Beta or Technical Preview Agreement.
Copyright © 2021 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Citrix, Citrix Receiver, and StoreFront are trademarks of Citrix
Systems, Inc. and/or one of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. and other countries. Other product and
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CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 DOCUMENT PURPOSE......................................................................................................... 1
1.2 INTENDED AUDIENCE .......................................................................................................... 1
2 CONFIGURATION STEPS ............................................................................................................... 2
2.1 IMPORTING CITRIX POLICIES TO ACTIVE DIRECTORY .......................................................... 2
2.1.1 Citrix Policies Node ............................................................................................................. 2
2.1.1.1 Visual C++ Redistributable for VS 2015 ............................................................................................. 2
2.1.1.2 Citrix Group Policy Management Component ................................................................................... 3
2.1.1.3 Verify the Configuration .................................................................................................................... 4
2.1.2 Citrix ADMX Templates ....................................................................................................... 5
2.1.2.1 Citrix Baseline ADMX File .................................................................................................................. 5
2.1.2.2 Citrix Profile Management ADMX File ............................................................................................... 6
2.1.2.3 Citrix Workspace App ADMX File....................................................................................................... 7
2.1.3 Citrix User Profile Management Share ............................................................................... 9
2.1.3.1 Citrix UPM Profiles Share .................................................................................................................. 9
2.1.4 Folder Redirection Share .................................................................................................. 14
2.2 CONFIGURE POLICIES ........................................................................................................ 14
2.2.1 Session Experience Policies ............................................................................................... 14
2.2.2 Load Handling ................................................................................................................... 16
2.2.3 Citrix User Profile Management Policies........................................................................... 17
2.2.4 Folder Redirection Policie ................................................................................................. 19
2.2.5 Server based VDA Hosts Policies ....................................................................................... 21
2.3 APPENDIX .......................................................................................................................... 22
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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 DOCUMENT PURPOSE
This Implementation Guide outlines best practices and the steps to configure Citrix Policies using Microsoft’s Group
Policy Management Console (GPMC), as this is the recommended tool to create and apply policies to your Citrix Cloud
Environment.
This document covers common configuration options and is not intended for custom designs or specialized use cases
of the Citrix Cloud Virtual Apps and Desktops Service. For additional information, please see the Virtual Apps and
Desktops product documentation.
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2 CONFIGURATION STEPS
2.1 IMPORTING CITRIX POLICIES TO ACTIVE DIRECTORY
2.1.1 Citrix Policies Node
The following steps need to be followed on each machine with access to GPMC in which you wish to see the Citrix
Policies node within the AD Group Policy Management Editor. These steps install the Citrix Policies in the GPMC console
with the same look and feel as with Citrix Studio.
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- Logon
- Logoff
- Personalized
User
Information
Specifies whether locally cached profiles
Delete Locally
Cached Profiles at Enabled are deleted after logoff.
Logoff
Works only if 'Delete locally cached profiles
on logoff' is enabled. Sets an optional
extension to the delay before locally
cached profiles are deleted at logoff. A
value of 0 deletes the profiles immediately
during logoff processing. Checks take place
Computer Delay Before Enabled every minute, so a value of 60 ensures that
Configuration | Policies Deleting Cached
Value: 40 Seconds profiles are deleted between one and two
| Administrative Profiles
minutes after users have logged off
Templates | Citrix (depending on when the last check took
Components | Profile place). Extending the delay is useful if you
Management | Profile know that a process keeps files or the user
Handling registry hive open during logoff. With large
profiles, this can also speed up logoff.
Profile management can migrate existing
Enabled
Migration of profiles "on the fly" during logon if the user
Existing Profiles Value: Local and has no profile in the user store.
Roaming
This setting configures what Profile
Enabled
Local Profile management does if both a profile in the
Conflict Handling Value: Delete Local user store and a local Windows user profile
Profile (not a Citrix user profile) exist.
Computer Default list of registry keys in the HKCU
Configuration | Policies hive that are not synchronized to the user's
| Administrative Enable Default Enabled: Uncheck profile.
Templates | Citrix Exclusion List “Speech_OneCore”
Components | Profile
Management | Registry
Computer With profile streaming, users' profiles are
Configuration | Policies synchronized on the local computer only
| Administrative when they are needed. Registry entries are
Templates | Citrix Profile Streaming Enabled cached immediately, but files and folders
Components | Profile are only cached when accessed by users.
Management |
Streamed User Profiles
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Root Path:
\\Server\Share\%USERNAME%.%USERDO
MAIN%\Music
Grant the user exclusive rights: Unchecked
Move the contents to the new location:
Checked
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Policy List of items
Exclusion List *thumb*.db
- Files
*icon*.db
!ctx_localappdata!\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat*
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\JumpListIcons
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AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\JumpListIconsOld
AppData\Local\GroupPolicy
AppData\Local\Microsoft\AppV
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\EmieBrowserModeList
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\EmieSiteList
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\EmieUserList
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Messenger
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Lync\Tracing
AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive
AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
AppData\Local\Microsoft\UEV
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Application Shortcuts
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Burn
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\CD Burning
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Notifications
AppData\Local\Packages
AppData\Local\Sun
AppData\Local\Temp
AppData\Local\Windows Live
AppData\LocalLow
AppData\Roaming\ICAClient\Cache
AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObject
AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer\sys
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\AppV\Client\Catalog
AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*\sessionstore.bak
AppData\Roaming\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking12
AppData\Roaming\SoftComputer
AppData\Roaming\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache
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AppData\Roaming\Sun\Java\Deployment\log
AppData\Roaming\Sun\Java\Deployment\tmp
Citrix
Documents
Downloads
Favorites
Java
Music
OneDrive
Pictures
Saved Games
Tracing
Videos
Dropbox
ShareFile
AppData\Roaming
AppData\Local
Local Settings
Contacts
Desktop
Links
Searches
Start Menu
Directories to AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Credentials
Synchronize
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SystemCertificates
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP
AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\ext
AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\security
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Credentials
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
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Files to AppData\Roaming\ShareFile\Outlook\log.txt
Synchronize
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\*.qat
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\*.officeUI
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\Excel*.xlb
AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\deployment.properties
AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\security\exception.sites
AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\security\trusted.certs
AppData\Roaming\ShareFile\Outlook\config.cfg
AppData\Local\TileDataLayer\Database\vedatamodel.edb
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Favicons
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\History
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat*
AppData\LocalLow\Google\GoogleEarth\*.kml
Folders to AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies
Mirror
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache
AppData\Local\TileDataLayer
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault
!ctx_localappdata!\TileDataLayer
For additional information, please see the Virtual Apps and Desktops product documentation.
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