Group Policy Object (GPO) template

URL for Remote Desktop Server includes *.admx and *.adml administrative template files. These template files allow to configure the product via Local GPO and/or Domain-Based GPO. Please refer to Microsoft MSDN article on managing ADMX files.

The archive file containing administrative template can be found in the installation directory:

%ProgramFiles%\FabulaTech\URL for Remote Desktop (Server)\policies.zip

Additionally, the administrative template files are deployed to a local GPO during product installation and can be found here:

%WINDIR%\PolicyDefinitions\Fabulatech.admx
%WINDIR%\PolicyDefinitions\fturlrdpsrv.admx
%WINDIR%\PolicyDefinitions\en-US\Fabulatech.adml
%WINDIR%\PolicyDefinitions\en-US\fturlrdpsrv.adml

It's recommended to use the GPO template files provided with the latest product version of URL for Remote Desktop Server.

The GPO template can be used to configure the following settings:

Setting	Description
Licensing	This policy setting is used for licensing management. The following licensing modes are used: License Key use the specified license key for each product server; For "License Key" type of licensing you must specify a string of the key in the corresponding field. If this policy setting is enabled, the licensing mode will be overridden by this policy setting. It means using GPO License key instead key that determined via the settings interface. If this policy setting is disabled or not configured, the licensing mode is determined via the settings interface.
URL Matching	This policy controls URL redirection based on URL masks. You can choose to redirect all URLs, only those matching specified patterns, or exclude certain patterns from redirection. URL Matching Mode This setting defines how URL masks control redirection: Disabled – Redirects all URLs. Whitelist – Redirects only URLs matching the patterns in the URL Mask List. Blacklist – Prevents redirection of URLs matching the patterns in the URL Mask List; all other URLs are redirected. URL Mask List The list contains patterns (URL fragments) that determine which URLs are matched. Use the * character as a wildcard to represent any number of characters. Empty entries are not supported. Examples `www.example.` – Matches any URL containing www.example. Examples: www.example.com, www.example.domain.net `.domain.com` – Matches any subdomain of domain.com Examples: www.domain.com, api.domain.com Does not match: domain.com `site.internal/db/` – Matches URLs under the /db/ path. Example: www.site.internal/db/page.html Does not match: www.site.internal/page.html `https://www.company.com` – Matches only the HTTPS version of the URL. Example: https://www.company.com Does not match: http://www.company.com

Setting

Description

Licensing

This policy setting is used for licensing management. The following licensing modes are used:

License Key: use the specified license key for each product server;

For "License Key" type of licensing you must specify a string of the key in the corresponding field.

If this policy setting is enabled, the licensing mode will be overridden by this policy setting. It means using GPO License key instead key that determined via the settings interface.

If this policy setting is disabled or not configured, the licensing mode is determined via the settings interface.

URL Matching

This policy controls URL redirection based on URL masks. You can choose to redirect all URLs, only those matching specified patterns, or exclude certain patterns from redirection.

URL Matching Mode

This setting defines how URL masks control redirection:

Disabled – Redirects all URLs.
Whitelist – Redirects only URLs matching the patterns in the URL Mask List.
Blacklist – Prevents redirection of URLs matching the patterns in the URL Mask List; all other URLs are redirected.

URL Mask List

The list contains patterns (URL fragments) that determine which URLs are matched. Use the * character as a wildcard to represent any number of characters. Empty entries are not supported.

Examples

www.example.* – Matches any URL containing www.example. Examples: www.example.com, www.example.domain.net

*.domain.com – Matches any subdomain of domain.com Examples: www.domain.com, api.domain.com Does not match: domain.com

site.internal/db/ – Matches URLs under the /db/ path. Example: www.site.internal/db/page.html Does not match: www.site.internal/page.html

https://www.company.com – Matches only the HTTPS version of the URL. Example: https://www.company.com Does not match: http://www.company.com

Group Policy Object (GPO) template

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