Remote Desktop Web Access

Menu path: Sessions > RDP > Remote Desktop Web Access

With Web Access for Remote Desktop (Web Access for RD), users can access RemoteApp and a Remote Desktop connection via the start menu on a computer or via a web browser.

RemoteApps and Remote Desktop connections therefore provide a modified view of RemoteApp programs and virtual desktops for users.

More information on Web access for Remote Desktop can be found under Microsoft Technet - Web Access for RDP.

The settings for launching the session are described below.

Session name: Name for the session.

The session name must not contain any of these characters: \ / : * ? “ < > | [ ] { } ( )

Starting Methods for Session

Start menu

☑ The session can be launched from the start menu.

Application Launcher

☑ The session can be launched with the Application Launcher.

Desktop

☑ The session can be launched with a program launcher on the desktop.

Quick start panel

☑ The session can be launched with the quick start panel

Start menu's system tab

☑ The session can be launched with the start menu's system tab.

Application Launcher's system tab

☑ The session can be launched with the Application Launcher's system tab.

Desktop context menu

☑ The session can be launched with the desktop context menu.

Menu folder: If you specify a folder name or a path comprising a number of folder names separated by "/", a menu path will be created for the session. The menu path will be used in the start menu and in the desktop context menu.

Application Launcher folder: If you specify a folder name or a path comprising a number of folder names separated by "/", a menu path will be created for the session. The menu path will be used in the Application Launcher.

Desktop folder: If you specify a folder name or a path comprising a number of folder names separated by "/", a menu path will be created for the session. The menu path will be used for the program launcher on the desktop.

Password protection: Specifies which password will be requested when launching the session.
Possible values:

• None: No password is requested when launching the session.
• Administrator: The administrator password is requested when launching the session.
• User: The user password is requested when launching the session.
• Setup user: The setup user's password is requested when launching the session.

Hotkey

☑ The session can be started with a hotkey. A hotkey consists of one or more modifiers and a key.

Modifiers: A modifier or a combination of several modifiers for the hotkey. You can select a set key symbol/combination or your own key symbol/combination. A key symbol is a defined chain of characters, e.g. Ctrl.

Do not use [AltGr] as a modifier (represented as Mod5). Otherwise, the key that is configured as a hotkey with AltGr cannot be used as a regular key anymore. Example: If you configure [AltGr] + [E] as a hotkey, it is impossible to enter an "e".

These are the pre-defined modifiers and the associated key symbols:

• (No modifier) = None

• = Shift

• [Ctrl] = Ctrl

• = Mod4

When this keyboard key is used as a modifier, it is represented as Mod4; when it is used as a key, it is represented as Super_L.

• [Alt] = Alt

Key combinations are formed as follows with |:

• Ctrl +  = Ctrl|Super_L

Key: Key for the hotkey

To enter a key that does not have a visible character, e. g. the [Tab] key, open a terminal, log on as user and enter xev -event keyboard. Press the key to be used for the hotkey. The text in brackets that begins with keysym contains the key symbol for the Key field. Example: Tab in (keysym 0xff09, Tab)

Autostart

☑ The session will be launched automatically when the device boots.

Restart

☑ The session will be restarted automatically after the termination.

Autostart delay: Waiting time in seconds between the complete startup of the desktop and the automatic session launch.

Autostart notification: This parameter is available if Autostart is activated and Autostart delay is set to a value greater than zero.

☑ For the duration defined by Autostart delay, a dialog is shown which allows the user to start the session immediately or cancel the automatic session start.

☐ No dialog is shown; the session is started automatically after the timespan specified with Autostart delay.

Autostart requires network

☑ If no network is available at system startup, the session is not started. A message is shown. As soon as the network is available, the session is started automatically.

☐ The session is started automatically, even when no network is available.