Configure Client Policy Options

To configure connection options, select the Options node in the left pane. Use the tab pages in the right pane to set the options.

General

On the General tab page, specify the following options:

• Connection Banner. Select a banner to display while establishing a connection.
• Automatically refresh connected RAS connections every [ ] minutes. Select this option and specify the time interval to automatically refresh a connection. This will refresh the published resources list in Parallels Client.
• Check for updates on startup. [Parallels Client for Windows only] Select this option and specify an update URL if you want Parallels Client for Windows to check for updates when it starts. The URL can point to the Parallels website or you can store updates on your local network and use this local URL. For the information on how to configure a local update server, please read http://kb.parallels.com/en/123658.

  Note: Parallels client for OS X can be updated only from the App Store. Parallels Client for Linux does not support this feature.

Single Sign-On

Parallels Client for Windows comes with its own SSO component that you can install and use to sign in to Parallels RAS. However, if you already use a third-party credential provider component on your Windows computers, you need to configure Parallels RAS and Parallels Client to use the Parallels RAS SSO component to function as a wrapper for the third-party credential provider component.

Note: In order to use a third-party component, you must still install Parallels SSO component on Windows computers. After you complete the configuration steps described below, the Parallels SSO component will be used by Parallels Client as a wrapper over the credentials provider component that you use.

To specify a third-party component, select the Force to wrap third party credential provider component option and specify the component's GUID in the provided field. You can obtain the GUID in Parallels Client as follows:

1. Install Parallels Client on a computer that has the third-party component installed.
2. In Parallels Client, navigating to Tools > Options > Single Sign-On (tab page).
3. Select the "Force to wrap..." option and then select your provider in the drop-down list.
4. Click the Copy GUID to Clipboard button to obtain the component's GUID.

You will also need to specify the component's GUID when setting up an invitation email in the RAS Console. To do so:

1. In the RAS Console, navigate to Administration > Send Invitations.
2. Click the Advanced button. In the dialog that opens, select the "Force to wrap..." option and specify the GUID of the component.

After the policies are applied on Windows computers, Parallels Client will be automatically configured to use the specified third-party credentials provider.

Advanced Settings

On the Advanced Settings tab page, you can specify a language that Parallels Client should use. The Default option will use the main language set in the client's operating system. The list box contains advanced Parallels Client properties that you can set according to your preferences. The properties are:

• Hide Launcher when application is launched. If this option is enabled, the launcher will be minimized in the system tray after an application is launched.
• Always on Top. With this feature enabled, other applications will no longer mask the launcher.
• Do not warn if server certificate is not verified. When connected over SSL, and the certificate is not verified, a warning message will be displayed. You can disable this warning message by enabling this option.
• Show folders page. Enabling this option will show the available folders while showing the hierarchy of the application groups as configured on the server.
• Minimize to tray on close or escape. Enable this feature to place the Parallels Client into the System Tray when you click on the Close button or hit escape.
• Launch automatically at Windows startup. This option will place a shortcut in the start menu folder of the client and the Parallels Client will launch automatically on Windows startup.
• Add RAS Connection automatically when starting web or shortcuts items. This option will add the connection preferences in the Parallels Client when starting an item contained in a connection that is not yet listed.
• Don't show prompt message for auto add RAS Connections. Enable this option to disable prompt messages when adding auto connections.
• Clear session cookies on exit. When a user logs on, a Parallels Remote Application Server logon cookie is kept on the client side. This will allow the user to connect again with Remote Application Server without re-authenticating. Check this option to delete any cookies when the user closes the Parallels Client.
• Close error messages automatically. When a session disconnects because of an error, the error is automatically dismissed after 15 seconds.
• Show SSL icon indicator on taskbar tray. When a session connects using SSL, an icon is added on the taskbar tray.  Double-click on the icon and you will see your certificate information.
• Automatic fonts installed (administrators only). If automatic fonts are installed on the server, they will be available when a session connects.
• Swap Mouse Buttons. When enabling this setting, the mouse buttons will be swapped on the remote computer.
• Redirect vendor paper sizes for RAS Universal Printing. When enabling this setting, non-standard paper sizes which are not included in the standard options will be redirected to the client. Sizes may vary depending on the vendor.
• Raw printing support. When enabling this setting, printing will still work for applications sending data in RAW format.
• Convert non distributable fonts data to images. During RAS Universal Printing, if a document includes non-distributable fonts, each page is converted to an image.
• Cache printers hardware information. Caching of printer hardware information locally to speed-up RAS universal printer redirection.
• Cache RAS Universal Printing embedded fonts. Caching of embedded fonts locally to speed-up RAS universal printing process time.
• DPI aware. This will force a published application to be DPI-aware depending on the client's DPI settings. This feature works on Windows 8.1 or higher.
• Refresh printer hardware information every 30 days. Forces the printer hardware information cache update even if nothing has changed in 30 days. When this option is off, the cache will only be refreshed if there were known changes.