Enabling or Disabling Remote File Transfer

Parallels RAS provides end users with the ability to transfer files remotely to and from a remote server.

Note: At the time of this writing, file transfer is supported in Parallels HTML5 Client and Parallels Client for Chrome only.

As a Parallels RAS administrator, you have the ability to enable or disable file transfer capabilities if you believe that it presents a security risk. To make this functionality as flexible as possible, Parallels RAS allows you to enable/disable file transfer on the following three levels:

• RD Session Host, VDI host, or Remote PC
• Parallels HTML5 gateway
• Client policy

Whatever file transfer settings you configure on each level, they take precedence in the order listed above. For example, if you enable it on a Parallels HTML5 gateway but disable it on an RD Session Host, file transfer will be disabled for all users who connect to the given RD Session Host through the given HTML5 gateway. As another example, you can enable file transfer on an RD Session Host and then disable it for a particular Client policy (or an HTML5 gateway). This way you can control which clients can use file transfer and which cannot.

Read the subsequent sections to learn how to enable or disable file transfer on each level.