Manage published local applications

Configuring a published application

When publishing an application using a wizard, you specify multiple application parameters, such as name, executable path, etc. You can modify these options after the application is published.

To modify published application settings:

In the RAS Console, select the Publishing category and then select a desired application in the Published Resources tree.
Use the tabs in the right pane to change the application settings as described in the following subsections.

Information — review application properties

The Information tab displays application properties.

Publish from — configure from which servers the application is published

You can specify RD Session Hosts host pools from which an application is published on the Publish From tab.

Application — configure application and hosting server settings

The Application tab displays application- and server-specific settings.

You can modify the basic application settings (name, description, window mode) as needed. Other settings include:

Status: Choose from Enabled and Disabled. When a resource is disabled, it is unavailable to users. A disabled resource will not appear in Parallels Client in the available resources list. If a user tries to open the resource, a message is displayed. You can customize this message in Site defaults for published resources.
Note that when you set the status of a published folder, all subfolders (if any) and resources that it contains will inherit the parent folder's status.
Start automatically when user logs on: Select this option to start an application as soon as a user logs in. This option works on desktop versions of Parallels Client only.
Change Icon. Change the application icon.
URL. The URL to a web version of the local application. If Parallels RAS cannot access the locally installed application, it will launch the web version. You can check that the application can be accessed by clicking the Test button.
Target. Specify the application executable path and file name.
Start in. If the Target field is valid, this field will be populated automatically. You can specify your own path if needed.
Parameters. If the application accepts startup parameters, you can specify them in this field.
Run. Select the application window state (normal window, minimized, maximized).

Filtering

Please see Using filtering rules.

Routing

Please see Configuring preferred routing.

Shortcuts — configure shortcut options for a published application

Click the Shortcuts tab to enable the creation of the application shortcut on the user’s desktop and in the Start and Auto Start folders. To use Site default settings, select the Inherit default settings option. You can view or modify Site defaults by clicking the Site Defaults link. See Site defaults (Publishing) for more info.

Note: Shortcuts are not available on all operating systems.

File extension — configuring file extension associations

To modify file extension association for a particular published application, click the File Extensions tab.

To add, remove, or modify an entry, select the Associate File Extensions option. To add a new extension to the list, click Add in the Tasks drop-down list (or click the + icon) and specify the desired extension.

To modify an existing association, highlight the extension and click Properties in the Tasks drop-down list (or double-click the Parameters column) and type the parameter.

License — configuring licensing options for published applications

Click the Licensing tab to configure the following licensing options:

Disable session sharing: If this option is enabled, it allows you to isolate a given published application to one session. If the same application is launched more than once, the instances of the application will share the same sessions. A different application, however, will start in its own session.
Allow users to start only one instance of the application: If this option is enabled, a user can only launch a single instance of the application.
Concurrent Licenses. Use this option to specify the maximum number of concurrent instances the application can run. E.g. if the license of the application allows you to only run 10 instances of the application, set the Concurrent licenses option to 10 so once such limit is reached, other users cannot initiate other instances.
If limit is exceeded: From this drop-down list you can specify what action should the Parallels RAS take in case any of the above licensing configured limits are exceeded.

To use Site default settings, select the Inherit default settings option. You can view or modify the default settings by clicking the Site Defaults link. See Site defaults (Publishing) for more info.

Display — configuring display settings for a published application

On the Display tab, you can configure the following options:

Wait until all RAS Universal Printers are redirected before showing the application: Enable this option to wait for printers to be redirected before the application is loaded. You can also specify the maximum wait time (in seconds) for the Universal Printers to be redirected. Please note that redirecting a printer may take some time. To avoid confusion, a progress bar is shown to the user while the printers are being redirected.
Color Depth, Resolution, Width, Height: Select the desired display settings for the application.
Start the application as maximized when using mobile clients: This option applies only to Parallels Client running on mobile devices. When the option is selected, the application will start on a mobile device in the maximized state. This gives users the best experience while working with a remote application. This option gives the RAS administrator an easy way to always maximize an application without taking any additional steps.
Start in fullscreen mode for Wyse ThinOS: If selected, the application will start in fullscreen mode in Wyse ThinOS. In some cases, the bottom part of an application may be covered by the taskbar, not allowing to see the entire application window. When this option is used, the taskbar will be hidden and the entire application window will be visible.

Note that to specify custom display values, the Inherit default settings checkbox must be cleared; otherwise Site defaults settings are used. To view and modify Site defaults, click the Site Defaults link. See Site defaults (Publishing) for more info.

Quick keypad

The Quick Keypad section allows you to select a Quick Keypad template that should be assigned to this application. The Quick Keypads link below the drop-down list takes you to the Quick Keypad category in the console where you can configure keypad templates. For more information, please see the Quick keypad section.