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# Local devices and resources
Use the **Local devices and resources** node in the **Policy Properties** dialog to configure how local resources are used in a remote session.
### **Clipboard**
Enable or disable the clipboard in a remote session. The **Clipboard redirection** drop-down menu allows you to limit the functionality of the clipboard:
* **Client to server only**: Copy and paste from the client to a server app only.
* **Server to client only**: Copy and paste from a server app to the client only.
* **Bidirectional**: Copy and paste in both directions.
* **Disabled**: The clipboard is disabled.
The **Allow clipboard redirection** **for** section allows you to further customize the selected **Clipboard redirection**. For each option, select the checkboxes to allow that clipboard type from either client to server, server to client, or both.
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**Note:** Customization of **Clipboard redirection** options applies to Parallels Client for Windows only.
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The **Advanced** section allows you to specify more advanced options to further customize the clipboard redirection.
* Select **Allow remote clipboard content to be saved in local clipboard history** to allow clipboard items copied from a remote session to be saved in the client’s local clipboard history (Ctrl+V). This feature is currently only supported on the Parallels RAS Client for Windows.
* Select **Allow remote clipboard content to sync across devices** to allow clipboard data received from a remote session to be synced via the client’s Cloud Clipboard feature. This feature is currently only supported on the Parallels RAS Client for Windows, and a Windows signed-in Microsoft account is required.
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**Note:** The advanced settings apply to Parallels Client for Windows only.
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For more information on clipboard sync and clipboard history on Windows, visit [Clipboard History for Productivity | Microsoft Windows](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/tips/clipboard-history)
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**Note:** Clearing the **Clipboard** option also disables the Remote Clipboard functionality for affected users in Parallels Web Client. For more information, please see [**Using the remote clipboard**](/landing/ras-admin-guide/parallels-ras-21-administrators-guide/parallels-web-client-and-user-portal/using-the-toolbar/using-the-remote-clipboard.md).
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### Disk drives and folders
Select the **Allow disk drives and folders redirection** option and select the local drives you want to redirect, or select **Use all disk drives available**.
Select the **Redirect as read-only drives** option to redirect all selected disk drives in read-only mode.
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**Note:** When you select the **Redirect as read-only drives** option, the drag-and-drop functionality in Parallels Client for Windows becomes limited. Users will be able to use drag-and-drop only for copying file paths from local to remote computers.
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**Note:** When you select the **Redirect as read-only drives** option, the drag-and-drop functionality in Parallels Client for Mac becomes limited. Users will be able to use drag-and-drop only for copying data from local to remote computers.
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If you select the **Use also disk drives that I plug in later** option, disk drives that you connect to a local computer later will be automatically available in a remote session.
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**Note:** This option applies to Parallels Client for Windows only.
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In the **Cache** drop-down list, you can select whether to enable drive redirection cache, which makes file browsing and navigation on the redirected drives much faster:
* **Disable**: Drive redirection cache is disabled.
* **Enable**: Drive redirection cache is enabled.
* **Fast mode**: Same as above, but certain decorative features of File Explorer are disabled in favor of faster browsing.
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**Note:** This option applies to Parallels Client for Windows only.
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### Devices
On this pane, specify whether to redirect local devices in general, use all devices available, and also devices that will be plugged in later.
Local devices that can be redirected include supported Plug and Play devices, media players based on the Media Transfer Protocol (MTP), and digital cameras based on the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP).
Please note that disk drives and smart cards are redirected using dedicated **Disk drives and folders** and **Smart cards** options.
### Video capture devices
Specifies video capture devices to redirect from a user device to the remote session. This is a high-level redirection that allows redirecting a composite USB device, such as a webcam with a microphone.
* **Allow devices redirection**: Allows to choose which video capture devices to redirect.
* **Use all devices available**: Redirect all available devices.
* **Use also devices that I plug in later**: A device that is plugged in after a session is started will also be used. Note that if this option is disabled, you will need to restart a session for a newly plugged-in device to become available.
### Ports
Select whether to redirect LPT and COM ports.
### Smart cards
Select whether to redirect smart cards or Windows Hello for Business. Note that if a smart card is selected as the authentication type in the **Primary connection** pane, the smart card redirection is automatically enabled, and this option is dimmed and inactive.
### WebAuthn
Select whether to redirect Windows Hello and security keys from the local device to the remote session.
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**Note:** This policy only applies to Parallels Client for Windows.
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### Location
Select whether to redirect location information from the local device to the remote session.
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### Pen and touch input
Enables or disables the following functions:
* Pen input redirection with pressure sensitivity support.\
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**Note:** Pen input redirection is supported on remote desktops with the following operating systems: Windows Server 2016 up to Windows Server 2025, Windows 10 version 1607 up to Windows 11.
* Windows touch input redirection. Windows touch input redirection allows users to use Windows native touch gestures from touch-enabled devices, including touch, hold, and release actions. The actions are redirected to remote applications and desktops as corresponding mouse clicks. This option allows you to disable touch input redirection in case of app compatibility issues.
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**Note:** This policy only applies to Parallels Client for Windows and Parallels Web Client.
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### Multimedia redirection for AVD
Allows watching video content played in a browser on a remote Azure Virtual Desktop host. To use this feature, you also need to configure redirection on your AVD hosts as described at .
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**Note:** This policy is applicable to Parallels Client for Windows 10 1909 and later, and Windows 11.\
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**Note:** Multimedia redirection on Azure Virtual Desktop is not available when using the Advanced client feature set.\
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**Note:** Multimedia redirection on Azure Virtual Desktop is currently in preview. For the list of websites that support multimedia redirection, see .
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### File transfer
Enables file transfer in a remote session. To enable file transfer, select this node and then select a desired option in the **Allow file transfer** drop-down list in the right pane. For additional information, see [**Configuring remote file transfer**](/landing/ras-admin-guide/parallels-ras-21-administrators-guide/user-device-management-and-client-policies/configuring-remote-file-transfer.md).
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