The Connection tab page allows you to specify connection settings and logon information.

In the Connection Settings section, specify the following properties:

1. In the Primary Connection field, specify the remote computer hostname or IP address.

2. The Port field contains the TCP port 3389 by default, which is the standard port for RDP connections. You can modify it if the port number was changed on the remote computer.

3. In the Friendly Name field, choose and type a name of your choice, so you could easily identify the server in Parallels Client later.

In the Logon section, specify the following properties:

1. Select the Auto Logon option to enable Parallels Client to connect automatically (using this connection) on startup.

2. In the Authentication type drop-down list, select the desired method of authentication:

   • Credentials. Select this option and then enter the username, password, and domain information. You will be authenticated on the remote server using the specified credentials. Please note that if the password specified in the connection properties has expired or will expire soon, you will see a corresponding message on the screen when trying to connect to Parallels RAS. If the password has expired, you'll be asked to change it. If the password will expire soon, you will be offered to change it now or later. Simply follow the instructions and change (or postpone if you wish) your password.

   • Single Sign-On. This option will be included in the list only if the Single Sign-On module is installed during Parallels Client installation. Select this option to use local system credentials to connect to the remote server.

   • Smart Card. Select this option to authenticate using a smart card. When connecting to the remote server, insert a smart card into the card reader and then enter a PIN when prompted.

The Programs tab page allows you to specify a program that will be started automatically on the remote computer when you establish a connection with it. Select the Start the following program on connection option and then specify the Program path and file name and Start in the following folder options.

To modify the properties of an existing standard RDP connection, right-click it in the main Parallels Client window and then click Connection Properties in the context menu. This will open the Connection Properties dialog. Properties are grouped in the dialog by functionality using tab pages. The following subsections describe each tab page in detail.

The Experience tab page allows you to tweak the connection speed to optimize the performance of the connection with the remote server.

In the drop-down list, select your connection speed:

• If not sure, select the Detect connection quality automatically option. Please note that if you select this option, all other options will be disabled and will be configured automatically based on the actual connection speed when Parallels Client is connected to Parallels RAS.

• If you select a specific speed (e.g. LAN 10 Mbps or higher), select the desired user experience options. If you are connecting to a remote computer on a local network that runs at 100 Mbps or higher, it is usually safe to have all of the experience options turned on. Otherwise, select only the options that you require.

Use the Local Resources tab page to configure how local resources are used in a remote session.

Remote Audio and Recording

Use the Remote audio playback drop-down list to select one of the following remote audio playback options:

• Bring to this computer. Audio from the remote computer will play on your local computer.

• Do not play. Audio from the remote computer will not play on your local computer and will be muted on the remote computer as well.

• Leave at remote computer. Audio will not play on your local computer but will play normally on the remote computer.

Use the Remote audio recording drop-down box to select one of the following:

• Record from this computer. Audio from this computer will be recorded using a remote application.

• Do not record. Do not recored audio.

Keyboard

Select how you want to apply key combinations (e.g. Alt+Tab) that you press on the keyboard:

• On the local computer. Key combinations will be applied to Windows running on the local computer.

• On the remote computer. Key combinations will be applied to Windows running on the remote computer.

• In full screen mode only. Key combinations will be applied to the remote computer only when in the full-screen mode.

Local Devices and Resources

Choose local disk drives, devices, and other resources that you want to redirect to a remote computer. Redirecting a resource makes it available for use in a remote session. For example, a redirected local disk drive will be available in a remote application, so you can read from and write to it.

The following options are available:

• Clipboard. Select this option to enable the local clipboard in a remote session.

• Disk drives. Select this option and then click Configure Drives. See the Configure Drives subsection below for details.

• Devices. Select this option and then click Configure Devices. Devices that are currently connected to your local computer will appear in the list. This includes supported Plug and Play devices, media players based on the Media Transfer Protocol (MTP), and digital cameras based on the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP). If a device is connected to your computer but does not appear in the list, it means it is not a supported Plug and Play device. Please note that disk drives, printers, and smart cards are excluded from this list (you redirect them using dedicated Disk drives, Printers, and Smart cards options). The Show previously connected devices option displays devices that are not currently connected but were connected previously.

• Note: Please note that device redirection is an experimental feature in Parallels Client for Linux and as such may have certain issues. Depending on a specific PTP/MTP device used, some operations can make the device stop responding to PTP/MTP requests. For example, if you start a copy operation to or from a device and then cancel it, the device may stop responding to all other requests. As a workaround, if you experience such an issue with your device, disconnect it from your Linux computer and then reconnect it.

• Printers. Select this option to redirect printers.

• Serial ports. Select this option to redirect serial ports.

• Smart cards. Select this option to redirect smart cards.

Configure Drives

The Configure Drives button opens a dialog where you can map local Linux directories as disk drives and then use them during a remote session.

To map a directory, click the Add button and specify the following:

• Share Point: Type the drive name as you want it to appear during a remote session (e.g. sd2). Please note that share names must be unique, use Latin characters only, and cannot be longer than seven characters.

• Mount Point: Type a local Linux directory you would like to map (e.g. /home).

Click OK to save the new drive information. The new drive will appear in the Configure Drives dialog. To edit an existing drive, click Edit. To delete a drive, click Delete.

You can enable or disable disk drives by selecting or clearing a corresponding checkbox. To enable all drive, select the Use all disk drives available option.

The Display tab page allows you to configure display options.

• Color Depth. Choose the color quality.

• Size. Choose the size of a remote desktop as it will appear on your screen.

• Graphics Acceleration. Choose the graphics acceleration type. The more advanced the acceleration, the better will be the quality of the graphics. Please keep in mind that higher quality accelerations require more processing power and faster network.

• None. No graphics acceleration.

• Basic. Basic acceleration.

• RemoteFX. More powerful graphics acceleration using the RemoteFX codec.

• RemoteFX Adaptive. Best graphics acceleration using RemoteFX Adaptive and H.264 codecs.

• Use all monitors for Desktop session (if applicable). If you have more than one monitor connected to a remote computer, the RDP session will display both of them. The screen size must be set to Full Screen. The Span desktop across all monitors option must be disabled.

• Published Applications - Use primary monitor only. Not used (disabled for RDP connections)

• Desktop Options - Span desktops across all monitors. If selected, a remote desktop will be spanned across all connected monitors.

Use the Network tab page to configure a proxy server if you have to use one to connect to the remote computer.

To configure a proxy server, select the Use proxy server option and then select the protocol from the following list:

• SOCKS4. Enable this option to transparently use the service of a network firewall.

• SOCKS4A. Enable this option to allow a client that cannot connect to resolve the destination host’s name to specify it.

• SOCKS5. Enable this option to be able to connect using authentication.

• HTTP 1.1. Enable this option to connect using the standard HTTP 1.1 protocol connections.

Specify the proxy host domain name or IP address and the port number.

For SOCKS5 and HTTP 1.1 protocols, select Proxy requires authentication and enter user credentials.

Use the Authentication tab page to specify what happens if server authentication fails.

In the If authentication fails drop-down list, select one of the following options:

• Connect. The user can ignore the certificate of the server and still connect.

• Warn. The user is alerted about the certificate and still has the ability to choose whether to connect or not.

• Do not connect. The user is not allowed to connect.

The Advanced Settings tab page allows you to customize the default behavior or Parallels Client. You can specify the following properties:

• Create shortcuts configured on server. For each published application, the administrator can configure shortcuts that can be created on the client's desktop and the Start menu. Select this option to create the shortcuts, or clear the option if you don't want to create them.

• Redirect URLs to this computer. Enable this option to use the local web browser when opening 'http:" links.

• Redirect Mail to this computer. Enable this option to use the local mail client when opening ‘mailto:’ links.

• Enable Compression. Enables compression to have a more efficient connection.

• Connect to console. This option is used for administration of a Remote Desktop Session Host server. It acts as if a standard Remote Desktop connection is initiated from the command line with the /admin option.

• Use Pre Windows 2000 login format. If this option is selected, it allows you to use legacy (pre-Windows 2000) login format.

• Network Level Authentication. Check this option to enable network level authentication, which will require the client to authenticate before connecting to the server.

The Override computer name field specifies the name that your computer will use during a remote desktop session. If set, this will override the default computer name. Any filtering set by the administrator on the server side will make use of this name.

Connection advanced settings

The Connection advanced settings button opens a dialog where you can configure connection timeout and reconnection settings.

In the Connection settings section, specify the following:

• Connection timeout: The amount of time during which the client will try to connect to Parallels RAS until the connection is aborted. While the connection is being established, the connection banner will be shown.

• Show connection banner if connection is not established within: Specifies the time period in seconds after which the connection banner will be displayed.

• Show desktop if published application does not start within: If a published application is not launched within the time period specified in this field, the server’s desktop will be loaded. This is helpful if an error occurs on the server side while launching an application. By loading the server’s desktop, the user will be able to see the error message.

In the Reconnection section, specify the following:

• Reconnect if connection is dropped: Select this option and set the number of Connection Retries. If a connection is dropped, Parallels Client will automatically try to reconnect.

• Show connection banner if reconnection is not established within: If reconnection attempts fail after the time period specified here, the connection banner will be shown to the user.