JustinContinuing the theme of useful registry key settings you can bake into your image or manually configure for some quick testing, below is a list of corresponding Blast Extreme registry settings to the Horizon 7.9.0 View GPO Bundle
VMware BLAST - These settings are stored in HKLM\Software\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware Blast\config
| GPO Setting | Registry Key | Key Type | Values |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Playback | AudioEnabled | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| Cookie Cleanup Interval | CookieCleanupIntervalMsec | REG_SZ | 100-65535 |
| Image Quality | JpegQualityHigh JpegQualityMid JpegQualityLow | REG_SZ | 10-100 (default = 90) 10-100 (default = 35) 10-100 (default = 25) |
| DSCP Marking | NetworkVVCQoSPolicyEnabled | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| DSCP from Agent, TCP/IPv4 | QoSPolicyDscpAOutTCPv4 | REG_SZ | 1-63 |
| DSCP from Agent, TCP/IPv6 | QoSPolicyDscpAOutTCPv6 | REG_SZ | 1-63 |
| DSCP from Agent, UDP/IPv4 | QoSPolicyDscpAOutUDPv4 | REG_SZ | 1-63 |
| DSCP from Agent, UDP/IPv6 | QoSPolicyDscpAOutUDPv6 | REG_SZ | 1-63 |
| DSCP from BSG to Client, TCP/IPv4 | QoSPolicyDscpBDownTCPv4 | REG_SZ | 1-63 |
| DSCP from BSG to Client, TCP/IPv6 | QoSPolicyDscpBDownTCPv6 | REG_SZ | 1-63 |
| DSCP from BSG to Client, UDP/IPv4 | QoSPolicyDscpBDownUDPv4 | REG_SZ | 1-63 |
| DSCP from BSG to Client, UDP/IPv6 | QoSPolicyDscpBDownUDPv6 | REG_SZ | 1-63 |
| DSCP from BSG to Agent, TCP/IPv4 | QoSPolicyDscpBUpTCPv4 | REG_SZ | 1-63 |
| DSCP from BSG to Agent, TCP/IPv6 | QoSPolicyDscpBUpTCPv6 | REG_SZ | 1-63 |
| DSCP from BSG to Agent, UDP/IPv4 | QoSPolicyDscpBUpUDPv4 | REG_SZ | 1-63 |
| DSCP from BSG to Agent, UDP/IPv6 | QoSPolicyDscpBUpUDPv6 | REG_SZ | 1-63 |
| DSCP from Client, TCP/IPv4 | QoSPolicyDscpCOutTCPv4 | REG_SZ | 1-63 |
| DSCP from Client, TCP/IPv6 | QoSPolicyDscpCOutTCPv6 | REG_SZ | 1-63 |
| DSCP from Client, UDP/IPv4 | QoSPolicyDscpCOutUDPv4 | REG_SZ | 1-63 |
| DSCP from Client. UDP/IPv6 | QoSPolicyDscpCOutUDPv6 | REG_SZ | 1-63 |
| H.264 High Color Accuracy | EncoderH264YUV444 | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| H.264 | EncoderH264Enabled | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| H.264 Quality | H264maxQP H264minQP | REG_SZ | 1-51 (default =36) 1-51 (default =10) |
| HEVC | EncoderHEVCEnabled | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| HTTP Service | PortSecure | REG_SZ | 1-65535 (default = 22443) |
| Max Session Bandwidth kbit/s Megapixel Slope | MaxBandwidthKbpsPerMegaPixelSlope | REG_SZ | 100-100000 |
| Max Frame Rate | EncoderMaxFPS | REG_SZ | 10-60 |
| Max Session Bandwidth | MaxBandwidthKbps | REG_SZ | 256-2147483647 |
| Min Session Bandwidth | MinBandwidthKbps | REG_SZ | 128-2147483647 |
| PNG | EncoderPNGEnabled | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| Screen Blanking | BlankScreenEnabled | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| UDP Protocol | UdpEnabled | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| Filter images out of the incoming clipboard data | ClipboardFilterIncomingImage | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| Filter images out of the outgoing clipboard data | ClipboardFilterOutgoingImage | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| Filter Microsoft Chart and Smart Art data out of the incoming clipboard data | ClipboardFilterIncomingMSOfficeChart | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| Filter Microsoft Chart and Smart Art data out of the outgoing clipboard data | ClipboardFilterOutgoingMSOfficeChart | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| Filter Microsoft Text Effects data out of the incoming clipboard data | ClipboardFilterIncomingMSOfficeTextEffects | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| Filter Microsoft Text Effects data out of the outgoing clipboard data | ClipboardFilterOutgoingMSOfficeTextEffects | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| Filter Microsoft Office text data out of the incoming clipboard data | ClipboardFilterIncomingMSOfficeText | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| Filter Microsoft Office text data out of the outgoing clipboard data | ClipboardFilterOutgoingMSOfficeText | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| Filter Rich Text Format data out of the incoming clipboard data | ClipboardFilterIncomingRTF | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| Filter Rich Text Format data out of the outgoing clipboard data | ClipboardFilterOutgoingRTF | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| Filter text out of the incoming clipboard data | ClipboardFilterIncomingText | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| Filter text out of the outgoing clipboard data | ClipboardFilterOutgoingText | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| Keyboard locale synchronization | KeyboardLocaleSyncEnabled | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled 1 - enabled |
| Configure clipboard audit | ClipboardAuditState | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled in both directions 1 - enabled server to client only 2 - enabled client to server only 3 - enabled in both directions |
| Whether block clipboard redirection to client side when client doesn't support audit | ClipboardRedirectionAllowedByAudit | REG_DWORD | 0 - block 1 - passthrough |
| Clipboard memory size on server | ClipboardFineGrainedSizeState ClipboardSize | REG_DWORD REG_DWORD | 0 - enabled kilobytes 1 - enabled bytes 1-16384 KB |
| Configure clipboard redirection | ClipboardState | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled in both directions 1 - enabled in both directions 2 - enabled client to server only 3 - enabled server to client only |
| Configure drag and drop formats | DnDFileState DnDTextState DnDRTFState DnDImageState DnDHTMLState DnDFileContentState | REG_SZ REG_SZ REG_SZ REG_SZ REG_SZ REG_SZ | 0 - disabled in both directions 1 - enabled client to agent only 2 - enabled agent to client only 3 - enabled in both directions |
| Configure drag and drop size threshold | DnDSizeUnit | REG_DWORD | 0 - Bytes 1 - Kilobytes 2 - Megabytes |
| DnDSize | REG_DWORD | 1-1023 (Bytes) 1-1023 (Kilobytes) 1-16 (Megabytes) |
|
| Configure drag and drop direction | DnDState | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled in both directions 1 - enabled client to agent only 2 - enabled agent to client only 3 - enabled in both directions |
| Configure file transfer | FileTransferState | REG_SZ | 0 - disabled both upload and download 1 - enabled both upload and download 2 - enabled file upload only 3 - enabled file download only |
I’ve tried a few of these and none seem to work.
Is it because I don’t have the GPO.ADMX files in AD?
same here. what am i missing?
You can use the GPO files included with Horizon, but they are going to apply these registry key settings. These keys should be modified on your virtual desktop and then restart the machine after making any registry changes to ensure they take effect.
I’m seem to be having the same issue. If I make a change in the GPO applied to my VMs, I don’t see the reg keys get populated down even after a “gpupdate /force” or a reboot. If I add the keys manually, I see no change in experience. Very frustrating.
What changes are you attempting? If you have the Horizon Performance Tracker installed (part of agent install) you can get some great insight into your active session including display protocol, transports, codecs etc..
Was just trying to adjust FPS and MaxBandwidth. Those settings appear to be taking now. Looking at performance tracker, I’m seeing a huge dip in FPS when trying to watch a video on one of our VMs.