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RemoteApp Filter for TS WebAccess

Tuesday, 13 May 2008 by Michel Roth

TSFactory (known for its RecordTS product) has released a freeware tool to filter application in the web interface to Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services: TSweb. The tool allows you to disallow certain application to be shown to certain users / groups.

RemoteApp Filter is an extension to the TS Web Access feature provided by Microsoft in its new Windows 2008 Server. RemoteApp Filter make it possible to filter out applications that are not supposed to be shown to particular users or groups of users. It works with XML-based configuration file with a number of entries corresponding to published applications. Each entry specifies which users or groups should NOT be shown these particular applications. When a user opens the TS Web Access starting page in a browser, the list of applications are filtered according to the specified rules in the XML configuration file. All applications that have explicit denial entries for the users or groups they belong to are made are hidden on the starting page.

Installation:

1. Download RemoteApp Filter
2. Unpack archive to the root folder of TS Web Access, usually %SystemRoot%Web s
3. Edit RemoteAppFilter.config to suit your needs.
4. Edit the new starting page DefaultFiltered.aspx included in the en-US subfolder.
5. Test DefaultFiltered.aspx.
6. Move DefaultFiltered.aspx to %SystemRoot%Web sen-USDefault.aspx overwriting the existing file.

Download RemoteApp Filter for TS WebAccess.