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Configuring Connections to Servers and Applications
Overview
This section describes how to create and edit connections between the client and server. Topics include:
•Starting the ICA Client Editor
•Creating a basic connection file
•Configuring network protocol and server location
•Changing connection file settings and default settings
•Mapping client drives, COM ports, and printers
About Connection Files
You can create two types of connections to clients: connections to server desktops and connections to published applications.
•A connection to a server desktop lets you access the desktop of a specified server. You can run any applications available on the desktop, in any order.
•A published application is a predefined application and its associated environment. The published application may be available on more than one server.
By using the default settings, you can quickly create a basic connection file (see “Creating a Basic Connection File” on page 23) and customize it in several ways, either when you are creating it or afterwards. The settings you edit can be used either as defaults for all connection files that you create subsequently or you can apply them just to a single file.
If a number of users all need to connect to the same server with the same settings, you can create one standard connection file and install this on each user’s computer.