Users and Groups, Sets and Applications

Application Control is done in 3 steps:

1. Define Applications.
2. Define Sets, and assign Applications to Sets.
3. Assign Sets and / or Applications to Users and / or Groups.

Pre-defined configuration with Applications and Sets

When  Optimize or  Default Applications and Sets is used, a pre-defined configuration with Applications and Sets will be applied.

It might be convenient to start with either  Optimize or  Default Applications and Sets , because it will pre-fill in a lot of Applications and Sets:

• In case Microsoft Office is installed, a Set for Microsoft Office will be created when using  Optimize or  Default Applications and Sets
• In case Libre Office is installed, a Set for Libre Office will be created when using  Optimize or  Default Applications and Sets
• In case one for the following browsers is installed, the browser will appear on in the Set "Internet Browsers"
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Google Chrome (Enterprise Installation, not a single user installation)
  • Chromium (Enterprise Installation, not a single user installation)
  • Apple Safari
  • Opera
  • Vavaldi
  • Seamonkey

Example:

This example shows the result of  Optimize or  Default Applications and Sets :

• The Group "Administrators" have a minimal menu.
• The Group "Remote Desktop Users" have several Applications and Sets applied.

From here, the Administrator can change and edit the assigned Applications and Sets.

Read and Save 

The button "Read" loads all settings. If some changes are done, but those changes are not wanted, not needed and not previously saved with the "Save" button,
the "Read" button will load the settings again.

The button "Save" saves all settings.

Refresh Menus

• Refresh Menus shows the current logged in users, which do have an AADS Start Menu.
• Refresh Menus does not show users which have a default Windows Start Menu.

• The Administrator has done some changes in the Applications and / or Sets. For example, an Application or Set has been assigned to the group "Remote Desktop Users".
• After "Saving" these changes, the Administrator can select 1 or more or all users, and the Start Menu of those logged in users will be "refreshed" such to include and show the changes in Applications and Sets that just have been "Saved" by the Administrator.

Un- do and Re-do

Using the "un-do" and "re-do" buttons it is possible to un-do or re-do changes while editing.

Layout

The "Layout" buttons changes the Layout of the screen:

Either the Applications are besides the Sets, or below the Sets.

Search Icons

Both Sets and Applications can have a custom Icon assigned. In order to facilitate the selection of customs icons, AADS creates and maintains a folder on the Terminal Server in which it places a copy of all icons it finds on the Terminal Server:

AADServer will automatically scan for Icons once a week.

If it is needed to update this icon-folder now, because some Applications has been installed and those icons from those Applications should also appear in the Icon-folder, use the button "Search Icons".