VMware Blast Extreme Group Policy Settings

The policy files required are vdm_blast.admx and vdm_blast.adml. They are downloaded as part of the VMware-Horizon-Extras-Bundle.

In a typical environment, the admx policy files go into \\<domain name>\SYSVOL\<domain name>\Policies\PolicyDefinitions. The adml files go into the language folder, in my case, en-US. If the Group Policy Editor was already open, close and reopen for the changes to take effect.

Registry location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware Blast\Config

If the range is 0-1, that means that a 0 is disabled and a 1 is enabled.

SettingRegistry NameDefaultRange
Audio playbackAudioEnabled0-1
Blast Codec QualityBlastCodecMinQp00-8
Blast Codec QualityBlastCodecMaxQp00-8
Cookie Cleanup IntervalCookieCleanupIntervalMsec1000100-65535
Cursor WarpingCursorWarpingEnabled0-1
Image QualityJpegQualityLow2510-100
Image QualityJpegQualityMid3510-100
Image QualityJpegQualityHigh9010-100
DSCP MarkingNetworkVVCQoSPolicyEnabled0-1
DSCP from Agent, TCP/IPv4QoSPolicyDscpAOutTCPv400-63
DSCP from Agent, TCP/IPv6QoSPolicyDscpAOutTCPv600-63
DSCP from Agent, UDP/IPv4QoSPolicyDscpAOutUDPv400-63
DSCP from Agent, UDP/IPv6QoSPolicyDscpAOutUDPv600-63
DSCP from BSG to Client, TCP/IPv4QoSPolicyDscpBDownTCPv400-63
DSCP from BSG to Client, TCP/IPv6QoSPolicyDscpBDownTCPv600-63
DSCP from BSG to Client, UDP/IPv4QoSPolicyDscpBDownUDPv400-63
DSCP from BSG to Client, UDP/IPv6QoSPolicyDscpBDownUDPv600-63
DSCP from BSG to Agent, TCP/IPv4QoSPolicyDscpBUpTCPv400-63
DSCP from BSG to Agent, TCP/IPv6QoSPolicyDscpBUpTCPv600-63
DSCP from BSG to Agent, UDP/IPv4QoSPolicyDscpBUpUDPv400-63
DSCP from BSG to Agent, UDP/IPv6QoSPolicyDscpBUpUDPv600-63
DSCP from Client, TCP/IPv4QoSPolicyDscpCOutTCPv400-63
DSCP from Client, TCP/IPv6QoSPolicyDscpCOutTCPv600-63
DSCP from Client, UDP/IPv4QoSPolicyDscpCOutUDPv400-63
DSCP from Client, UDP/IPv6QoSPolicyDscpCOutUDPv600-63
Encoder Image Cache Size (KB)EncoderImageCacheSizeKB2560000-2147483647
H.264 High Color AccuracyEncoderH264YUV4440-1
H.264EncoderH264Enabled0-1
H.264 QualityH264minQP100-51
H.264 QualityH264maxQP360-51
HEVC High Color AccuracyEncoderHEVCYUV4440-1
HEVCEncoderHEVCEnabled0-1
HTTP ServicePortSecure224430-1
Max Session Bandwidth kbit/s Megapixel SlopeMaxBandwidthKbpsPerMegaPixelSlope6200100-100000
Max Frame RateEncoderMaxFPS3010-60
Max Session BandwidthMaxBandwidthKbps2147483647256-2147483647
Min Session BandwidthMinBandwidthKbps256128-2147483647
PNGEncoderPNGEnabled0-1
Screen BlankingBlankScreenEnabled0-1
UDP ProtocolUdpEnabled0-1
Keyboard locale synchronizationKeyboardLocaleSyncEnabled0-1