Citrix Browser Content Redirection for Dell ThinOS 9

Affected Platforms:

• Wyse 3040 Thin Client
• Wyse 5070 Thin Client
• Wyse 5470 Thin Client
• Wyse 5470 All-in-One Thin Client
• OptiPlex 3000 Thin Client
• OptiPlex 5400 All-in-One
• OptiPlex All-in-One 7410
• OptiPlex All-in-One 7420
• Latitude 3420
• Latitude 3440
• Latitude 5440
• Latitude 5450

Affected Operating Systems:

• Dell ThinOS 9

Dell ThinOS 9 was released in March 2020. In this release, Citrix Browser Content Redirection (BCR) was added. Citrix policies must be configured to support this feature.

BCR renders browser viewport area content on the client device. This helps to reduce server resource consumption, like CPU or memory. To run Browser Content Redirection from a Dell Wyse thin client, the user must first import or verify Browser Content Redirection in a browser, and then configure the policies from Citrix Studio. For more information, click the appropriate process.

Browser Content Redirection

BCR may be used by enabling the add-on in Google Chrome, or it must be verified in Microsoft Edge.

Google Chrome

To import the BCR extension to Google Chrome:

1. From a published virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), open Google Chrome and then go to https://chrome.google.com/webstore/ .
   
2. From the Chrome Web Store, search for a browser redirection extension.
   
3. Click the Browser Redirection Extension offered by Citrix.
   
4. Click Add to Chrome.
   

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Microsoft Edge - Browser Content Redirection Extension

1. Edge Brower must be version 83.0.478.37 or later
2. Click the extensions icon from the browser toolbar area next to the URL edit box
   
3. Select Manage Extensions from the drop-down menu
4. Enable Allow extensions from other stores from the left side panel
5. Click Chrome Web Store from the right-side panel
   
6. Type Browser content redirection in the search box
   
7. Click Browser Redirection Extension
8. Click Get
   

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Citrix Studio

To configure Browser Content Redirection policies from Citrix Studio:

1. Open Citrix Studio and then select Policies from the left panel. Then, select Edit Policy… from the right side panel.
   
2. From the search box in the upper right, type Browser. Browser Content Redirection policies are displayed.
   
3. Locate Browser Content Redirection and then click Select.
   
4. Set the policy to Allowed and then click OK.
   
5. Locate Browser Content Redirection ACL Configuration and then click Select.
6. Populate any URL from which to redirect content to the client, and then click Add. Once all wanted URLs are added, click OK.
   
   Note: https://www.youtube.com/* is the default entry. This may be removed if it is not to be redirected.
7. Locate Browser Content Redirection Authentication Sites and then click Select.
   
8. Populate any URL that requires a login and the authentication comes from another URL to redirect contents to the client, and then click Add. Once all wanted URLs are added, click OK.
   
9. Locate Browser Content Redirection Blocklist Configuration and then click Select.
   
10. Populate any URL from which to render contents on the server, and then click Add. Once all wanted URLs are added, click OK.
    
11. If a proxy server is in use in the environment, locate Browser Content Redirection Proxy Configuration, and then click Select. Otherwise, go to Step 13.
    
12. Click Enabled, then populate either a proxy server hostname and port number, or an IP address and port number and then click OK.
    
13. Close Citrix Studio

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Other Resources

• Dell ThinOS
• Dell ThinOS Documentation
• Citrix Browser content redirection