Internet Links in RemoteApp Launching Local Browser

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:21:17 Z

Windows Server 2008 RC1

RemoteApp

TS Web Access

This may require bending the laws of today's Computer Science, but is there a way to launch the user's local IE browser when an Internet link (commonly sent vby email) is launched through a RemoteApp session of Outlook? I'm evaluating RemoteApp for an application hosting company who would rather not encourage people to surf the Internet through their Data Center.

The word is that 2X has found out how to do this, but they'd rather keep everything under Microsoft's umbrella.

Thanks for the advice MVPs!

Stuart

Internet Links in RemoteApp Launching Local Browser

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:28:16 Z

Hi Stuart,

Thanks for the valuable feedback.

I am glad to find out you’re trying to adopt TS Remote Applications.

Could you please provide more details for this scenario?

What is your driver for remoting Outlook? (are you using thin clients?)

Where do the links usually lead to? (is it to corporate intranet sites?, or internet sites?)

What do these links usually contain? (HTML / FLASH / PDF / ...)

Thanks,

Moshe

Internet Links in RemoteApp Launching Local Browser

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:44:06 Z

I am also looking for this answer. Testing remote applications (outlook) and would like to see IE open on the local computer vs the data center TS box. Is there a way to make this work? Can this work for any application? So the published application could call a locally installed program?

Chad

Internet Links in RemoteApp Launching Local Browser

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:08:56 Z

I have the same question.

Anyone?

Internet Links in RemoteApp Launching Local Browser

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:13:47 Z

Why is this checked as answered; it's not...

I'd like to know this as well. Let me fill in your questions; although I must say that the content of answers won't really matter as the behavior is global regardless of the link destination, etc.

>>>What is your driver for remoting Outlook? (are you using thin clients?)<<<

TSRemoteApp, RDClient 6.1, Vista and Win7 clients.

>>>>>>>Where do the links usually lead to? (is it to corporate intranet sites?, or internet sites?)<<<<<<<<

Both.

>>>>>>What do these links usually contain? (HTML / FLASH / PDF / ...)<<<<<<<

All, but let's say for the sake of argument HTML.

Here's how to simply reproduce this: Serve up outlook through a TSRemoteApp and open an e-mail with ANY http:// link. Click that link. You'll notice that IE gets served up from the server as a TSRemoteApp as well and the link is opened there. We want the link to open in the client's default browser.

Seriously, why do unanswered posts in the MSFT forum keep getting marked as answered by moderators? It's INCREDIBLY frustrating using this forum when this sort of thing keeps happening, and I know it leads to repeat questions and wasted time by ALL. (moderators as well)

Edit: Thanks Mrs. Anderson :D

Internet Links in RemoteApp Launching Local Browser

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:59:33 Z

Bump...

Anyone? This seems like it should be pretty straightforward. If one would want to seriously consider hosting any application with hyperlinks as a TSRemoteApp there should be a way to do this; the security implications of internet browsing directly on the server are pretty obvious....

Internet Links in RemoteApp Launching Local Browser

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:38:32 Z

There currently isn't a way to do this using only Terminal Services; you'd be launching a program on the client computer (the browser) from the terminal server (where the RemoteApp is running). Thanks for the suggestion, though--this may be something to look at for the future.

Christa Anderson [MSFT] Want the Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Resource Kit? Click here.

Internet Links in RemoteApp Launching Local Browser

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:59:39 Z

Thanks for the definitive answer Christa!