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# TruGrid Connector RDP Settings Explanations

# TruGrid Connector RDP Settings Explanations

* **GENERAL**

**Screen Mode** - Determines whether the remote session window appears either full screen or spanned across multiple monitors when you launch the connection.
**Screen Resolution** - Specifies the resolution width and height (in pixels) of the remote session.
**Video Quality** - Determines the quality of the video played in the remote session.
**Cache Bitmaps** - Determines whether bitmaps are cached on the local computer (disk-based cache). Bitmap caching can improve the performance of the remote session.
**Auto-Reconnect** - Determines whether the client will automatically try to reconnect to the remote computer if the connection is dropped, such as when there's a network connectivity interruption.
**Keyboard Redirection** -	Determines how Windows key combinations are applied when you are connected to a remote computer.

* **DISPLAY**

**Dynamic Session Resolution** - Determines whether the resolution of the remote session is automatically updated when the local window is resized.
**Allow Font Smoothing** - Determines whether font smoothing may be used in the remote session.
**Disable Wallpaper** - Determines whether the desktop background is displayed in the remote session.
**Disable Menu and Window Animation** - Determines whether menus and windows can be displayed with animation effects in the remote session.
**Disable Themes** - Determines whether themes are permitted when you log on to the remote computer.
**Disable Full Window Drag** - Determines whether window content is displayed when you drag the window to a new location.
**Display Connection Bar** - Determines whether the connection bar appears when you are in full screen mode.
**Pin Connection Bar When In Full Screen Mode** - Determines whether or not the connection bar should be pinned to the top of the remote session upon connection when in full screen mode.
**Allow Desktop Composition** - Determines whether desktop composition (needed for Aero) is permitted when you log on to the remote computer.
**Scale Local Window Content** - Determines whether or not the local computer scales the content of the remote session to fit the window size.	
**Disable Cursor Setting** - Determines whether or not the cursor animation is enabled.
**Enable DirectX Rendering** - Determines whether DirectX will be enabled for the remote session.

* **DEVICE REDIRECTION**

**ENABLE ZERO TRUST POLICY** - please see more details [here](https://help.trugrid.com/en/article/how-to-enable-zero-trust-rdp-security-4qlswg/)
**Redirect Printers** - Determines whether printers configured on the local computer will be redirected and available in the remote session
**Redirect POS Devices** - Determines whether Microsoft Point of Service (POS) for .NET devices connected to the client computer will be redirected and available in the remote session.
**Redirect COM Ports** - Determines whether the COM (serial) ports on the client computer will be redirected and available in the remote session.
**Redirect Smartcard** - Determines whether smart card devices on the local computer will be redirected and available in the remote session.
**Redirect Cameras** - Determines whether cameras on the local computer will be redirected and available in the remote session.
**Redirect Plug and Play Devices** - Determines which supported Plug and Play devices on the client computer will be redirected and available in the remote session.
**Redirect Clipboard** - Determines whether the clipboard on the client computer will be redirected and available in the remote session and vice versa.

* **AUDIO AND VIDEO**

**Microphone Redirection** - Indicates whether audio input redirection is enabled.
**Audio Playback** - Determines if the connection will use RDP-efficient multimedia streaming for audio playback.
**Encode Redirected Video Capture** - Enables or disables encoding of redirected video.
**Redirected Video Capture Encoding Quality** - Controls the quality of encoded video.
**Video Playback Mode** - Determines if the connection will use RDP-efficient multimedia streaming for video playback.

| [Additional information from Microsoft](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/rdp-files#connection-information)