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Intune New Clipboard Transfer Direction Settings Now Available in Windows Settings Catalog

Intune New Clipboard Transfer Direction Settings Now Available in Windows Settings Catalog

Written By Anoop C Nair
Last Updated July 26, 2024
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News Alert! Intune New Clipboard Transfer Direction Settings Now Available in Windows Settings Catalog. Intune is the best solution for managing devices and applications. As you all know, Microsft Intune will bring out the best updates and features every Month.

We introduced some new Windows Settings Catalog in Intune in the July update. The Windows setting catalogue is an essential tool for managing devices in an organisation. It has many setting options for IT admins to create and manage time policies.

With this update, IT admins will get new Clipboard Transfer Direction Settings in the Windows setting catalog. With the latest settings in the Clipboard Transfer Direction, Administrators can now control data transfer directions for clipboard operations.

These new settings are crucial and allow administrators to control how data is copied and pasted between devices. These settings are essential for data security in Azure virtual desktops. So, in this post, we can look into those settings.

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Intune New Clipboard Transfer Direction Settings Now Available in Windows Settings Catalog
Restrict Clipboard Transfer from Client to Server
Restrict Clipboard Transfer from Client to Server (User)
Restrict Clipboard Transfer from Server to Client
Restrict Clipboard Transfer from Server to Client (User)
Intune New Clipboard Transfer Direction Settings Now Available in Windows Settings Catalog-Table. 1

What is Clipboard Transfer Direction?

Clipboard Transfer Direction is one of the essential tools on an Azure virtual desktop. Clipboard redirection allows users to copy and paste content such as text, images, and files between their device and the remote session.

Intune New Clipboard Transfer Direction Settings Now Available in Windows Settings Catalog

I mentioned the new settings in the Windows settings catalogue above. These settings are now available in MS Intune. With the policies, admins can manage clipboard transfer directions. To Access these settings, follow these steps: First, open the MS Intune admin center. Then select the Device option from the Intune admin center.

  • Devices > Manage devices (enlarge) > Configuration > Create > New policy
  • After creating a new policy, you must select the platform as Windows 10 and later.
  • Then, select the profile type as the setting catalog.
Intune New Clipboard Transfer Direction Settings Now Available in Windows Settings Catalog -Fig.1
Intune New Clipboard Transfer Direction Settings Now Available in Windows Settings Catalog -Fig.1

After entering the basic details like Name and description, you know that the next step is the Configuration setting; in the settings, you have to set the settings for the browse category option.

In the browse category, select Settings options such as Administrative Templates>Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Device and Resource Redirection.

  • The screenshot below and the 4 new settings options in the catalog.
  • You can select the settings for which you want to create the policy.
New Clipboard Transfer Direction Settings Info
Restrict clipboard transfer from client to serverThis policy setting allows you to restrict clipboard data transfers from client to server.
Restrict clipboard transfer from client to server (User)This policy setting allows you to restrict clipboard data transfers from client to server.
Restrict clipboard transfer from server to clientThis policy setting allows you to restrict clipboard data transfers from server to client.
Restrict clipboard transfer from server to client (User)This policy setting allows you to restrict clipboard data transfers from server to client.
Intune New Clipboard Transfer Direction Settings Now Available in Windows Settings Catalog -Table. 1
Intune New Clipboard Transfer Direction Settings Now Available in Windows Settings Catalog -Fig.2
Intune New Clipboard Transfer Direction Settings Now Available in Windows Settings Catalog -Fig.2

1. Restrict Clipboard Transfer from Client to Server

This policy allows you to restrict clipboard data transfers from client to server. If you enable this policy setting, you must choose from the options. When the Disable clipboard transfers from client to server, Allow plain text copying from client to server.

  • Disable clipboard transfers from client to server.
  • Allow plain text copying from client to server.
  • Allow plain text and images to be copied from client to server.
  • Allow plain text, images and Rich Text Format copying from client to server. 
  • Allow plain text, images, Rich Text Format and HTML copying from client to server.

Note: This policy setting appears in both Computer Configuration and User Configuration. If both policy settings are configured, stricter restrictions will be applied.

2. Restrict Clipboard Transfer from Client to Server (User)

This policy allows you to restrict clipboard data transfers from client to server. If you enable this policy setting, you must choose from the following behaviours.  If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can copy arbitrary contents from client to server if clipboard redirection is enabled.

Options for Restrict Clipboard Transfer from Client to Server (User)
Allow plain text and images to be copying from client to server.
Allow plain text and images to be copied from client to server.
Allow plain text copying from client to server.
 Allow plain text and images copying from client to server.
Allow plain text, images and Rich Text Format copying from client to server.
Allow plain text, images, Rich Text Format and HTML copying from client to server.
Intune New Clipboard Transfer Direction Settings Now Available in Windows Settings Catalog -Table. 3

3. Restrict Clipboard Transfer from Server to Client

This policy setting allows you to restrict clipboard data transfers from server to client. If you enable this policy setting, you must choose from the following behaviours.

  • Disable clipboard transfers from server to client
  • Allow plain text copying from server to client
  • Allow plain text and images to be copied from server to client.
  • Allow plain text, images and Rich Text Format copying from server to client.
  • Allow plain text, images, Rich Text Format and HTML copying from server to client. 

4. Restrict Clipboard Transfer from Server to Client (User)

This policy setting allows you to restrict clipboard data transfers from server to client. If you enable this policy setting, you must choose from the following options.

Restrict Clipboard Transfer from Server to Client (User) Options
Disable clipboard transfers from server to client
 Allow plain text copying from server to client
 Allow plain text and images copying from server to client
Allow plain text, images and Rich Text Format copying from server to client.
Allow plain text, images, Rich Text Format and HTML copying from server to client.
Intune New Clipboard Transfer Direction Settings Now Available in Windows Settings Catalog .4

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Anoop C Nair has been Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for 10 consecutive years! He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is also a Blogger, Speaker, and leader of the Local User Group Community. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc..

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Anoop C Nair is Workplace Technology solution architect with 25+ years of experience in global enterprise organizations such as JP Morgan, Capgemini, etc. Microsoft Certified Trainer. Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for consecutive 11+ years! He also conducts Intune and modern workplace tech training for enterprise organizations. He is Blogger, Speaker, and Founder of HTMD Community and HTMD Conference. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like Intune, Windows, Cloud PC. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security.

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