Using Quest vWorkspace Web Access is a very popular way to provide users with a single consolidated entry point to all their applications and desktops. Here’s a tip to make it even easier to use Web Access.
The default URL for Web Access is http://<webservername>/provision/web-it . Not exactly the easiest URL to make users remember. Here’s how to make life a little easier. The first method uses aspx (which is our best practice)
- On the Windows Server 2003 webserver add default.aspx as a default document. Refer to this Microsoft article on how to do this exactly. The short version is to just open the IIS manager and from the properties of the websites, select the documents tab and add default.aspx as a default document (try using the “move up” button if it does not work for you):
- Create a file called default.aspx in the root of your IIS webserver (c:\inetpub\wwwroot) with the following text:
<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<% Response.Redirect("/Provision/web-it") %>
Alternatively, you could Java to achieve the same goal. To use Java:
- On the Windows Server 2003 webserver create a file called default.htm in the root of your IIS webserver (c:\inetpub\wwwroot) with the following text:
<noscript>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5; URL=provision/web-it">
</noscript>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
var sTargetURL = "provision/web-it";
function doRedirect()
{
setTimeout( "timedRedirect()", 0 );
}
function timedRedirect()
{
window.location.href = sTargetURL;
}
//-->
</script>
<script language="JavaScript1.1">
<!--
function timedRedirect()
{
window.location.replace( sTargetURL );
}
//-->
</script>
<body onload="doRedirect()">
</body>
</html>
Whatever option you use, when this is done users are redirected to http://<webservername>/provision/web-it when they just enter the name of web server in the address bar of their internet browser. You could be even smarter with this and create a DNS record or alias for the Quest vWorkspace Web Access server and allow users to come to the Quest vWorkspace Web Access webpage by just entering something like “wa” into the address bar of their browser. How’s that for easy?
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March 4th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
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