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42 Client for 32-bit Windows Administrator’s Guide Go to Document CenterConnecting to Published ResourcesWith Program Neighborhood, users can connect to published resources and serversrunning MetaFrame Presentation Server using:• Application sets• Custom ICA connectionsAn application set is a user’s view of the resources published on a given server farmthat the user is authorized to access. Resources published in an application set arepreconfigured for such session properties as window size, number of colors,supported encryption levels, and audio compression rate.If these settings are not required to run the published application (such as, forexample, the audio compression rate), you can change them on the client device atthe application set level.Important Application set functionality is not available for applications publishedon servers running MetaFrame Presentation Server for UNIX. To connect to anapplication published on these servers, users must create a custom ICA connection.A custom ICA connection is a user-defined shortcut to a published application orserver desktop. While you can create custom ICA connections to connect to anyserver desktop or published application, you must use custom ICA connections toconnect to:• A server running MetaFrame Presentation Server outside of a server farm scopeof management• An application published prior to the installation of a MetaFrame 1.8 server thatcannot be migrated into a server farm• An application published on a server running MetaFrame Presentation Serverfor UNIXApplications published in this way are not enabled for automatic configuration ofProgram Neighborhood sessions.With Program Neighborhood, users can connect to a server in the server farm usingone of the following methods:• Dialing into a server running MetaFrame Presentation Server using a modeminstalled on the client device (serial connection).• Establishing a custom ICA connection over a direct serial cable (serialconnection).