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# Configure Syteca Integration with Venn

> Restrict Syteca monitoring to only the applications opened inside a Venn workspace on Windows and macOS Clients.

Syteca integrates with the Venn app launcher so that only user activity inside applications opened in a Venn workspace is monitored on Windows and macOS Clients.

<Warning>
  **IN SAAS ONLY:** the `EkranServer.Settings.config` file isn't available in SaaS. Contact your Syteca vendor or the Syteca Support team to enable Venn integration in a SaaS environment instead of following the steps below.
</Warning>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Application Server settings file">
    On the Application Server computer, open `EkranServer.Settings.config` (by default in `C:\Program Files\Ekran System\Ekran System\Server`).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add the Venn integration key">
    ```xml theme={"system"}
    <add key="VennIntegration" value="1" />
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Restart the Application Server">
    Save the file, then restart the **EkranServer** service.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Once enabled, Syteca records only applications opened inside a Venn workspace on Windows and macOS Clients. In the Session Player, only the user's currently active window is shown — the desktop and any windows outside the Venn workspace stay hidden, displayed against a black or white background if the active window isn't full screen.

<Note>
  Enabling Venn integration automatically turns on [Capture active window only](/docs/session-monitoring/recording/user-activity-recording) and locks it — the checkbox can no longer be changed in the Management Tool.
</Note>

<Frame caption="A Venn workspace application in the Session Player, with the rest of the desktop hidden.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/syteca/0FlD-vkHsBA1azVX/images/administration/integrations/venn-session-player.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=0FlD-vkHsBA1azVX&q=85&s=a15b90963aa225ad8bd999357d497c55" alt="Session Player showing a Venn workspace application with the desktop hidden" width="3319" height="1733" data-path="images/administration/integrations/venn-session-player.png" />
</Frame>

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="User activity recording" icon="video" href="/docs/session-monitoring/recording/user-activity-recording">
    The Capture active window only parameter this integration controls.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Windows Clients" icon="windows" href="/docs/administration/clients/windows">
    Full Windows Client installation and configuration reference.
  </Card>

  <Card title="macOS Clients" icon="apple" href="/docs/administration/clients/macos">
    Full macOS Client installation and configuration reference.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>