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5Enterthecredentialsforanentitleduser,selectthedomain,andclickLogin.
Ifyoutypetheusernameasuser@domain,itistreatedasauserprincipal
name (UPN) becauseoftheatsign(@),sothedomaindropdownmenudims.
6 Selectadesktopfromthelistprovidedandclick
Connect.
ViewClientattemptstoconnecttothespecifieddesktop.
Afteryouareconnected,theclientwindowappears.
Userscandetermineifadesktopiseligibleforcheckoutbyrightclickingitinthelist
providedbyViewClientwithOfflineDesktoptodisplayitscontextmenu.Ifthe
desktop
canbeusedoffline,theCheckoutoptionisdisplayed.
Checking Out a Desktop
Whenuserscheckoutadesktopforthefirsttime,theyaregiventheopportunityto
specifywherethedownloadedvirtualmachineshouldresideontheirlocalsystem.
Afterthecheckoutbegins,thedownloadprogressisprovidedbyanonscreen
indicator.
Oncethedatahasbeendownloaded,useraccess
isdirectedtotheofflinedesktopuntil
itischeckedbackin.
Offline Desktop Status
Youcanexamineallcurrentofflinesessionsattheglobalordesktoppoollevelby
clickingtheDesktopsandPoolsbuttonandthenselectingtheOfflineSessions
tab—eitherforalldesktopsorforaspecificpool—inViewAdministrator.
Thisviewpresentsyouwithapanethatcontainsastatustablefor
alltheofflinesessions
currentlyknowntotheserver.Thecolumnentriesinthistablearedescribedin
Table 73.
N
OTEOnlytheuserwhochecksoutthedesktopcanaccessit,evenifthedesktopis
entitledtoagroup.
NOTEUserscanpauseorcancelthecheckinorcheckoutprocesswheneverdatais
beingmovedbetweentheonlineandofflinecontextbyrightclickingtheentryto
displayitscontextmenu.
N
OTEUserscannotusetheirofflinedesktopiftheymanuallymovethevirtual
machinedataontheirsystemtoanalternatelocationorontoadifferentsystem.