Administration

Privileges for Managing Pools
An administrator must have certain privileges to manage pools in Horizon Administrator.
The following table lists common pool management tasks and shows the privileges that are
required to perform each task.
Table 6-10. Pool Management Tasks and Privileges
Task Required Privileges
Enable or disable a desktop pool Enable Farms and Desktop Pools
Entitle or unentitle users to a pool Entitle Desktop and Application Pools
Add a pool Manage Farms and Desktop and Application Pools
Modify or delete a pool Manage Farms and Desktop and Application Pools
Add or remove desktops from a pool Manage Farms and Desktop and Application Pools
Refresh, Recompose, Rebalance, or change the default
View Composer image
Manage Composer Desktop Pool Image
Change access groups Manage Farms and Desktop and Application Pools on
both the source and target access groups.
Privileges for Managing Machines
An administrator must have certain privileges to manage machines in Horizon Administrator.
The following table lists common machine management tasks and shows the privileges that are
required to perform each task.
Table 6-11. Machine Management Tasks and Privileges
Task Required Privileges
Remove a virtual machine Manage Machine
Reset a virtual machine Manage Reboot Operation
Restart a virtual desktop Manage Reboot Operation
Assign or remove user ownership Manage Machine
Enter or exit maintenance mode Manage Machine
Disconnect or log off sessions Manage Sessions
Privileges for Managing Persistent Disks
An administrator must have certain privileges to manage persistent disks in Horizon Administrator.
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