Administration

Procedure
1 In Active Directory, create a user account in the same domain as your Connection Server host
or in a trusted domain.
2 Add the Create Computer Objects, Delete Computer Objects, and Write All Properties
permissions to the account in the Active Directory container in which the linked-clone
computer accounts are created or to which the linked-clone computer accounts are moved.
The following list shows all the required permissions for the user account, including
permissions that are assigned by default:
n List Contents
n Read All Properties
n Write All Properties
n Read Permissions
n Reset Password
n Create Computer Objects
n Delete Computer Objects
Note Fewer permissions are required if you select the Allow reuse of pre-existing computer
accounts setting for a desktop pool. Make sure that the following permissions are assigned to
the user account:
n List Contents
n Read All Properties
n Read Permissions
n Reset Password
3 Make sure that the user account's permissions apply to the Active Directory container and to
all child objects of the container.
What to do next
Specify the account in Horizon Administrator when you configure View Composer domains in the
Add vCenter Server wizard and when you configure and deploy linked-clone desktop pools.
Add vCenter Server Instances to Horizon 7
You must configure Horizon 7 to connect to the vCenter Server instances in your Horizon 7
deployment. vCenter Server creates and manages the virtual machines that Horizon 7 uses in
desktop pools.
If you run vCenter Server instances in a Linked Mode group, you must add each vCenter Server
instance to Horizon 7 separately.
Horizon 7 connects to the vCenter Server instance using a secure channel (SSL).
Horizon 7 Administration
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