Administration

Table 6‑10. Pool Management Tasks and Privileges (Continued)
Task Required Privileges
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.
Table 6‑11 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.
Table 6‑12 lists common persistent disk management tasks and shows the privileges that are required to
perform each task. You perform these tasks on the Persistent Disks page in Horizon Administrator.
Table 6‑12. Persistent Disk Management Tasks and Privileges
Task Required Privileges
Detach a disk Manage Persistent Disks on the disk and Manage Farms and Desktop and
Application Pools on the pool.
Attach a disk Manage Persistent Disks on the disk and Manage Farms and Desktop and
Application Pools on the machine.
Edit a disk Manage Persistent Disks on the disk and Manage Farms and Desktop and
Application Pools on the selected pool.
Change access groups Manage Persistent Disks on the source and target access groups.
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