Administration

Table 6‑12. Persistent Disk Management Tasks and Privileges (Continued)
Task Required Privileges
Recreate desktop Manage Persistent Disks on the disk and Manage Farms and Desktop and
Application Pools on the last pool.
Import from vCenter Manage Persistent Disks on the folder and Manage Pool on the pool.
Delete a disk Manage Persistent Disks on the disk.
Privileges for Managing Users and Administrators
An administrator must have certain privileges to manage users and administrators in Horizon
Administrator.
Table 6‑13 lists common user and administrator management tasks and shows the privileges that are
required to perform each task. You manage users on the Users and Groups page in Horizon
Administrator. You manage administrators on the Global Administrators View page in Horizon
Administrator.
Table 6‑13. User and Administrator Management Tasks and Privileges
Task Required Privileges
Update general user information Manage Global Configuration and Policies
Send messages to users Manage Remote Sessions on the machine.
Add an administrator user or group Manage Roles and Permissions
Add, modify, or delete an administrator permission Manage Roles and Permissions
Add, modify, or delete an administrator role Manage Roles and Permissions
Privileges for Horizon Help Desk Tool Tasks
Horizon Help Desk Tool administrators must have certain privileges to perform troubleshooting tasks in
Horizon Administrator.
Table 6‑14 lists common tasks that the Horizon Help Desk Tool administrator can perform and shows the
privileges to perform each task.
Table 6‑14. Horizon Help Desk Tool Tasks and Privileges
Tasks Required Privileges
Read-only access to Horizon Help Desk Tool. Manage Help Desk (Read Only)
Manage global sessions. Manage Global Sessions
Can log in to Horizon Administrator. Console Interaction
Perform all machine and session-related commands. Manage Machine
Reset or restart machines. Manage Reboot Operation
Disconnect and log off sessions. Manage Sessions
Manage remote processes and applications. Manage Remote Processes and Applications
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