Administration

Prerequisites
Verify that you have the privileges required to perform the configuration tasks.
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Domain Admins or Account Operators credentials in Active Directory to make changes to the
accounts of users and groups in a domain.
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Administrators, Inventory Administrators, or an equivalent role to use View Administrator to entitle
users or groups to remote desktops.
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Administrators or an equivalent role to run the vdmadmin command.
Procedure
1 Prepare Active Directory and View for Clients in Kiosk Mode
You must configure Active Directory to accept the accounts that you create to authenticate client
devices. Whenever you create a group, you must also entitle that group to the desktop pool that a
client accesses. You can also prepare the desktop pool that the clients use.
2 Set Default Values for Clients in Kiosk Mode
You can use the vdmadmin command to set the default values for the organizational unit, password
expiry, and group membership in Active Directory for clients in kiosk mode.
3 Display the MAC Addresses of Client Devices
If you want to create an account for a client that is based on its MAC address, you can use
Horizon Client to discover the MAC address of the client device.
4 Add Accounts for Clients in Kiosk Mode
You can use the vdmadmin command to add accounts for clients to the configuration of a View
Connection Server group. After you add a client, it is available for use with a View Connection
Server instance on which you have enabled authentication of clients. You can also update the
configuration of clients, or remove their accounts from the system.
5 Enable Authentication of Clients in Kiosk Mode
You can use the vdmadmin command to enable authentication of clients that attempt to connect to
their remote desktops via a View Connection Server instance.
6 Verify the Configuration of Clients in Kiosk Mode
You can use the vdmadmin command to display information about clients in kiosk mode and View
Connection Server instances that are configured to authenticate such clients.
7 Connect to Remote Desktops from Clients in Kiosk Mode
You can run the client from the command line or use a script to connect a client to a remote session.
Prepare Active Directory and View for Clients in Kiosk Mode
You must configure Active Directory to accept the accounts that you create to authenticate client devices.
Whenever you create a group, you must also entitle that group to the desktop pool that a client accesses.
You can also prepare the desktop pool that the clients use.
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