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Setting Microsoft Terminal Services Pool
Adobe Flash quality Yes
Adobe Flash throttling Yes
Configure Adobe Flash Throttling with Internet Explorer in Terminal Services
Sessions
To
ensure that Adobe Flash throttling works with Internet Explorer in Terminal Services sessions, users must
enable third-party browser extensions.
Procedure
1 Start View Client and log in to a user's desktop.
2 In Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options.
3 Click the Advanced tab, select Enable third-party browser extensions, and click OK.
4 Restart Internet Explorer.
Provisioning Desktop Pools
When you create a desktop pool, you select configuration options that determine how the pool is managed
and how users interact with the desktops.
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User Assignment in Desktop Pools on page 126
You can configure a desktop pool so that users have dedicated assignments or floating assignments to
the desktops in the pool. You must choose a user assignment for automated pools that contain full virtual
machines, automated linked-clone pools, and manual pools.
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Naming Desktops Manually or Providing a Naming Pattern on page 126
You can provision the desktops in an automated pool by manually specifying a list of desktop names or
by providing a naming pattern and the number of desktops you want in the pool. These two approaches
offer different advantages.
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Manually Customizing Desktops on page 131
After you create an automated pool, you can customize particular desktops without reassigning
ownership. By starting the desktops in maintenance mode, you can modify and test the desktops before
you release them to their assigned users or make them available to all entitled users in the pool.
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Desktop and Pool Settings on page 132
You must specify desktop and pool settings when you configure automated pools that contain full virtual
machines, linked-clone desktop pools, manual desktop pools, and Microsoft Terminal Services pools.
Not all settings apply to all types of desktop pools.
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Configuring 3D Rendering on Windows 7 or Later Desktops on page 136
When you create or edit a Windows 7 or later desktop pool, you can configure 3D graphics rendering
for your desktops. Desktops can take advantage of Virtual Shared Graphics Acceleration (vSGA), a
vSphere feature that uses physical graphics cards installed on the ESXi hosts and manages the graphics
processing unit (GPU) resources amongst the desktops.
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Prevent Access to View Desktops Through RDP on page 139
In certain View environments, it is a priority to prohibit access to View desktops through the RDP display
protocol. You can prevent users and administrators from using RDP to access View desktops by
configuring pool settings and a group policy setting.
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