5.2

Procedure
1
On the Active Directory server, navigate to the OU and open the GPO editor.
AD Version Navigation Path
Windows 2003
a Select Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Active Directory
Users and Computers.
b
Right-click the OU that contains your View desktops and select
Properties.
c On the Group Policy tab, click Open to open the Group Policy
Management plug-in.
d Right-click the OU and select Create and Link a GPO Here.
Windows 2008
a Select Start > Administrative Tools > Group Policy Management.
b
Expand your domain, right-click the OU that contains your View
desktops and select Create and Link a GPO Here.
2
Type a name for the GPO and click OK.
The new GPO appears under the OU in the left pane.
3 (Optional) To apply the GPO only to specific View desktops in the OU:
a Select the GPO in the left pane.
b Select Security Filtering > Add.
c Type the computer names of the View desktops and click OK.
The View desktops appear in the Security Filtering pane. The settings in the GPO apply only to these
View desktops.
What to do next
Add the View ADM templates to the GPO for group policies.
Add View ADM Templates to a GPO
To apply View component group policy settings to your View desktops, add their ADM template files to GPOs.
Prerequisites
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Create GPOs for the View component group policy settings and link them to the OU that contains your
View desktops.
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Verify that the Microsoft MMC and the Group Policy Object Editor snap-in are available on your Active
Directory server.
Procedure
1 Copy the View component ADM Template files from the install_directory \VMware\VMware
View\Server\extras\GroupPolicyFiles directory on your View Connection Server host to your Active
Directory server.
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