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When you create a desktop pool, you select configuration options that determine how the pool is managed
and how users interact with the desktops.
These provisioning tasks apply to desktop pools that are deployed on single-user machines. They do not
apply to RDS desktop pools. However, the Adobe Flash quality and throttling settings apply to all types of
desktop pools, including RDS.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“User Assignment in Desktop Pools,” on page 103
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“Naming Machines Manually or Providing a Naming Pattern,” on page 104
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“Manually Customizing Machines,” on page 109
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“Desktop Pool Settings for All Desktop Pool Types,” on page 111
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“Adobe Flash Quality and Throttling,” on page 114
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“Setting Power Policies for Desktop Pools,” on page 115
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“Configuring 3D Rendering on Windows 7 or Later Desktops,” on page 120
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“Prevent Access to View Desktops Through RDP,” on page 124
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“Deploying Large Desktop Pools,” on page 124
User Assignment in Desktop Pools
You can configure a desktop pool so that users have dedicated assignments or floating assignments to the
machines in the pool. You must choose a user assignment for automated pools that contain full virtual
machines, automated linked-clone pools, and manual pools.
With a dedicated assignment, View assigns each entitled user to one machine in the pool. When a user
connects to the pool, the user always logs in to the same machine. The user's settings and data are saved
between sessions. No other user in the pool can access the machine.
With a floating assignment, View dynamically assigns machines in the pool to entitled users. Users connect
to a different machine each time they log in. When a user logs off, the machine is returned to the pool.
You can configure floating-assignment machines to be deleted when users log off. Automatic deletion lets
you keep only as many virtual machines as you need at one time. You can use automatic deletion only in
automated pools that you provision with a machine-naming pattern and a total number of machines.
Floating-assignment machines let you reduce software licensing costs.
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