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6ConfigurethedesktoppropertiesandclickNext.
7Fromthelistprovided,selectthevirtualmachineyouwanttouseastheindividual
desktop.ClickNext.
8Youarepresentedwithasummaryoftheconfigurationsettingsforthis
deployment.
 Ifyouareunsatisfiedwithanyaspectoftheconfigurationyoucanusethe
Backbuttontorevisitanypreviouspage.
 IfyouaresatisfiedwiththeconfigurationclickFinishtodeploytheindividual
desktop.
CAUTIONIfyouareusingWindowsVistaasyourParentVM,youmustsetthe
powerpolicytoEnsureVMisalwayspoweredon.
Property Parameter Description
State Enabled—afterbeingcreated,thedesktopisautomatically
enabledandreadyforimmediateuse.
Disabled—afterbeingcreated,thedesktopisdisabledand
unavailableforuse.Thisisanappropriatesettingifyouwant
toconductpostdeploymentactivitiessuchastestingorother
formsofbaselinemaintenance.
WhenVMisnotinus
e Donothing(VMremainson)—Virtualmachinesthatare
poweredoffwillbestartedwhenrequiredandwillremainon,
evenwhennotinuse,untiltheyareshutdown.
EnsureVMisalwayspoweredon—Allvirtualmachinesin
thepoolremainpoweredon,evenwhentheyarenotinuse.If
th
eyareshutdown,theywillimmediatelyrestart.
Suspend—Allvirtualmachinesinthepoolenterasuspended
statewhennotinuse.
Poweroff—Allvirtualmachinesinthepoolshutdownwhen
notinuse.
Automaticlogoffafter
disconnect
Immediately—usersareloggedoffassoonastheydisconnect.
Never—usersar
eneverloggedoff.
After—thetimeafterwhichusersareloggedoffwhenthey
disconnect.Enterthedurationinminutesinthefieldprovided.
Allowuserstoreset
theirdesktop
Selectthischeckboxifyouwanttoallowdesktopuserstobe
ableresettheirowndesktopswithoutadministrative
assistance.