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Chapter 4 Virtual Desktop Deployment
6ConfigurethedesktoppropertiesandclickNext.
CAUTIONIfyouareusingWindowsVistaasyourParentVM,youmustsetthe
powerpolicytoEnsureVMisalwayspoweredon.
Property Parameter Description
State Enabled—afterbeingcreated,thedesktoppoolis
automaticallyenabledandreadyforimmediateuse.
Disabled—afterbeingcreated,thedesktoppoolis
disabledandunavailableforuse.Thisisanappropriate
settingifyouwanttoconductpostdeploymentactivities
suchastestingorotherformsofbaselinemaintenance.
WhenVMisno
tinuse Donothing(VMremainson)—Virtualmachinesthatare
poweredoffwillbestartedwhenrequiredandwillremain
on,evenwhennotinuse,untiltheyareshutdown.
EnsureVMisalwayspoweredon—Allvirtualmachines
inthepoolremainpoweredon,evenwhentheyareno
tin
use.Iftheyareshutdown,theywillimmediatelyrestart.
Suspend—Allvirtualmachinesinthepoolentera
suspendedstatewhennotinuse.
Poweroff—Allvirtualmachinesinthepoolshutdown
whennotinuse.
Automaticlogoffafter
disconnect
Immediately—usersareloggedoffassoonasthey
d
isconnect.
Never—usersareneverloggedoff.
After—thetimeafterwhichusersareloggedoffwhenthey
disconnect.Enterthedurationinminutesinthefield
provided.
Poweroffanddelete
virtualmachineafterfirst
use(nonpersistentpools
only)
Selectthischeckboxifyouwantthevirtualmachinetobe
delet
edimmediatelyaftertheuserlogsoff.
Ifnecessary,anewvirtualmachineisclonedtomaintaina
specificpoolsizeaftervirtualmachinesaredeleted.
Allowuserstoresettheir
desktop
Selectthischeckboxifyouwanttoallowdesktopusersto
beableresettheirowndesktopswithoutad
ministrative
assistance.
Allowmultiplesessions
peruser(nonpersistent
poolsonly)
Selectthischeckboxifyouwanttoallowindividualusers
tosimultaneouslyconnecttomultipledesktopsinthe
samepool.