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Table Of Contents
- Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Installation
- View Administrator
- Virtual Desktop Deployment
- Client Management
- View Client and View Portal
- Client Connections from the Internet
- Creating SSL Server Certificates
- Using Existing SSL Certificates
- Smart Card Authentication
- RSA SecurID Authentication
- View Client Command Line Options
- Virtual Printing
- View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
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Chapter 4 Virtual Desktop Deployment
Entitling a Desktop or Pool
Onceadesktopordesktoppoolhasbeencreated,youcanentitleActiveDirectoryusers
orgroupstoaccessit.
To entitle a desktop to an Active Directory user or group
1FromwithinViewAdministrator,clicktheDesktopsandPoolsbuttonandthen
clicktheGlobaldesktopandpoolviewentryundertheInventorytab.Choosethe
desktoporpoolyouwanttoen
titlefromtheGlobaldesktopandpoolviewpane.
2ClickEntitlements.YouarepresentedwiththeEntitlementswindowwhichlists
theusersandgroupswhocanusethisdesktoporpool.ClickAdd.
3Theuserandgroupentitlementwindowisdisplayed.Fromhereyouview,search
on,andfilterallAc
tiveDirectoryuserswithinthedomainforest.
4InType,selectUserscheckbox,Groupscheckbox,orboth.
5FromtheDomaindropdownlist,choosethedomainthatcontainstheusersor
groupsyouwanttoentitle,orselectEntireDirectorytosearchacrosstheentire
ActiveDirectorydomainforest.
6Usingthefi
eldsprovided,youcansearchbynameordescription.ClickFindto
executethesearch.
7Fromthetable,choosetheuserorgroupswhoyouwanttobeabletousethis
desktoporpoolandclickOK.
8YouarereturnedtothefirstpageoftheEntitlementswindow,whichnowcontain
s
theusersorgroupsyouselected.ClickOKtofinish.
Searching Desktops and Entitled Users and Groups
UsetheInventorytabtosearchforinformationaboutdesktopsandentitledusersand
groups.Youcaneithersearchbyusingthecolumnsinthetablesthatappearontheright
sideofthepageorsearchbyusingthecategoriesthatappearonthe leftsideofthepage.
To search columns in the Desktops Inventory view
1Fromwithinth
eViewAdministrator,clicktheDesktopsandPoolsbutton.
2IntheDesktopsfield(ontherightsideofthepage),clicktheDesktopsandPools,
DesktopSources,orActiveSessionstab.
N
OTEIfyouwanttoviewalistofallusersinthedomain,leavetheNameand
Descriptionfieldsblank.