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Table 2-5. Permissions on the Role Tab for Inventory Administrators
Administrator Folder
view-domain.com\Admin1
/MarketingDesktops
Manage Administrators
Users who have the Administrators role can use View Administrator to add and remove administrator users
and groups.
The Administrators role is the most powerful role in View Administrator. Initially, members of the local
Administrators group (BUILTIN\Administrators) on your View Connection Server host are given the
Administrators role in View Administrator.
NOTE By default, the Domain Admins group is a member of the local Administrators group. If you do not
want
domain administrators to have full access to inventory objects and View configuration settings, you must
remove the Domain Admins group from the local Administrators group.
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Create an Administrator on page 26
To create an administrator, you select a user or group from your Active Directory users and groups in
View Administrator and assign an administrator role.
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Remove an Administrator on page 27
You can remove an administrator user or group. You cannot remove the last super administrator in the
system. A super administrator is an administrator that has the Administrators role on the root folder.
Create an Administrator
To create an administrator, you select a user or group from your Active Directory users and groups in View
Administrator and assign an administrator role.
Prerequisites
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Familiarize yourself with the predefined administrator roles. See “Predefined Roles and Privileges,” on
page 32.
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Familiarize yourself with the best practices for creating administrator users and groups. See “Best Practices
for Administrator Users and Groups,” on page 37.
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To assign a custom role to the administrator, create the custom role. See “Add a Custom Role,” on
page 31.
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To create an administrator that can manage specific desktop pools, create a folder and move the desktop
pools to that folder. See “Manage and Review Folders,” on page 29.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, select View Configuration > Administrators.
2 On the Administrators and Groups tab, click Add User or Group.
3 Click Add, select one or more search criteria, and click Find to filter Active Directory users or groups based
on your search criteria.
4 Select the Active Directory user or group that you want to be an administrator user or group, click OK
and click Next.
You can press the Ctrl and Shift keys to select multiple users and groups.
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