4.6

Configure Clients in Kiosk Mode
To configure Active Directory and View Manager to support clients in kiosk mode, you must perform several
tasks in sequence.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have the privileges required to perform the configuration tasks.
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Domain Admins or Account Operators credentials in Active Directory to make changes to the accounts
of users and groups in a domain.
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Administrators, Inventory Administrators, or an equivalent role to use View Administrator to entitle
users or groups to desktops.
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Administrators or an equivalent role to run the vdmadmin command.
Procedure
1 Prepare Active Directory and View Manager for Clients in Kiosk Mode on page 326
You must configure Active Directory to accept the accounts that you create to authenticate client devices.
Whenever you create a group, you must also entitle that group to the desktop pool that a client accesses.
You can also prepare the desktop pool that the clients use.
2 Set Default Values for Clients in Kiosk Mode on page 327
You can use the vdmadmin command to set the default values for the organizational unit, password expiry,
and group membership in Active Directory for clients in kiosk mode.
3 Display the MAC Addresses of Client Devices on page 328
If you want to create an account for a client that is based on its MAC address, you can use View Client
to discover the MAC address of the client device.
4 Add Accounts for Clients in Kiosk Mode on page 329
You can use the vdmadmin command to add accounts for clients to the configuration of a View Connection
Server group. After you add a client, it is available for use with a View Connection Server instance on
which you have enabled authentication of clients. You can also update the configuration of clients, or
remove their accounts from the system.
5 Enable Authentication of Clients in Kiosk Mode on page 331
You can use the vdmadmin command to enable authentication of clients that attempt to connect to their
desktops via a View Connection Server instance.
6 Verify the Configuration of Clients in Kiosk Mode on page 331
You can use the vdmadmin command to display information about clients in kiosk mode and View
Connection Server instances that are configured to authenticate such clients.
7 Connect to Desktops from Clients in Kiosk Mode on page 332
You can run View Client from the command line or use a script to connect a client to a remote session.
Prepare Active Directory and View Manager for Clients in Kiosk Mode
You must configure Active Directory to accept the accounts that you create to authenticate client devices.
Whenever you create a group, you must also entitle that group to the desktop pool that a client accesses. You
can also prepare the desktop pool that the clients use.
As a best practice, create a separate organizational unit and group to help minimize your work in administering
clients in kiosk mode. You can add individual accounts for clients that do not belong to any group, but this
creates a large administrative overhead if you configure more than a small number of clients.
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