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Global Privileges
Global privileges control system-wide operations, such as viewing and changing global settings. Roles that
contain only global privileges cannot be applied to folders.
Table 2-7 describes the global privileges and lists the predefined roles that contain each privilege.
Table 2-7. Global Privileges
Privilege User Capabilities Predefined Roles
Console Interaction Log in to and use View Administrator. Administrators
Administrators (Read only)
Inventory Administrators
Inventory Administrators (Read only)
Global Configuration and Policy Administrators
Global Configuration and Policy Administrators
(Read only)
Direct Interaction Use PowerShell commands and command
line utilities, except for vdmadmin and
vdmimport.
Administrators must have the Administrators
role on the root folder to use the vdmadmin
and vdmimport commands.
Administrators
Administrators (Read only)
Manage Global
Configuration and
Policies
View and modify global policies and
configuration settings except for
administrator roles and permissions.
Administrators
Global Configuration and Policy Administrators
Manage Roles and
Permissions
Create, modify, and delete administrator
roles and permissions.
Administrators
Register Agent Install View Agent on unmanaged desktop
sources such as physical systems, standalone
virtual machines, and terminal servers.
During View Agent installation, you must
provide your administrator login credentials
to register the unmanaged desktop source
with the View Connection Server instance.
Administrators
Agent Registration Administrators
Object-Specific Privileges
Object-specific privileges control operations on specific types of inventory objects. Roles that contain object-
specific privileges can be applied to folders.
Table 2-8 describes the object-specific privileges. The predefined roles Administrators and Inventory
Administrators contain all of these privileges.
Table 2-8. Object-Specific Privileges
Privilege User Capabilities Object
Enable Pool Enable and disable desktop pools. Desktop pool
Entitle Pool Add and remove user entitlements. Desktop pool
Manage Composer Pool
Image
Resync, Refresh, and Rebalance linked-clone pools and
change the default pool image.
Desktop pool
Manage Desktop Perform all desktop and session-related operations. Desktop
Manage Local Sessions Roll back and initiate replications for local desktops. Desktop
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