Deploy an IDV desktop pool

After you create an IDV desktop pool, you can deploy desktops in the desktop pool and authorize users to use the desktops deployed in the pool. You can access the IDV desktop pool details page by using one of the following methods:

From the left navigation pane, select Desktops. Click the name of a desktop pool in the desktop pool list. This method is used in the following deployment procedure.
From the left navigation pane, select Desktops > Desktop pool group name > Desktop pool name in the desktop pool tree.
From the left navigation pane, select Desktops > Desktop pool group name. Click the name of a desktop pool in the desktop pool list.

Add IDV clients to an IDV desktop pool

An IDV client does not download the desktop image of a desktop pool if the MD5 checksum for the desktop image is the same as that for a desktop image saved on the local endpoint. Two image files are identical if they have the same MD5 checksum.

From the left navigation pane, select Desktops.
Click the name of the target IDV desktop pool in the desktop pool list.
Click the IDV Client List tab.
Click Select IDV Clients.

Select Rename IDV Client as needed. This option is selected by default. With this feature configured, aliases of the IDV clients that join a desktop pool will be renamed in the format of the desktop prefix and a serial number. For example, if the desktop prefix is Idv, IDV clients will be renamed Idv-001, Idv-002, and so forth.

If you do not rename aliases of the IDV clients that join a desktop pool, the following issues might occur:

Aliases of the IDV clients in this desktop pool are not consecutive.
The alias of a newly added IDV client is not consistent with the computer name of the operating system.
The alias of a newly added IDV client is the same as that of an existing IDV client in the desktop pool.

In the dialog box that opens, select the IDV clients to be added, and then click OK.

Authorize users to use IDV clients

You can manage policies for desktop pools, users, endpoints, or OUs on the policy group management page. For more information, see "Policy groups."
To avoid errors, do not authorize teacher users or student users to use the IDV clients in an office and education hybrid scenario.
For domain users that use desktops created based on an IDV desktop image, specify a Microsoft AD server as the DNS server on the IDV endpoints to enable automatic domain assignment for the domain users.
If trust domain configuration is enabled on the domain control server, specify the trust domain IP as the backup DNS server IP address. For more information about enabling trust domain configuration, see "Configure LDAP authentication."

If you create an IDV desktop pool for single-user or multi-user authorization, you must bind each IDV client with one user account or authorize users to share the desktops in the desktop pool, respectively.

If you create the desktop pool for anonymous users, you do not need to configure authorization. Any users can log in to the IDV clients in the pool to access desktop services without providing a username and password.

Configure single-user authorization

Perform this task to bind each IDV client in an IDV desktop pool to one user if that pool uses single-user (or dedicated user) authorization.

From the left navigation pane, select Desktops.
Click the name of the target IDV desktop pool in the desktop pool list.
Click the IDV Client List tab.
Perform the following tasks:
- To authorize a user to use an IDV client:
  Click in the Authorized User Login Name column for a client. In the dialog box that opens, select a user, and then click OK.
- To delete a user authorization:
  Click in the Authorized User Login Name column for a client. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

Configure multi-user authorization

Perform this task to authorize selected users or user groups to share the desktops in an IDV desktop pool if that pool uses multi-user authorization. The authorized users can use any idle clients in the desktop pool to obtain desktop services.

From the left navigation pane, select Desktops.
Click the name of the target IDV desktop pool in the desktop pool list.
Click the Users tab.
Perform the following tasks:
- To preauthorize users or user groups:
  Click Select Users or Select User Groups. In the dialog box that opens, select users or user groups, and then click OK.
- To delete user or user group preauthorizations:
  Select users or user groups, and then click Delete Authorizations. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.
- To recover user or user group preauthorizations:
  Click Recover Authorizations. Select deleted preauthorized users, user groups, or endpoints, and then click OK.