Deploy a VDI desktop pool

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

Bulk deploy desktops

Procedure

Perform this task to deploy desktops depending on the business requirements.

When bulk deploying desktops running UOS or Kylin operating systems, enable Boot After Deploy, and assign these desktops to users 2 minutes after the deployment is completed. If you fail to do so, login failure occurs when the users perform SSO login.

  1. From the left navigation pane, select Desktops.

  2. Click the name of the target VDI desktop pool in the desktop pool list.

  3. Click Bulk Deploy.

  4. Configure basic deployment settings, and then click Next.

  5. Configure the network settings, and then click Next.

  6. Verify that the deployment configuration is correct, and then click Finish.

Parameters

Basic deployment settings

Network settings

Preauthorize users/OUs to use the desktop pool

About this task

To automatically assign idle desktops to users when they log in to their VDI clients, add their usernames, endpoints, or OUs to the preauthorization list.

If a VDI desktop pool is for endpoint users, authorization is performed on a per-endpoint basis. Users can access the desktops in the VDI desktop pool from preauthorized endpoints, without providing user account information.

If a static or dynamic VDI desktop pool is for local users or domain users, you can select whether to limit the authorization time during user preauthorization. With an authorization expiration date configured, the system will automatically delete the authorization upon authorization expiration.

  • You can manage policies for desktop pools, users, endpoints, or OUs on the policy group management page. For more information, see "Policy groups."

  • You can perform only preauthorization for a shared desktop pool. A shared desktop pool is not applicable to endpoint users.

  • To avoid errors, do not add teacher users or user groups, or student users or user groups to the preauthorization list in an office and education hybrid scenario.

  • To avoid errors, do not add endpoints or endpoint groups with Learningspace clients installed to the preauthorization list in an office and education hybrid scenario.

  • In a desktop pool for endpoint users, you can add only endpoints or endpoint groups whose authentication mode is endpoint authentication to the preauthorization list.

  • When you add a parent OU and a child OU to the preauthorization list simultaneously and select different authorization policies for them, the child OU uses its own authorization policy. The authorization policy of the parent OU does not take effect on the child OU.

  • For a shared desktop pool or physical host desktop pool, make sure the password of each user meets the password complexity requirements of the WinServer operating system. A user cannot connect to a desktop with an invalid password. A password must be at least 7-character long and contain at least three of the following character types: digits, uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and special characters.

Procedure

  1. From the left navigation pane, select Desktops.

  2. Click the name of the target VDI desktop pool in the desktop pool list, and then click Preauthorize.

  3. Manage users, user groups, and OUs in the preauthorization list:

    • To add users or endpoints to the preauthorization list:

      Click Select Users or Select Endpoints. Select one or multiple users or endpoints, and then click OK.

      In a static or dynamic VDI desktop pool, you can select whether to limit the authorization time during user preauthorization. If you select this option, click OK, specify an authorization expiration date, and then click OK again.

    • To add user groups to the preauthorization list:

      Click Select User Groups or Select Endpoint Groups. Select one or multiple user groups or endpoint groups, and then click OK.

    • To add OUs for domain users to the preauthorization list:

      Click Select OU. Select one or multiple OUs, and then click OK.

    • To remove preauthorized objects from the preauthorization list:

      Select one or multiple preauthorized objects, and then click Delete Authorizations. In the dialog box that opens, click OK. The users or endpoints will be unable to access any cloud desktops in the desktop pool.

    • To recover authorizations:

      Click Recover Authorizations. Select deleted preauthorized objects, and then click OK.

Authorize a user or endpoint to use a desktop

This task assigns specific desktops in a static desktop pool to the desired users and endpoints. If a static desktop pool is for local users or domain users, you can select whether to limit the authorization time during user preauthorization. With the authorization expiration settings configured, the system will automatically perform the specified action upon authorization expiration.

  • 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 desktops in an office and education hybrid scenario.

  • To avoid errors, do not authorize endpoints with Learningspace clients installed to use the desktops in an office and education hybrid scenario.

  • In a desktop pool for endpoint users, you can configure only endpoints whose authentication mode is endpoint authentication to use the desktops.

Perform this task to manually authorize a user or endpoint to use a desktop.

  1. From the left navigation pane, select Desktops.

  2. Click the name of the target VDI desktop pool in the desktop pool list.

  3. Click the Desktops tab, and then perform the following tasks:

    • To authorize a user or endpoint to user a desktop:

      In the Authorized User Login Name or Authorized Endpoint column for a desktop, click the Search to Add icon. In the dialog box that opens, select a user or endpoint, and then click OK.

      If the desktop pool is a static desktop pool for local users or domain users, you can select whether to limit the authorization time during user preauthorization. If you select this option, click OK, specify an authorization expiration date and an action to take upon authorization expiration, and then click OK again.

    • To delete user authorizations:

      • To delete a single user authorization, in the Authorized User Login Name column for a desktop, click the icon for a user. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

      • To delete user authorizations in bulk, select one or multiple desktops, click More on top of the desktop list, and then select Delete Authorizations. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

    • To recover user authorizations for a desktop:

      Click More in the Actions column for a desktop, and then select Recover Authorizations. Select deleted authorization objects, and then click OK.