Chapter 10. Creating Horizon Desktop Pools
A Horizon desktop pool is a collection of desktops that users select when they log in using the Horizon client. A pool can be created based on a subset of users, such as finance, but this is not explicitly required unless you will be deploying multiple virtual desktop master images. The pool can be thought of as a central point of desktop management within Horizon: from it you create, manage, and entitle access to Horizon desktops. This chapter will discuss how to create a desktop pool using the Horizon Administrator console, an important administrative task.
By the end of this chapter we will learn:
An overview of Horizon desktop pools
Desktop pool common terms
How to create three different types of Horizon desktop pools
How to monitor the provisioning of Horizon desktop pools
Common problems encountered when provisioning a Horizon desktop pool
How to manage entitlements to Horizon desktop pools
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