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 ...

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