Creating a vCenter role and granting permissions

VMware Horizon requires access to the vCenter Server in order to perform tasks related to the creation or management of virtual desktops. To facilitate this access, we first need to create an Active Directory (AD) user account that the Horizon Connection Server will use to access the vCenter Server; in this chapter, we will use an account named svc-horizon. To make it easier to update the Horizon Connection Server AD account in the future, we will create a vCenter role that includes all the required privileges. Once created, the role can be quickly applied to AD user accounts. Perform the following steps to create the role in vCenter:

  1. In vSphere Web Client, navigate to HomeAdministration ...

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