3.5. Installing and Configuring VMM Self-Service Portal

Unlike the VMM Administrator Console, the VMM Self-Service Portal is an optional client component. It's designed to for self-service users to create and manage their own virtual machines within a controlled environment through a portable and accessible browser-based interface, thereby avoiding the need to install the VMM administrative client.

Things You Should Know about Self-Service Portal

For better performance, it's recommended that VMM Self-Service Portal should be installed on a different computer than the computer on which the VMM server is installed. And the more self-service users you plan to have, the more Self-Service Portals you should deploy.

You can install more Self-Service ...

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