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.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- 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...
