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Additional Configuration: Desktop Provision Customization

Provisioned Desktops -- Customization Specification

You can customize the cloned image to provision new desktops using HyWorks Desktop pools. HyWorks uses Microsoft Sysprep or HyWorks Hyprep utility integrated with HyWorks DVMTools to customize the Windows machines.

The following configurations are used in Desktop tools to customize the VM:

  1. Owner Name: Registered Owner of the Desktop

  2. Organization Name: Registered Organization name of the Desktop

  3. Computer Name: Computer Name of the Desktop. To keep each Desktop identical, HyWorks Controller will append the provided computer name with a hyphen and a unique number in the format Desktop Name-XXXX (Where XXXX represents numbering starting from 0001). The computer name cannot be more than 15 characters long. (* Mandatory field if customization is enabled)

  4. Local Username: The new local user will be created on the new Desktop. (Optional)

    Warning

    If the Local Username field is left blank, ensure that at least one local admin other than the Administrator user is already available on the gold image. This is required as post-Sysprep administrator user gets disabled, which could lead to configuration with no local administrator.

  5. Local Password: Password to be set for the new local user (*Mandatory field if the local username is provided)

  6. Workgroup/ Domain Configurations:

    1. Join a workgroup: The option is selected by default, and entries are required in the Workgroup Input box.

    2. Join a Domain: To join new desktops to the existing Domain, configure the following fields:

      1. Domain Name: e.g., accopssystem.com (Mandatory if Join a Domain combo box is selected).

      2. Username: User with privileges to join a machine to the domain, e.g., domain admin user (Mandatory if Join a domain combo box is selected).

      3. Password and Confirm Domain Password: Password for domain admin user (Mandatory if Join a domain combo box is selected).

  7. DNS Configurations:

    1. Preferred DNS: Preferred DNS to be configured in network settings (Optional).

    2. Alternate DNS: Alternate DNS to be configured in network settings (Optional).

  8. AD Path: Full OU path to which this computer should be registered. The provided domain username should have adequate rights to create objects in specified OU (Optional).

  9. AD Group: Comma separate values for active directory groups. The machine will be made a member of these groups after the deployment.

  10. Select Locale: To configure the local language of the new Desktop.

  11. OS Product Key: The provided product key will be applied to the new desktop; however, if creating multiple desktops, then this should be a mass activation key or should be left blank for activating the OS later manually.