Pooled Virtual Applications

Pre-requisites

Shared VDI or application delivery will require Windows Server 2008R2 or later to be installed with Accops HyWorks Session Host Server Module.

Refer section Accops HyWorks Session Host Server Installation for the installation process.

Refer section Resource Configurations in Shared VDI & Add Session Providers for the Session Providers configuration into HyWorks.

Publish Applications

Until now the deployment has following configurations:

1. Authentication Domain configured with appropriate authentication servers

2. Appropriate Shared Session Host Server configured to server applications to end users.

Publish Applications and Make Entitlements

1. Go to Configuration > Workspace > Applications section

2. Click Add '+' to invoke the Add Application wizard

3. In Add Application Wizard,

   1. In Application Information tab:

      1. Select Application Platform as windows or linux

      2. Select Session Team using dropdown in Browse Application Details section

      3. Select RDS Server from next dropdown screen

      4. Click Browse and to the folder where application executable file is saved and select the application.exe.

      5. Click Get Details to go back to Add Application wizard

      6. Application Path and Application Internal Name will get filled automatically for windows, for linux need manually enter.

      7. Provide appropriate entry for Application Display Name

   2. Click Next to proceed to Additional Settings tab and configure following settings if required.
      1. In User Context section, select Run As option and provide required information.
      2. In Folder Information section, select folder option as per your requirement.
      3. In Launch Settings section, configure setting which is to be used to launch application.
      4. In Access Settings section, configure settings which will determine where to show application for access.

   3. Click Next to proceed

   4. In Select Teams and Server tab, select the displayed server team or specific RDS server

   5. Click Next to proceed to add users or group OUs from Entitlements tab if required

   6. Click Save.

This completes adding of application and now it will be listed in the Applications section.

Assign Entitlements

Assign entitlements once applications are published as follows:

1. Go to Configuration > Workspace > Entitlements

   1. Click User to view, add or update entitlements assigned to Users.

   2. Click Groups to view, add or update entitlements assigned to Groups.

   3. Click OUs to view, add or update entitlements assigned to OUs.

   4. Click on Pools to view, add or update entitlements assigned to user-based pools.

2. To add new entitlements e.g. Users Entitlements, click Add Entitlement

3. In Add Entitlements wizard,

   1. Click Add Users, search and select required users. Users are searched from configured the authorization server.

   2. Click Next to proceed to Applications tab to select the applications to be assigned to the selected users.

   3. Click Next and proceed to Connection Profiles to select the connection profile to be assigned to users. Select None if you do not want to assign user-specific connection profile.

   4. Click Save.

All selected Users will now be shown in the Entitlements > Users section with the applications assigned to them.

Use the above process to configure Group-, OU-, or Pool- based entitlements.

Once the entitlements are assigned, when users log in they will be displayed apps and shared hosted desktops assigned to them.

User Logon For Verification

Use the steps provided on page User Logon to verify configuration.