Specifications

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A ActiveDirectory
AMicrosoftdirectoryservicethatstoresinformationaboutthenetworkoperating
systemandprovidesservices.ActiveDirectoryconfiguresandmanagesusersand
groupsandenablesadministratorstosetsecuritypolicies,controlresources,and
deployprogramsacrossanenterprise.
activesession
AliveconnectionfromaViewClientorViewPortal
usertoavirtualdesktop.An
establishedconnectiontoavirtualdesktopthathasnottimedout.
administratoruserinterface
TheWebbasedadministratoruserinterfaceusedtoperformconfigurationand
managementtasksinViewManager.AlsoknownastheViewAdministrator.
B broker
Alsoknownasaconnectionbroker .TheViewConnectionServerisatypeof
connectionbroker.
C connectionbroker
Aserverthatallowsconnectionsbetweenremoteusersandvirtualdesktopsand
providesauthenticationandsessionmanagement.TheViewConnectionServeris
atypeofconnectionbroker.
D datastore
Virtualrepresentationsofcombinationsofunderlyingphysicalstorageresources
inthedatacenter.Adatastoreisthestoragelocation(forexample,aphysicaldisk,
aRAID,oraSAN)forvirtualmachinefiles.
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