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7Fromthetable,choosetheuserorgroupswhoyouwanttobeabletousethis
desktoporpoolandclickOK.
8YouarereturnedtothefirstpageoftheEntitlementswindow,whichnowcontains
theusersorgroupsyouselected.ClickOKtofinish.
Restricting View Desktop Access
YoucanusetherestrictedentitlementsfeaturetorestrictViewdesktopaccessbasedon
theViewConnectionServerinstancethatauserconnectsto.
Withrestrictedentitlements,youassignoneormoretagstoaViewConnectionServer
instance.Then,whenconfiguringadesktopordesktoppool,youselectthetags
ofthe
ViewConnectionServerinstancesthatyouwanttobeabletoaccessthedesktopor
desktoppool.WhenusersloginthroughataggedViewConnectionServerinstance,
theycanaccessonlythosedesktopsanddesktoppoolsthathaveatleastonematching
tagornotags.
Forexample,
yourdeploymentmightincludetwoViewConnectionServerinstances.
Thefirstinstancesupportsyourinternalusers.Thesecondinstanceispairedwitha
securityserverandsupportsyourexternalusers.Topreventexternalusersfrom
accessingcertaindesktops,youcouldsetuprestrictedentitlementsasfollows:
Assignthetag“Internal”totheViewConnectionServerinstancethatsupports
yourinternalusers.
Assignthetag“External”totheViewConnectionServerinstancethatispaired
withthesecurityserverandsupportsyourexternalusers.
Assignthe“Internal”tagtothedesktopsanddesktoppoolsthatshouldbe
accessibleonlytointernalusers.
Inthisexample,externaluserscannotseethedesktopsanddesktoppoolstaggedas
InternalbecausetheyloginthroughtheViewConnectionServertaggedasExternal.
Similarly,youcanuserestrictedentitlementsto
controldesktopaccessbasedonthe
userauthenticationmethodthatyouconfigureforaparticularViewConnectionServer
instance.Forexample,youcanmakecertaindesktopsavailableonlytouserswhohave
authenticatedwithasmartcard.
Therestrictedentitlementsfeatureonlyenforcestagmatching.Youmustdesignyour
networktopology
toforcecertainclientstoconnectthroughaparticularView
ConnectionServerinstance.