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Chapter 4 Virtual Desktop Deployment
Understanding Tag Matching
TherestrictedentitlementsfeatureusestagmatchingtodeterminewhetheraView
ConnectionServerinstancecanaccessaparticularViewdesktopordesktoppool.
Atthemostbasiclevel,tagmatchingdeterminesthataViewConnectionServer
instancewithaspecifictagcanaccessadesktopordesktoppoolthathas
thesametag.
TheabsenceoftagassignmentscanalsoaffectwhetheraViewConnectionServer
instancecanaccessadesktopordesktoppool.Forexample,ViewConnectionServer
instancesthatdonothaveanytagscanonlyaccessdesktopsanddesktoppoolsthat
alsodonothaveanytags.
Table 41
showshowtherestrictedentitlementfeaturedetermineswhenaView
ConnectionServercanaccessadesktopordesktoppool.
Considerations and Limitations
AsingleViewConnectionServerinstance,desktop,ordesktoppoolcanhavemultiple
tags.MultipleViewConnectionServerinstances,desktops,anddesktoppoolscanhave
thesametag.
DesktopsanddesktoppoolsthatdonothaveanytagscanbeaccessedbyanyView
ConnectionServerinstance.ViewConnectionServerinstances
thatdonothaveany
tagscanonlyaccessdesktopsanddesktoppoolsthatalsodonothaveanytags.
Ifyouuseasecurityserver,youmustconfigurerestrictedentitlementsontheView
ConnectionServerinstancethesecurityserverispairedwith.Youcannotconfigure
restrictedentitlementsonasecurity
server.
YoucannotmodifyorremoveatagfromaViewConnectionServerinstanceifthattag
isstillassignedtoadesktopordesktoppoolandnootherViewConnectionServer
instanceshaveamatchingtag.
Restrictedentitlementstakeprecedenceoverotherdesktopentitlements.Forexample,
evenifauseris
entitledtoaparticulardesktop,theuserwillnotbeabletoaccessthat
desktopifthedesktopʹstagdoesnotmatchthetagassignedtotheViewConnection
Serverinstancethattheuserconnectedto.
Table 4-1. Tag Matching Rules
View Connection Server Desktop/Desktop Pool Access Permitted?
Notags Notags Yes
Notags Oneormoretags No
Oneormoretags Notags Yes
Oneormoretags Oneormoretags Onlywhentagsmatch