Manage desktop pools

Pool type

Access control

Data storage

Applicable scenarios

Static

Each desktop in a static desktop pool is assigned to only one user for exclusive use. These desktops are called static desktops.

You can assign one or multiple static desktops to a user.

Static desktops are persistent. They save user data and preference settings in the operating system. The saved data and settings will persist through a restart. This persistence feature makes static desktops a good option for business use in offices.

Dynamic

• The desktops in a dynamic desktop pool are called dynamic desktops. They are dynamically assigned to users in a preauthorization list. When the system receives a request from a preauthorized user, the system randomly selects a desktop from the dynamic desktop pool for the user.

• The system releases the dynamic desktop assigned to a user if that user disconnects from the desktop and fails to reconnect to the desktop within the graceful period. Then, the system can assign the released desktop to any other user.

Dynamic desktops are not persistent. When the desktop reboots, any data and previous user settings saved on it are lost.

Dynamic desktop pools are applicable to public service facilities such as public training and teaching and reading rooms in libraries.

Manual

• A manual desktop pool is analogous to a dynamic desktop pool except that the administrator can set restore points for future data and configuration restoration. The desktops in a manual desktop pool are called manual desktops.

• The system releases the manual desktop assigned to a user if that user disconnects from the desktop and fails to reconnect to the desktop within the graceful period. Then, the system can assign the released desktop to any other user.

A manual desktop can be administratively restored to the state when the most recent restore point was created. The data and settings saved on a manual desktop are not cleared when the manual desktop is released. The administrator must restore the desktop to a restore point as needed before assigning the desktop to a new user.

This type of desktop pool is applicable to volatile scenarios that require system rollback.

Shared

• Each desktop in a shared desktop pool can be assigned to multiple users for simultaneous use and collaboration. These desktops are called shared desktops.

• You can assign one or multiple shared desktops to a user.

Each user logs in to a shared desktop with an account name identical to the login username. On a shared desktop, all users use the same C drive and can access only their respective user files in the C:\Users folder. The users share the data disks on the shared desktop.

Shared desktops are persistent. They save user data and preference settings in the operating system. The saved data and settings will persist through a restart.

This type of desktop pool is applicable to collaboration between multiple users on a Windows endpoint in the office scenario.

Authorization type

Access control

Data storage

Applicable scenarios

Single (dedicated) user

Each IDV client is accessible to only one user.

The user has access to all drives available on the physical client and the cloud disk assigned to the user at the server end.

This type of desktop pool is applicable to privacy-sensitive scenarios such as home offices, personal desktops, and financial data processing.

Multiple users

All IDV clients in the pool are shared by the specified users or user groups. Any one of the specified users can access an IDV client in the pool to obtain desktop services as long as that client is idle.

The users have access only to the system disk (the C drive) on the client endpoint and the cloud disk assigned to each of them.

This type of desktop pool is applicable to client sharing scenarios such as deployment of desktops for teachers in classrooms.

Anonymous users

Allows anyone to access an IDV desktop as a guest without providing user account information.

Anonymous users do not have cloud disks. They can use only the storage on the client endpoints.

Anonymous access is applicable to public service scenarios such as government service centers, libraries, and nurse stations.

Authorization type

Access control

Data storage

Applicable scenarios

Single (dedicated) user

Each VOI client is accessible to only one user.

The user has access to all drives available on the physical client and the cloud disk assigned to the user at the server end.

This type of desktop pool is applicable to privacy-sensitive scenarios such as home offices, personal desktops, and financial data processing.

Multiple users

All VOI clients in the pool are shared by the specified users or user groups. Any one of the specified users can access a VOI client in the pool to obtain desktop services as long as that client is idle.

The users have access only to the system disk (the C drive) on the client endpoint and the cloud disk assigned to each of them.

This type of desktop pool is applicable to client sharing scenarios such as deployment of desktops for teachers in classrooms.

Anonymous access

Allows anyone to access a VOI desktop as a guest without providing user account information.

Anonymous users do not have cloud disks. They can use only the storage on the client endpoints.

Anonymous access is applicable to public service scenarios such as government service centers, libraries, and nurse stations.