Assigning users and groups to Horizon View sites

Previously in this chapter, we then about using Horizon View sites to control desktop assignments within a global entitlement. Using sites, Horizon View can restrict or prioritize the desktop assignment as follows:

• When the global entitlement has the --requireHomeSite option enabled, users are required to have a home site specified before they can be assigned a desktop
• When the global entitlement has the --fromHome option enabled, Horizon View will attempt to assign a desktop from their specified home site before assigning desktops located in other sites.
• Depending on the configuration of the global entitlement --scope setting, based on which pod they are connected to, they might be restricted to desktops in a specific site or even pod within a site (for sites that have more than one pod)

Getting ready

In the Configuring a VMware Horizon View Federated Pod section, we assigned our pods to sites named RTP and Santa-Clara. In this section, we will...