Configuring the Horizon Instant Clone Engine

While Horizon does not require a Composer Server to deploy and manage Instant Clone desktops, we are required to provide an AD account that it will use to create and manage the Instant Clone desktop AD computer objects. In this section we will create the AD account, grant it the permissions required in AD, and provide the account details in the Horizon Administrator console.

Configuring the Instant Clone Engine AD user account

Horizon requires an AD account with specific permissions in order to manage the desktop AD computer objects for Instant Clone desktops. Refer to the Delegate permissions for Horizon Composer in Active Directory section of Chapter 3, Implementing Horizon Composer, for the procedure ...

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