VMware Horizon 6 RDS Application Pools allow administrators to deliver a single application to many users. The application runs on a farm of RDS hosts.
Before proceeding with the deployment, it is required to have a Farm configured in the environment.
Blog series
VMware Horizon 6 - part 1 install Connection Server
VMware Horizon 6 - part 2 basic configuration
VMware Horizon 6 - part 3 setup RDS Host
VMware Horizon 6 - part 4 install View Composer
VMware Horizon 6 - part 5 setup Linked-Clone Desktop
VMware Horizon 6 - part 6 deploy RDS Desktops
VMware Horizon 6 - part 7 deploy RDS Application Pools
VMware Horizon 6 - part 8 connect View Desktop
Deploy an Application Pool
Open the View Administrator console and navigate to Catalog > Desktop Pools. Click on Add button to create a new application pool.
Select the RDS farm previously created and select the applications to create as application pools. Click Next.
Edit the ID or the Display Name then click Finish to create the Application Pool.
Since we didn't entitled any user to view desktops and applications yet, the Add Entitlements window appears. For now click Cancel to close the window.
The selected applications are now listed in the Application Pools.
Entitle users to a Desktops Pool
Open the View Administrator console and navigate to Catalog > Desktop Pools. Select the Desktop Pool to entitle, click on Entitlements button and select Add entitlement option.
Click Add to add users and groups.
Click Find button and select from the list the users or groups to add then click OK.
When done, click OK to entitle selected users and groups to the selected Desktop Pool.
In the Entitled column you can check the number of entitlements.
Entitle users to an Application Pool
Open the View Administrator console and navigate to Catalog > Application Pools. Select the applications to entitle, click on Entitlements button and select Add entitlement option.
Click Add to add users and groups. Click Find button and select from the list the users or groups to add then click OK.
When done, click OK to entitle users and groups to the selected Application Pool.
Repeat same steps to entitle/unentitle additional users/groups.
The installation of Horizon 6 is now complete. Last step covers the use of the Horizon Clients to connect to View desktops and applications.
