Preparing Active Directory; Configuring Domains And Trust Relationships; N "Configuring Domains And Trust Relationships - VMware View Manager 4.5 Installation Manual

Preparing Active Directory

View uses your existing Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure for user authentication and management.
You must perform certain tasks to prepare Active Directory for use with View.
View supports the following versions of Active Directory:
Windows 2000 Active Directory
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Windows 2003 Active Directory
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Windows 2008 Active Directory
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This chapter includes the following topics:
"Configuring Domains and Trust Relationships,"
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"Creating an OU for View Desktops,"
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"Creating OUs and Groups for Kiosk Mode Client Accounts,"
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"Creating Groups for View Users,"
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"Creating a User Account for vCenter Server,"
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"Create a User Account for View Composer,"
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"Configure the Restricted Groups Policy,"
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"Using View Group Policy Administrative Template Files,"
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"Prepare Active Directory for Smart Card Authentication,"
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Configuring Domains and Trust Relationships

You must join each View Connection Server host to an Active Directory domain. The host must not be a domain
controller. You place View desktops in the same domain as the View Connection Server host or in a domain
that has a two-way trust relationship with the View Connection Server host's domain.
You can entitle users and groups in the View Connection host's domain to View desktops and pools. You can
also select users and groups from the View Connection Server host's domain to be administrators in View
Administrator. To entitle or select users and groups from a different domain, you must establish a two-way
trust relationship between that domain and the View Connection Server host's domain.
Users are authenticated against Active Directory for the View Connection Server host's domain and against
any additional user domains with which a trust agreement exists.
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do not need to reside in an Active Directory domain.
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