User Profile Management with Omnissa Dynamic Environment Manager in Horizon Cloud

Objective and Tasks

Use Omnissa Dynamic Environment Manager to customize the user experience in Horizon Cloud:

  1. Edit a Single-Session Pool to Use with Omnissa Dynamic Environment Manager
  2. Edit a Multi-Session Pool to Use with Omnissa Dynamic Environment Manager
  3. Use Horizon Client to Connect to the Pool
Task 1: Edit a Single-Session Pool to Use with Omnissa Dynamic Environment Manager

You configure the path information and then edit the single-session pool to use Omnissa Dynamic Environment Manager in the environment.

  1. Go to https://connect.omnissa.com and log in to the Omnissa Cloud Services console.
    • User name: horizonseals<student_number>@techseals.co
    • Password: Omnissa1!Omnissa1!
    • Launch Horizon Cloud.
  1. Navigate to Dynamic Environment Manager.
    • From the left navigation pane of Horizon Console, select Settings.
    • Under Dynamic Environment Manager, click MANAGE.
  1. Configure Dynamic Environment Manager.
    • Under Dynamic Environment Manager page, click ADD.
    • Add Dynamic Environment Manager configuration page appears.
    • Enter DEM-Techseals in the Name text box.
    • Enter \\DEM-Manager.techseals.co\DEMConfig\general in the Configuration share path text box.
    • Click SAVE.
  1. Navigate to Floating Desktop Pool.
    • From the left navigation pane, select Resources > Pools.
    • Select Floating-<student_number>.
    • Click EDIT.
  1. Enable Dynamic Environment Manager on Edit pool page.
    • Under Desktop, leave the other options unchanged and click NEXT.  
    • Under Network, leave the other options unchanged and click NEXT.
    • Under Dynamic Environment Manager, select DEM-Techseals from the drop-down menu.
    • Click SAVE.
  1. Entitle a DEM user to the desktop pool.
    • From the navigation pane on the left, select Desktop & App Catalog.
    • On the Desktops tab, select the Floating Win11 Pool check box.
    • From the ENTITLEMENT drop-down menu, select ENTITLE.
  1. Entitle Desktops page opens.
    • Enter DEMUser<student_number> in the Add users search box and select the user from the list.
    • Click SAVE.
Task 2: Edit a Multisession Pool to Use with Dynamic Environment Manager

You configure the path information and then edit the multisession pool group to use VMware Dynamic Environment in the environment.

  1. If required go to  https://connect.omnissa.com and log in to the Omnissa Cloud Services console.
    • User name: horizonseals<student_number>@techseals.co
    • Password: Omnissa1Omnissa1
    • Under Horizon Cloud, click LAUNCH.
  1. Navigate to Multi-session Desktop Pool.
    • From the left navigation pane, select Resources > Pools.
    • Select W22-MS-<student_number>-Pool .
    • Click EDIT.
  1. Enable Dynamic Environment Manager on Edit pool page.
    • Under Desktop, leave the other options unchanged and click NEXT.  
    • Under Network, leave the other options unchanged and click NEXT.
    • Under Dynamic Environment Manager, select DEM-Techseals from the drop-down menu.
    • Click SAVE.
  1. Entitle a DEM user to the desktop pool.
    • From the navigation pane on the left, select Desktop & App Catalog.
    • On the Desktops tab, select the MS Win2022 Pool check box.
    • From the ENTITLEMENT drop-down menu, select ENTITLE.
    • Entitle Desktops page opens.
  1. Enter DEMUser<student_number> in the Add users search box and select the user from the list.
    • Click SAVE.
Task 3: Use Horizon Client to Connect to the Pool

You test the connectivity to the single-session pool using Horizon Client. You connect to both a desktop session and an application session.

  1. Access Horizon Client.
    • Double-click the cloud.omnissahorizon.com icon.
    • Omnissa Horizon SSO page open on your default browser.
  1. On the Sign in with SSO page using browser .
    • Enter amerhcsmadm<student_number> in the text box.
    • Click Continue.
    • Workspace ONE Intelligence Hub page opens.
    • From the Select Your Domain drop-down menu, select techseals.co.
    • Click NEXT.
  1. Log in with the user account that you entitled to desktops and applications.
    • User name: DEMuser<student_number>  
    • Password: Omnissa1!Omnissa1!
    • You are redirected back to Horizon Client.
  1. Access the Desktop.
    • To access a desktop, double-click the Floating Windows 11 Pool icon.
      • If required, allow pop-up windows.
      • If prompted, allow the unsecured connection.
      • This allowance is required because the class uses a self-signed certificate.
      • If a pop-up window appears prompting you to manage displays, click Allow.
  1. You will notice all the shortcuts redirected from DEM
    • Open Windows Explorer inside the Virtual Desktop
  1. In File Explorer, notice the Drive mapped as Class Materials (V:)
  1. To Test it further, create a folder inside the Virtual Dekstop
    • In the example DEMUser15 is created
    • Upon logoff and login to a different VDI with DEM Enabled, the folder exists.
    • DEM makes the user data persistent across the VDIs
  1. Upon a similar test
    • Non DEM user which is HCSMADM, data upon logoff and login will not be persistent.

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