Managing Published Desktops

Publishing a Desktop

The following sections of this guide describe in detail how to publish a desktop from different types of machines:

• Publishing a Desktop from a Terminal Server
• Publishing a Virtual Desktop from a Guest
• Publishing a Desktop from a Remote PC

Configuring a Published Desktop

When publishing a desktop using a wizard, you have to specify the desktop settings, such as display size, etc. You can modify these options after the desktop has been published.

To modify a published desktop, select it in the Published Resources tree in the Publishing category.

Configuring From Which Sites a Published Desktop is Available

By default, a published desktop is available through all of the available sites. To restrict access to a specific site or a site group, select a desktop in the Published Resources tree and then click the Sites tab in the right pane. Select the sites from which the desktop should be available.

Note : For the Sites tab to be available, you need more than site in a farm.

Configuring From Which Terminal Servers a Desktop is Published

When configuring a Terminal Server desktop, you can specify from which servers it should be published. To do so, click the Publish From tab and select the desired servers.

Configuring Desktop Resolution and Other Properties

Depending on the desktop type, click the Desktop , Remote PC Desktop , or Virtual Desktop tab to configure the desktop name, description, icon, resolution, and some other settings.

Configuring Shortcuts Options for a Published Desktop

Click the Shortcuts tab to enable the creation of shortcuts on the user desktops, shortcuts in the Start folder, and shortcut in the Auto Start folder. When the Auto Start shortcut is enabled, the application will start when the user's computer is started.

Note: This option is not available on all operating systems.

The Filtering Tab

Filtering is comprehensively described in the Filtering Rules by User, Client, MAC, and Gateway section .