Persistent guest VMs

A guest VM is called persistent when it is assigned to a particular user. To make a guest VM persistent, do the following:

1. Begin publishing a desktop or a resource from a guest VM.
2. When specifying Virtual Guest Settings options, select Persistent.
3. Complete the publishing wizard.
4. As a result, the first user who uses a desktop or a resource from this guest VM will become the owner of the VM (i.e. the VM will be assigned to the user).

You can also manually assign a guest VM to a user. To do so:

1. Navigate to Farm > <Site> > VDI > Desktops.
2. Select a guest VM and click Tasks > Assign.
3. Select a user (enter your network credentials if asked) and click OK.
4. As a result, the guest VM will be assigned to the selected user.

To view persistent guest VMs, navigate to Farm > <Site> > VDI > Desktops. A persistent guest VM is identified by the "Persistent" value in the Assignment column.

To remove persistence from a guest VM, do one of the following:

• Select a guest VM on the Desktops tab and then click Tasks > Unassign.
• Navigate to Farm > <Site> > VDI > Desktops and click Tasks > Site defaults. In the dialog that opens, use the Auto remove persistence if guest VM was not used for option to select the time period after which persistence should be automatically removed. You can also type any desired time period, such as "1 week 3 days".