Publishing a desktop

Note: When you publish one or more applications from a pool or template, you cannot publish a desktop from it. Likewise, if you publish a desktop from a VDI pool or specific template, you cannot publish individual applications from it.

To publish a remote desktop from a guest VM, follow the below procedure:

1. In the RAS Console, select the Publishing category and click the Add icon below the Published Resources tree. This will launch the publishing wizard.
2. In the first step of the wizard select Desktop and click Next.
3. On the Select Desktop Type page, select Virtual Desktop and click Next.
4. On the Virtual Desktop page, enter a desktop name, an optional description, and change the icon if needed.
5. In the Guest VM settings section, specify from where the desktop should be published. First, you need to select an option in the Connect to drop-down list and then specify an additional parameter in the field below it as follows:
   • Any guest VM. Use the from Pool drop-down list to specify a pool.
   • Specific Template. Select a template by expanding the template drop-down list.
6. Select the Persistent option to mark a guest VM as persistent the first time a user connects to it.
7. In the Desktop Size section, specify the desktop screen resolution and size.
8. In the Multi-Monitor field, select the desired option (enable, disable, use client settings).
9. If needed, select the Persistent option (lower right) to make a guest VM persistent. For more information, see Persistent guest VMs.
10. On the next page, specify the initial status of the resource. Choose from Enabled (end users can launch the resource), Disabled (the resource will not appear in Parallels Client), In maintenance (the resource will appear in Parallels Client but users will not be able to launch it). When a resource is in maintenance and a user tries to launch it, they will see a message. To customize the message, click the Configure button. For more info, see Site defaults (Publishing).
11. Click Finish when done.