Omnissa Horizon 8 uses your existing Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure for user authentication and management. You must perform certain tasks to prepare Active Directory for use with Horizon 8. See the pages linked in the list below for the various tasks you perform, based on the use cases you want to use (such as kiosk mode client accounts).
Note: Horizon 8 supports specific Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain functional levels. For more information about those levels, see Omnissa Knowledge Base (KB) article 78652.
- Configuring Domains and Trust Relationships for Microsoft Active Directory
- Creating an OU for Remote Desktops
- Creating OUs and Groups for Kiosk Mode Client Accounts
- Creating Groups for Users
- Creating an Account for vCenter Server
- Create a User Account for Instant Clone Operations
- Configure the Restricted Groups Policy
- Using Horizon 8 Group Policy Administrative Template Files
- Prepare Microsoft Active Directory for Smart Card Authentication
- Deactivate Weak Ciphers in SSL/TLS
- Support for Microsoft Entra (Azure Active Directory)
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