Limited Availability: Configure macOS Machines in Horizon Console

Add physical macOS machines to Horizon Console and assign them to a manual desktop pool before making them available to end users

Add Physical macOS Machines

1. In Horizon Console, navigate to Settings > Registered Machines > Others to view the registered macOS machine.
2. Alternatively, the same details are also available under Inventory > Machines > Others.
3. Confirm the machine appears with the expected status after registration.

Create a Manual Desktop Pool

Horizon Agent for macOS requires a manual desktop pool. Automated and instant-clone pools are not supported.:

1. In Horizon Console, navigate to Inventory > Desktop Pools.

2. Click Add.

3. Select Manual Desktop Pool.

4. Select Others as the machine source.

5. Configure pool settings, including the Remote Display Protocol (select Horizon Blast).

6. Select the macOS machine registered with the broker.

   Note: PCoIP is not supported for macOS desktops. Connections using PCoIP will fail.

7. Complete the pool creation wizard.

Entitle Users and Groups

1. In Horizon Console, navigate to the desktop pool you created.
2. Click Entitlements > Add Entitlement.
3. Add Active Directory users or groups that should have access to the macOS desktops.

Note: SSO is not supported for macOS desktops. After the entitled AD user connects, they must authenticate again at the macOS session using the local account credentials on the target machine.