The desktop request will fail because the dedicated desktop isn’t available. Users are not automatically provided with a desktop from another site if the site containing their dedicated desktop has gone down. Once the user is assigned to a desktop then that desktop is always selected. Dedicated Assignment – For Dedicated Assignment pools, global entitlement only helps with the initial connection.Global Entitlements can be configured to prefer Home Sites over the normal site/pod selection criteria. Users or groups can be assigned to Home Sites.Horizon will prefer the local pod if possible. This is from the perspective of the Connection Server the user is currently connected to. When a user launches a Global Entitlement, the Connection Server selects a pod based on the Global Entitlement Scoping, which can be All Sites, Within site, or Within Pod.The connected Horizon Connection Server then uses Global Entitlements to select a site/pod/pool. Global Load Balancing – Use Citrix ADC GSLB or F5 GTM to connect Horizon Clients to a globally available Horizon Connection Server.This federation could be one pod or multiple pods. Pod Federation – Global entitlements can’t be created until a Pod Federation is created.For applications, only one application per global entitlement.A single pool can only belong to one global entitlement.Don’t configure both global and local entitlements for the same pool.The pools can be in one pod or from multiple pods. For global entitlement, the icon can be published from multiple pools.For local entitlement, the icon is only published from one pool.When you create an entitlement (local or global), you are publishing an icon from a pool. Global Entitlements – Entitlements are the same thing as published icons.2020 Aug 14 – updated entire article for Horizon 2006 (8.0)Ĭloud Pod Architecture lets you publish a single icon that load balances connections across multiple pools in multiple pods in multiple sites (datacenters).

2021 Jan 10 – updated screenshots for Horizon 2012 (8.1).2023 May 17 – added RPC ports from VMware 1027217 VMware Horizon ports and network connectivity requirements.This article applies to all VMware Horizon versions 2006 (8.0) and newer.

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