8.8.3. Allocate Virtual Desktop

Virtual desktops in a pool have the same operating system and installed applications. The pool will allocate identical virtual desktops as needed to each user permitted to access the pool.

To allocate a virtual desktop

Select the pool you created. Turn it on by clicking on the Play button which in this case allocates a virtual desktop from the pool.
Figure 8.8. Take virtual desktop from pool
The virtual desktop assigned to you powers up. Its name reflects the pool it was taken from.
Figure 8.9. Take virtual desktop from pool
When the virtual desktop displays the text Machine is Ready, double-click the virtual desktop logo to access its console window.
Figure 8.10. Connect to virtual desktop
A virtual desktop in a pool should be stateless, meaning any changes made to it will be deleted upon shutdown. In the next section, you will test whether this virtual desktop is stateless by seeing changes that you make to it get removed when the virtual desktop is returned to the pool. First, make a change to the default virtual desktop. For example, create a file on the Desktop called test.txt or add a new user account.