• From a new incognito or private browser session from you favorite browser (We recommend Chrome), log in to TestDrive Portal
• Launch the Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure Universal Console from the Digital Workspace section of My Products in the portal
• Login to the console and explore the following sections
• Searching for Users and Virtual Machines
• Accessing the monitoring dashboard to see status and user activity
• Configuring desktop and application assignments
• Inventory for applications, virtual machines, and image publishing

In order to access the Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure Universal Console please ensure you have the following:

• A valid account in the VMware TestDrive environment, sign up here if you don't yet have an account
• Activated Horizon Cloud for your account at portal.vmtestdrive.com

OK let's go, open a new Chrome Incognito browser window and navigate to the TestDrive Portal at:

Once you've logged in, select Digital Workspace under My Products. Then scroll down to Horizon Cloud and click Launch.

On the pop up menu under Microsoft Azure, click Universal Console

You will be directed to the first Horizon Cloud login page.  **Make sure you are using an incognito or private browser session here**.  You will first need to login with a VMware account.  DO NOT use your own My VMware account!

Enter the credentials for the [email protected] account using the password found in the TestDrive Portal > Digital Workspace > Horizon Cloud product tile expanded.

Next, on the second Horizon Cloud login screen, for Active Directory credentials, enter your own TestDrive credentials, making sure the domain is set to VMWDP

Once logged in you will land on the Dashboard page. The Dashboard displays the current Health status of the deployment, current Utilization, Sessions, and Connection Statistics.

Now, let's look at the Getting Started page, from the left navigation pane click on Settings > Getting Started.

This provides a step by step walk-through in setting up the Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure environment. Select the different sections such as Desktop Assignment and Application Assignment in order to see the applicable steps.

Let's try checking out the search and looking up some Users and VMs. Click on the Search here section.

Ensure Users is selected, then start typing in your username.  Select your username from the results.

Your user account will display. Check out the different sections showing your Sessions, Assignments, etc.

Close this window and click search again, this time select the VMs option and search for a running VM by entering "fed-rds-dt". Click on one of the VMs displayed.

The resulting VM will be displayed. Select Summary to see the Farm information. 

The Summary page displays information about the current Farm, such as Preferred Protocol, Image Type, Model, Image, and Farm Size. From the left navigation pane, click on Assign Desktops & Apps.

On the left navigation pane, click on RDSH.  This section lists the current RDSH Desktops and Apps Assignments. Select an Assignment, such as Fed-RDSH-DT, and click Edit.

The settings page for the Assignment opens. Take a look at the Assignment Name that can be set, then click Next.

This page shows Users that are available to be entitled to the Assignment by searching Active Directory for Users/User Groups. The current entitlement is listed under the Selected Users/User Groups. Click Cancel.

Back on the RDSH Assignments, select an Applications assignment, such as FED-RDSH-APPS and click Edit.

The settings page for the Assignment opens. Take a look at the Assignment Name that can be set. After reviewing it, click Next.

This page shows the Applications that are available to be entitled and presented to end users. Click Next.

This page shows Users that are available to be entitled to the Assignment by searching Active Directory for Users/User Groups. The current entitlement is listed under the Selected Users/User Groups. Click Cancel.

On the left menu, click on the VDI & App Volumes section.  This Assignments page lists the current VDI desktops and applications.  VDI is a great option when end-users require an isolated desktop to make independent changes on their individual machine, or when sensitive data is being accessed. Hit the NEW button > Microsoft Azure.

The settings page for the New Desktop Assignment opens. In the VDI desktop assignment, both dedicated and floating desktops are supported. In the Assignment Name field, enter a desired name, then select the Pod at the bottom and hit the NEXT button.

Take a look at the desktop Models that can be set, then click CANCEL.

Select the current Win11 Floating Desktop Assignment then hit EDIT.

You can see the various settings that have been configured for this VDI assignment.

Hit NEXT to see the Desktops section.

This page shows more information on the specs of the desktops.

Click Cancel.

Once you are finished exploring the Assignments section, from the left navigation pane, click on Inventory and then select Applications > Remote tab.  You will see this section auto populated from the Farm used to create the RDS desktops.

To create a new Application, specifically a Manual Application, select New > Manually from Farm.

The New Application window opens. Take a look at the different configuration settings for creating a Manual Application. Once done click Cancel.

From the left navigation pane, click on Inventory and then select Images.  The available images in the environment are displayed. These could be images for RDS Desktop, VDI Desktop, and Application Farms.

This wraps up the Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure Universal Console in TestDrive.

Let's have a quick recap of what happened!

• Log in to Testdrive Portal
• Launch the appropriate Horizon Cloud console from the Digital Workspace section of My Products in the portal
• Login to the console and explore the following sections
• Searching for Users and Virtual Machines
• Accessing the monitoring dashboard to see status and user activity
• Configuring desktop and application pool properties
• Inventory for applications, virtual machines, and image publishing