In this quick walkthrough we're going show you how to access and navigate the Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure Universal Console.
Overview
- Using a new Incognito or Private browser session from you favorite browser (Chrome recommended), log in to TestDrive Portal.
- Launch the Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure Next Gen Universal Console from the Digital Workspace section of My Products in the portal.
- Login to the console and view the home page.
- Expand each section and explore menus.
- Search a user and the assigned VM information.
- View Inventory for applications, virtual machines, and image publishing.
Before You Begin
In order to access the Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure Next Gen 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
TestDrive Portal Login
Open a new Chrome Incognito browser window and navigate to the TestDrive Portal at https://portal.vmtestdrive.com/login
Login with your TestDrive credentials.
Locate VMware Horizon Cloud Service Product Tile
Once you've logged in, select Digital Workspace under My Products. Then scroll down to Horizon Cloud, click to expand, and and then select Launch.
Launch Universal Console Link
On the pop up menu under Horizon Cloud Next Gen, open Universal Console **in a new incognito window or private browser**
You will be directed to the Cloud Services Console **Make sure you are using an incognito or private browser session here**.
Cloud Services Console Login
Enter credentials for [email protected] which are found in the Horizon Cloud Service section of the TestDrive Portal.
VMware Cloud Services Page
After login, you will see the initial Cloud Services webpage. Click on Workspace ONE Launch Service link.
Workspace ONE Service
This brings you to the Workspace ONE page, where you can now launch the Horizon Cloud Service Manage link.
Horizon Universal Console
You are now at the Home page of the Horizon Universal Console. This page is divided up into a resources section, an errors and session dashboard section, and a utilization dashboard.
User Search
**Before doing a user search, connect to a desktop or app with your Testdrive credentials following the instructions here: https://kb.vmtestdrive.com/a/1687585-horizon-cloud-on-microsoft-azure-next-gen-desktops-and-apps?token=e6hP7qxaG0t8yhGYymiB3IUlWp-8QqAx ***
From the Home Page, in the Search User field, type your username.
Resources: Capacity
Now lets move on and expand the Resources menu. Here is where you will find information related to Capacity, Images, Pools and Pool groups.
The Capacity menu lists the Horizon Edges, Providers, Sites and Maintenance information.
Pool Groups
Pool Groups collect together one or more pools. This allows a common set of policies to be applied to the pools that define how users will consume the resources of the pools. View the settings here.
Desktop & App Catalog
Expand the next section called Desktop & App Catalog, which is broken down into 3 columns, Desktops, Published Applications and App Volumes
Published Applications
Published Applications is where we view the settings for all RDSH and VDI Published applications.
App Volumes
The App Volumes column is where applications previously captured and applied are viewed and managed.
Subscriptions
From here we move down to the Subscriptions menu, to view information about the subscription.
Integrations
From here we can expand the Integrations menu, and under Identity & Access select Manage
Domains
Domains is where the domain authenticating users and machines that are part of the Horizon Cloud Environment are managed.
Identity Provider
Identity Provider is where the entity responsible for providing Identity and access, (in our case Workspace ONE) is managed.
Settings
The Settings menu is where we manage Client Settings, Home Sites and VMware Dynamic Environment Manager configurations.
This wraps up the overview of the Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure Next Gen Universal Console in TestDrive.
Let's have a quick recap of what happened!
- From a new Incognito or Private browser session from your favorite browser (We recommend Chrome), you logged in to TestDrive Portal.
- Launched the Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure Next Gen Universal Console from the Digital Workspace section of My Products in the portal.
- Logged in to the console and view the home page.
- Expanded each section and explore menus.
- After connecting to a desktop or app, you searched for your user session and then reviewed your assigned VM information.
- Viewed the inventory for applications, virtual machines, and image publishing.