Adding a Registered Device Pool

Pools can be assigned to a registered device either at the time of tenant creation or after. After pool assignment, users must be associated with the pool.

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The following restrictions apply to the user accounts performing this operation:

• Organization Administrators can add pools to all tenants.
• Tenant Administrators and Organization Users can add pools to tenants assigned to them.

To add a pool at the time of tenant creation:

• Follow the instructions described in Adding a registered device tenant. Pool creation is described in step 6.

To add a pool after a tenant is created:

1. Log in to Anyware Manager Enterprise.

2. Click the registered device you want to add a pool to, and click the Pools tab.

3. Click + Add Pool.

4. On the Select site pop-up, select a site, and click Next. The Add Pool page containing a wizard interface for pool creation opens.

5. On step 1, enter a suitable name for the pool in the Pool Name box, and click Next.

6. On step 2, select a user assignment policy:

   • Select Persistent - Automated, if you want users to be persistently assigned to a workstation automatically at first login.

   • Select Persistent - Manual, if you want administrators to manually assign workstations (from the pool) to users. This assignment is persistent.

   • Select Floating, if you want users to be dynamically allocated to workstations based on availability. Once assigned to a workstation, the assignment is ephemeral. However, when the user disconnects, the assigned workstation is released and becomes available for other users.

7. Select the Entra groups to assign to this pool.

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   Entra groups can be assigned only if you select Floating or Persistent - Automated policy.

8. Select additional users to assign to this pool, and then click Next.

9. Enter the pool holding time, and click Next. The pool holding time represents the duration for which a workstation will remain assigned to a user after they log out. Pool holding time represents the duration for which a workstation will remain assigned to a user after they log out. Once the holding period expires, the user is unassigned from the workstation, and the workstation becomes available for other users. The default value is 5 minutes.

10. On step 3, select either Anyware standard agents or Anyware graphics agents, based on what best suits your workload. Standard agents are recommended for standard workloads, while Graphics agents are suitable for graphic-intensive workloads.

11. Click Create pool.

Once the pool is created, the selected type of Anyware agent is installed on each registered device in the pool. As a result, these registered devices will be populated under Machines on the pool detail page.