Manage Published Desktop and Application Sessions in Horizon Console

When a user launches a published desktop or application, a session is created. You can disconnect and log off sessions, send messages to clients, reset, and restart virtual machines.

Procedure

In Horizon Console, navigate to where session information is displayed.

Session Type	Navigation
Remote desktop sessions	Select Inventory > Desktops, click a pool's ID, and click the Sessions tab. The Sessions column also appears on the Desktop Pools page for all desktops. Select Inventory > Farms, click a farm's ID, and click the Sessions tab. You can also view the published applications associated with a session. The Application Names column displays the published applications associated with a session. The Sessions column also appears on the Farms page for all farms. Select Settings > Registered Machines, and view the Sessions column.
Remote desktop and application sessions	Select Monitor > Sessions.
Sessions associated with a user or user group	Select Users and Groups. Click a user's name or a user group's name. Click on the Sessions tab.

Session Type

Navigation

Remote desktop sessions

Select Inventory > Desktops, click a pool's ID, and click the Sessions tab. The Sessions column also appears on the Desktop Pools page for all desktops.

Select Inventory > Farms, click a farm's ID, and click the Sessions tab. You can also view the published applications associated with a session. The Application Names column displays the published applications associated with a session.

The Sessions column also appears on the Farms page for all farms.

Select Settings > Registered Machines, and view the Sessions column.

Remote desktop and application sessions

Select Monitor > Sessions.

Sessions associated with a user or user group

Select Users and Groups.
Click a user's name or a user group's name.
Click on the Sessions tab.

Select a session.
To send a message to users, you can select multiple sessions. You can perform the other operations on only one session at a time. You can perform a log off operation only on a session that is not connected from a vSphere console.

Choose whether to disconnect, log off, send a message, restart a desktop, or reset a virtual machine.

Option	Description
Disconnect Session	Disconnects the user from the session.
Logoff Session	Logs the user off the session. Data that is not saved is lost.
Send Message	Send a message to Horizon Client. You can label the message as Info, Warning, or Error.
Restart Desktop	Performs a restart operation on a virtual desktop, which performs a graceful operating system restart of the virtual machine. Note: This option is not available for instant-clone farms.
Reset Virtual Machine	Performs a reset operation on a virtual machine without the graceful operating system restart, which performs a hard power-off and power-on of the virtual machine. Note: This option is not available for instant-clone farms.

Click OK.