How to Connect to a Virtual Desktop
- Start VMWare Horizon View Client.
- Double-click “Add Server“. Type “vdi.ust.hk” into the Connection Server field.
- Click “Connect“.
- The VMWare Horizon Client will then close, and a browser will pop up and ask for user credentials.
- Please enter your HKUST account at browser with MFA option that you've configured.
- Upon successful login, a new VMWare Horizon Client session will pop up and you should have logged in.
- Double-click the desired desktop pool to connect.
Virtual Desktop Software Pools
Different desktop pool will have different set of software available. Please refer to software available in the virtual barn for the details
Saving Files on a Virtual Desktop
All Personal Drive (P:) data on Barn and Virtual Barn will become inaccessible after August 24th. However. OneDrive will be made available after the change, allowing for more convenient access to data sharing.
NOTE THAT: ITSO does not provide a backup solution for the user profile data and there is no way to recover deleted files. You are therefore advised to keep master copies of your files elsewhere, like OneDrive or Google Drive.
If you cannot find your documents after login a session, it's likely the session you've connected is not properly powered up. Just logoff the current session, wait for a few minutes and then re-login. You should get back the folders and files again.
If a brown box over your Windows Desktop icons.
Use USB storage devices on Virtual Desktop
1. Start VMWare Horizon View Client.
2. Go to Setting >> Drive Sharing
3. Toggled off this option.
4. You can use the USB redirection feature to connect USB storage devices.
5. Please refer to here for the details.