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R_Mesa
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Service Accounts for Kiosks

So I am having a discussion with my co-worker about the VMware environment and service account for Kiosks. The question is, is there any method of creating a pool that can all use the same service account or do you need to create a service account for each VM in the pool? I know that if I try to log on to the same pool on 2 different computers, it will kick me out.

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mchadwick19
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You can use the same account. If you use the same account you will need to set the "Allow users to initiate connections from different client devices" setting to Yes. This will allow the same user to log in and it will always pick a new desktop instead of taking over the last session for that user account.

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mchadwick19
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You can use the same account. If you use the same account you will need to set the "Allow users to initiate connections from different client devices" setting to Yes. This will allow the same user to log in and it will always pick a new desktop instead of taking over the last session for that user account.

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Thank you. I totally missed that setting.  Works like a charm.

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