Hi Cyrill   "Can vWorkspace be proposed and deployed to a Novell eDirectory only environment?"  short answer: no  I did setup vWorkspace 7.6. desktops for Novell Logon.   In my setup the Machines (Hyper-V, vWorksapce broker, Desktops) are all deployed in AD.  The InstantProvisioning Service on the Virtual Desktop needs AD joined Computer Objects. I Recomment InstantProvisioning over Sysprep. For any changes to the Master Template i just boot the Domain Joined Master make changes and do a "slmgr.vbs /rearm" - shutdown - import new template thats all. No sysprep or anything here.   How then provide Novell Logon to Users?  They need to logon to vWorkspace - this can only be done with an AD or local Windows Account (Version 7.6). I use a local Windows Dummy Account on the vWorkspace Broker Machine and prefill  the credentials into the WebAccess Web Site.    I will not use the Windows dummy Account for Desktop Access because this could lead to overtaken Sessions in worst case.  To achieve this: I disable pncredprov.dll on the Desktops Setup the Desktops to use RDP Security Layer - this will bring up the Interactive Welcome Screen for Logon.  The actual logon is done by a combination of pgina.org and Novell Client. Pgina provides LDAP Authentication and creates a local Windows User on the Desktop. Novell Client in passthrough mode will do Novell Authentication - seemless for the User.  In this use case we do not need user Profiles. Instead i use a "predefined" Profile for the newly created user. I setup the Computers to reprovision after logout - so its a one way thing.  vWorkspace 8 with the "anonymous" Feature could be useful. I think AD is still needed for Machine Accounts and InstantProvisioning.  best regards MArkus
Dear all,  Can vWorkspace be proposed and deployed to a Novell eDirectory only environment? I have came across these 2 post [URL] and [URL] Both of these discussed about user profile management and virtual desktop assignment for Novell environment. What I'm concerned about is the provisioning of the virtual desktops as I believe part of the process will attempt to join the provisioned desktop into Active Directory. Would this still works if Active Directory is non-existence in a Novell environment? Any other "gotcha" or limitations that you guys had came across in implementing vWorkspace in a pure Novell environment?  Thanks for any advice in advance   Regards, Cyril
vWorkspace with Novell eDirectory