After a cloud computer is assigned to a user, the user can connect to and use it. You can assign a cloud computer when or after you create it. This topic describes how to assign cloud computers to users after you create the cloud computers and view users to whom the cloud computers are assigned.
Background information
If you assign a cloud computer to a user, the user can connect to and use the cloud computer. A cloud computer can be assigned to multiple users, and a user can be assigned multiple cloud computers.
If a cloud computer is assigned to multiple users, the cloud computer can be used by only one user at a time. The connection cannot be preempted by other users.
The system requires a specific period of time to complete the cloud computer assignment and update the user list. If end users log on to the Alibaba Cloud Workspace client but find no cloud computers, ask them to try again later.
Prerequisites
A convenience user or an enterprise Active Directory (AD) user is created. For more information, see Create a convenience account or Create and manage enterprise AD accounts.
Cloud computers are created. For more information, see Create a cloud computer.
Assign a cloud computer
You can perform the following steps to assign a cloud computer to users:
Log on to the EDS console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
In the upper-left corner of the top navigation bar, select a region.
On the Cloud Computers page, find the cloud computer that you want to assign, click the ⋮ icon in the Actions column, and then click View/Assign Users.
In the View/Assign Users panel, click Authorize User.
In the Authorize User dialog box, select one or more users to whom you want to assign the cloud computer and click OK.
You can view the users who are assigned the cloud computer in the Authorized User for Cloud Computer section. If you want to unassign the cloud computer from a user, select the user and click Revoke Authorization. In the dialog box that appears, click OK.
Assign multiple cloud computers
You can assign up to 500 cloud computers in a region to up to 500 users at a time.
Assign multiple cloud computers to a user
You can assign multiple cloud computers to a user at a time.
Log on to the EDS console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
In the upper-left corner of the top navigation bar, select a region.
In the upper-left corner of the Cloud Computers page, click Assign Cloud Computer.
In the User Account Type section, select the account type of end users to which you want to assign cloud computers.
If you select Enterprise AD Account, specify an AD domain.
If you do not create an enterprise AD office network, Convenience Account is selected by default.
Select a user to whom you want to assign the cloud computers in the Select Users section.
In the Select Cloud Computers section, select multiple cloud computers that you want to assign.
You can filter cloud computers by cloud computer name, cloud computer ID, and office network ID.
If User Account Type is set to Convenience Account, you can switch regions in the upper-left corner of the page to select cloud computers in the preferred region.
In the lower-left corner of the page, click Preview Assignment, confirm the selected cloud computers and users on the View Result and Authorize tab, and then click Confirm.
Assign multiple cloud computers to multiple users
If you assign multiple cloud computers to multiple users, the cloud computers are randomly assigned.
Log on to the EDS console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
In the upper-left corner of the top navigation bar, select a region.
In the upper-left corner of the Cloud Computers page, click Assign Cloud Computer.
In the User Account Type section, select the account type of end users to which you want to assign cloud computers.
If you select Enterprise AD Account, specify an AD domain.
If you do not create an enterprise AD office network, Convenience Account is selected by default.
In the Select Users section, select the users to whom you want to assign the cloud computers.
In the Select Cloud Computers section, select multiple cloud computers that you want to assign.
You can filter cloud computers by cloud computer name, cloud computer ID, and office network ID.
If User Account Type is set to Convenience Account, you can switch regions in the upper-left corner of the page to select cloud computers in the preferred region.
In the How to Assign section, select the logic for assigning the cloud computers.
Logic
Assignment
Automatically assign cloud computers to users
To automatically assign cloud computers to users, you must specify the number of cloud computers assigned to each user.
Assign cloud computers to each user with preference
This option ensures that each cloud computer is assigned to users. However, the number of users to whom each cloud computer is assigned is not the same.
Assign the specified number of users to cloud computers
This option ensures that each cloud computer is assigned to the same number of users. However, specific cloud computers may not be assigned to users.
For example, the logic is Automatically assign each cloud computer to 2 users. The following figure shows the result if you assign 5 cloud computers to 8 users.
Automatically assign users cloud computers
To automatically assign users cloud computers, you must specify the number of cloud computers assigned to each user.
Assign cloud computers to each user with preference
This option ensures that each user is assigned cloud computers. However, the number of cloud computers assigned to each user is not the same.
Assign the specified number of users to cloud computers
This option ensures that each user is assigned a fixed number of cloud computers. However, specific users may not be assigned cloud computers.
For example, the logic is Automatically assign 2 cloud computers to each user. The following figure shows the result if you assign 8 cloud computers to 5 users.
In the lower-left corner of the page, click Preview Assignment, confirm the selected cloud computers and users on the View Result and Authorize tab, and then click Confirm.
View assignment details
After you assign a cloud computer to users, you can view the assignment details on the following console pages:
Cloud Computers page
On the Cloud Computers page, find the cloud computer of which you want to view assignment details, click the ⋮ icon in the Actions column, and then choose View/Assign Users. Then, the assignment details are displayed.
Users & Organizations page
On the User tab of the Users & Organizations page, find the user that you want to manage and click View/Assign Cloud Computer (Pool) in the Actions column to view the details.