Dell Wyse ThinOS 9.1.4234, 9.1.5067 and 9.1.6108 Migration Guide

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ThinOS configuration grouping overview

During the deployment process, you must evaluate various needs of your users to determine all the client configurations that are mandatory to meet the requirements. Few configurations such as monitor resolution or VNC password applies to the device, while others such as broker configurations may only apply to specific users of the device.

Redundant configurations may result in performance issues and makes it difficult to manage environmental changes since each device configuration requires to be updated. This issue can be resolved by grouping configurations.

ThinOS configuration grouping determines the parameters inheritance. The child group inherits the settings from its parent group. The following table lists the common device configuration criteria that must be considered when creating groups:

Table 1. ThinOS configuration grouping overviewThinOS configuration grouping overview
Group Types	Configurations
Global device configurations	Privilege Settings including Admin Mode Security Policy Settings Remote Control Settings (VNC) Management Settings All other global configurations
Device configurations for a group of clients	Group-based Broker Configurations Group-based Printer Settings Group-based Time Zone Settings
Device configurations for a single device	Client-based Terminal Name Client-based Location Client-based Location and Custom 1, 2, 3
Device configurations dynamically selected	ThinOS 8.6 Select Group with device configurations
Device configurations for an AD user group	ThinOS 8.6 SignOn=NTLM (AD.INI) with user configurations
User configurations for a single user	ThinOS 8.6 SignOn=Yes or NTLM with user configurations