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You can use the Desktop Settings page to configure resources associated with virtual desktops.

Desktop settings

General

The General tab provides access to settings such as:

QUIC

Enables QUIC in favor of TCP as the default streaming protocol for all your virtual desktops.

Default DCV Session Type

The default DCV Session Type used for all virtual desktops. This setting will not apply to previously created desktops. This will only apply in cases where the Instance Type and Operating System supports either Virtual or Console Session types.

Default Allowed Sessions Per User Per Project

The default value for the allowed number of VDI sessions per user per project.

Server

The Server tab provides access to settings such as:

DCV session idle timeout

The time after which the DCV session will be automatically disconnected. This does not change the state of the desktop session, it only closes the session from either the DCV client or the web browser.

Idle timeout warning

The time after which an idle warning will be provided to the client.

CPU utilization threshold

The CPU utilization to be considered idle.

Max root volume size

The default size of the root volume on virtual desktop sessions.

Allowed instance types

The list of instance families and sizes that can be launched for this RES environment. Instance family and instance size combinations are both accepted. For example, if you specify 'm7a', all sizes of the m7a family will be available to launch as VDI sessions. If you specify 'm7a.24xlarge', only m7a.24xlarge will be available to launch as a VDI session. This list affects all projects in the environment.

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