Create non-domain-joined catalogs

This article describes how to create non-domain-joined catalogs using Citrix DaaS.

For information on requirements, limitations, and considerations, see Non-domain-joined.

Before you create the machine catalog, you need the following:

1. New resource location
   • Navigate to the Citrix Cloud admin UI > upper left hamburger menu > Resource Locations.
   • Click + Resource Location.
   • Enter a name for the new resource location and click Save.
2. Create a hosting connection. See Create and manage connections section for details.

Using Citrix DaaS, you can create catalogs based on workgroups or non-domain-joined machines. Creating non-domain-joined machines depends on how the account identity pool is created. The account identity pool is the mechanism used by MCS to create and track machine names during catalog provisioning.

You can create non-domain-joined catalogs by using the Full Configuration interface or PowerShell.

Use the Full Configuration interface

The following information is a supplement to the guidance in Create machine catalogs. To create non-domain-joined catalogs, follow the general guidance in that article, minding the details specific to non-domain-joined catalogs.

In the catalog creation wizard:

• On the Machine Identities page, select Non-domain-joined. The created machines are not joined to any domain.

Note:

The Non-domain-joined identity type requires version 1811 or later of the VDA as the minimum functional level for the catalog. To make it available, update the minimum functional level if necessary.

Use PowerShell

The following are PowerShell steps equivalent to operations in Full Configuration.

You can create an identity pool for non-domain-joined catalogs using the Remote PowerShell SDK.

For example, in previous releases, all Active Directory fields were supplied in a single instance:

New-AcctIdentityPool -AllowUnicode -Domain "corp.local" -IdentityPoolName "NonDomainJoinedCatalog" -NamingScheme "NDJ-VM-##" -NamingSchemeType "Numeric" -OU "CN=Computers,DC=corp,DC=local"* -Scope @() -ZoneUid "81291221-d2f2-49d2-ab12-bae5bbd0df05"
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