In the previous section, we created and configured our Horizon sites, but until we associate users with them, they have no impact on how client sessions are distributed to the Horizon pools in our Cloud Pod. Our goal is to use Horizon site assignments to ensure that clients use locally hosted resources first, but will still be able to use resources in the other data centers if the local one is at capacity or otherwise unavailable.

In the example provided, we have created Active Directory (AD) security groups for the RTP and San Jose offices, and populated each with the accounts of the users who work in those offices. The following steps detail how to associate those security groups with their appropriate Horizon site:

1. Log on to the Horizon Administration console of any member of the Cloud Pod using an AD account that has administrative permissions within Horizon.
2. Click on Users and Groups under Inventory, and then click on the Home Site tab.
3. Click the Add... button to open the Add Home Site window, as shown in the following screenshot. Use the Name field to search for the AD security group you will associate with a site (Horizon_Homesite_SJC in the example provided), click the Find button, click on the group in the Name column, and click Next to continue:

4. Click on the Home Site drop down menu, select the Horizon site to associate the AD group with (San Jose in the example provided), as shown in the following screenshot, and then click Finish:

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 as needed to associate AD security groups with other sites, or additional groups with the same site.

6. From the Users and Groups window | Home Site tab shown in the following screenshot, verify that all required AD security groups or individual users have been associated with the desired Horizon site:

The AD security groups are now associated with Horizon sites. In the next section, we will create Horizon Global Entitlements, and see what option we must configure to ensure that our site assignments are used.