If a policy that is associated with a cloud desktop or a desktop group does not meet your business requirements, you can change the policy. You can also modify the configurations of the policy. You can change the policy for cloud desktops and desktop groups. This topic describes how to change the policies that are associated with cloud desktops or desktop groups.

Change the policy for a cloud desktop

If the policy that is associated with a cloud desktop does not meet your business requirements, you can modify the configurations of the policy. For more information about specific operations, see Modify, clone, or delete a policy. You can also change the policy that is associated with a cloud desktop. The following section describes how to change the associated policy.

  1. Log on to the EDS console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Desktops and Groups > Desktops.
  3. In the upper-left corner of the top navigation bar, select a region.
  4. You can change the policy that is associated with a cloud desktop by using one of the following methods.
    • Change the policy for a cloud desktop
      • Optional:On the Cloud Desktops page, select the cloud desktop for which you want to change the associated policy, choose More > Change Policy in the Actions column.
      • Optional:On the Cloud Desktops page, select the cloud desktop for which you want to change the associated policies, choose More > Change Policy in the lower part of the page.
    • Change the policies for multiple cloud desktops

      On the Cloud Desktops page, select the cloud desktops for which you want to change the associated policies, choose More > Change Policy in the lower part of the page.

  5. In the Change Policy panel, select a policy and click Modify.
    Note
    • If an existing policy cannot meet your business requirements, you can click Create Policy to create a policy. For more information about specific operations, see Create a policy.
    • One cloud desktop can be associated with only one policy in which the Valid IP Address parameter is set to All CIDR Block.
    • One cloud desktop can be associated with up to four policies in which the Valid IP Address parameter is set to Specific CIDR Block.
    • If you associate a cloud desktop with multiple policies in which the Valid IP Address parameter is set to Specific CIDR Block. The priority of the policies is determined by the display number of the policies. A policy that has a lower order number has higher priority. If no CIDR block is specified in a policy, the policy has the lowest priority.
  6. In the message that appears, click OK.

Change the policy for a desktop group

If you change the policy for a desktop group, the new policy applies to all cloud desktops in the desktop group. This way, you can change policies for cloud desktops in the desktop group at the same time. The following section describes how to change the policy for a desktop group.

  1. Log on to the EDS console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Desktops and Groups > Desktop Groups.
  3. In the upper-left corner of the top navigation bar, select a region.
  4. On the Desktop Groups page, find the desktop group that you want to manage and click its ID.
  5. On the Basic Information tab, find Policy Group Name and click pen.
  6. In the Change Policy panel, select a new policy and click OK.
    Note
    • If an existing policy cannot meet your business requirements, you can click Create Policy to create a policy. For more information about specific operations, see Create a policy.
    • One cloud desktop can be associated with only one policy in which the Valid IP Address parameter is set to All CIDR Block.
    • One cloud desktop can be associated with up to four policies in which the Valid IP Address parameter is set to Specific CIDR Block.
    • If you associate a cloud desktop with multiple policies in which the Valid IP Address parameter is set to Specific CIDR Block. The priority of the policies is determined by the display number of the policies. A policy that has a lower order number has higher priority. If no CIDR block is specified in a policy, the policy has the lowest priority.

Result

After you change the policy that is associated with a cloud desktop, the time when the configurations take effect varies. For more information, see Rules.