Room Membership User Guide
Manage your Room's membership, the users who can use the Room, through the Room's MEMBERS tab.
Access the MEMBERS tab for a Room as follows:
- Log in to the Tehama Web UI.
- Click on the ROOMS tab.
- Click on the name of the Room you want to access. You will see the user interface for the Room. The Room tabs you will see depends on the role you have within your organization.
- Click on the Room's MEMBERS tab.
You will see the list of organizations with access to the Room.
The Room's owner organization will have the icon under its name.
The Room's connected organization will have the icon under its name.
If you see the icon next to an organization name, that means that membership requests from that organization are automatically approved.
You will see the name of the policy assigned to each organization in the Room adjacent to the organization name. The default policy is 'No policy'. (See the Policies User Guide for information on creating, managing and assigning policies.)
Request Room access for users/teams
Only the Admin users and Org Managers and Room Managers (who are members of the Room) of a Room's non-connected organizations (user+owner and user-only) can request Room membership in the Room for users in their own organizations (including themselves).
Request access to the Room for a team or member in your own organization, or invite a new member to join your own organization as well as request access to the Room for them, as follows:
Either:
Follow the procedure to Assign members to one or more Rooms in the Organization User Guide.
Or:
- Access the Room's members tab.
- Next, either:
- Click on the PROPOSE button in the top right corner of the page and select Member from the drop-down
- Expand your organization in the list and click the + PROPOSE button to the right of the organization name.
- Then, either:
- Request access to the Room for an existing member of the organization:
- In the PROPOSE TEAM MEMBER dialog, select either "Members" or "Teams".
- Select the members or teams that you wish to add.
- Click ADD.
- Invite a new member to join the organization and request access to the Room for them:
- In the PROPOSE TEAM MEMBER dialog, select "Invite New Member". The ADD NEW MEMBER dialog will appear.
- Enter the member information into the dialog:
- Name
- Email Address
- Role (Admin and Org Manager users can create Staff, Org Manager or Room Manager users. Room Manager users can create Staff or Room Manager users.)
- Room (This has been pre-filled with the name of the Room)
Note: You can, from the MEMBERS tab in the navigation bar, assign additional rooms after the member is created, or you can request access to another Room for the member directly from the interface for that Room (first ensuring the organization has access to the Room, of course.) - Team (Select one of the team created in the previous step or leave this blank)
- If you wish this dialog to be automatically redisplayed after inviting this member, so you can add another member, click to place a checkmark in the Send and invite another checkbox.
- Click INVITE.
- Request access to the Room for an existing member of the organization:
These requests will be approved by the connected organization if they did not enable automatic approvals for your organization.
Remove Room access for users
The Admin users and Org Managers and Room Managers (who are members of the Room) of a Room's non-connected organizations (user+owner and user+only) can remove Room membership of members in the Room that are users of their own organizations.
The Admin user and Org Managers and Room Managers (who are members of the Room) of a Room's connected organization (owner+connected or connected-only) can remove Room membership of any members in the Room, regardless of which organization they belong to.
WARNING: Removing your member's access will delete the member's individual Desktops and any of their shared Desktops that have no other users and revoke their access to the Room.
Remove the access to the Room for a member in your own organization as follows:
- Access the Room's members tab.
- Locate the organization name (for the organization to which the member belongs).
- Expand that organization (click on the down arrow beside the organization name).
- Click on the three vertical dots under the Actions column in the member's row, then select 'Remove Room access'. You will see the REMOVE dialog. It lists the name of the member (or members if more than one member entry is selected) and the names of the Desktops to be deleted when the member is removed.
- Click to place a checkmark in the checkbox beside the following text:
"I understand that the members listed above will be removed from the room and will be removed from all desktops that they are currently a member of. Desktops with no remaining users will be permanently deleted."
- Click the REMOVE button to proceed.
Bulk Removals:
Remove access for multiple users in your own organization (pending or active) at the same time as follows:
- Access the Room's members tab.
- Locate the organization name (for the organization to which the member belongs).
- Expand that organization (click on the down arrow beside the organization name).
- Select the members by clicking in the checkboxes to the left of their name(s).
- Click the trash can icon
found at the bottom of the page. You will see the REMOVE dialog. The selected members' names will be listed on the dialog.
- Click to place a checkmark in the checkbox beside the following text:
"I understand that the members listed above will be removed from the room and will be removed from all desktops that they are currently a member of. Desktops with no remaining users will be permanently deleted."
- Click the REMOVE button to proceed.
Reject Room access for users
The Admin users and Org Managers and Room Managers (who are members of the Room) of a Room's non-connected organizations (user+owner and user+only) can reject Room membership of members that are users in their own organizations.
The Admin user and Org Managers and Room Managers (who are members of the Room) of the Room's connected organization (owner+connected or connected-only) can reject Room membership of any members in the Room, regardless of which organization they belong to.
WARNING: Rejecting a user's access will revoke their access to the Room and to their individual Desktops and to any of their shared Desktops, but does not delete the actual Desktop instances nor remove them from the Desktop template list under the Room's CONFIGURE tab.
Reject access to the Room for a member in your organization as follows:
- Access the Room's members tab.
- Locate the organization name (for the organization to which the member belongs).
- Expand that organization (click on the down arrow beside the organization name).
- Click on the three vertical dots under the Actions column in the row for the member, then select 'Reject room access'. You will see a REJECT dialog.
- Click to place a checkmark beside "I acknowledge" after reading the following text:
"The selected member(s), once rejected, will have restricted access to the Room. They will no longer be able access certain resources such as their Desktop(s) or the file vault."
- Click the REJECT button to proceed.
Bulk Rejections:
Reject access to the Room for multiple users in your organization at the same time as follows:
- Access the Room's members tab.
- Locate the organization name (for the organization to which the member belongs).
- Expand that organization (click on the down arrow beside the organization name).
- Select the members by clicking in the checkbox to the left of their names.
- Click the reject icon
found at the bottom of the page. You will see a REJECT dialog.
- Click to place a checkmark in the checkbox beside the following text:
"I understand that the members listed above will be deleted from the room and will be removed from all desktops that they are currently a member of. Desktops with no remaining users will be permanently deleted."
- Click the REJECT button to proceed.
Add Room access for users/teams
Only the Admin user and Org Managers and Room Managers (who are members of the Room) of a Room's connected organization (owner+connected or connected-only) can directly add members to the Room - and only users from their own organization.
Add members from your own organization to the Room, or invite a new member to join your own organization as well as add them to the Room, as follows:
Either:
Follow the procedure to Assign members to one or more Rooms in the Organization User Guide.
Or:
- Access the Room's members tab.
- Next, either:
- Click on the ADD button in the top right corner of the page and select Member from the drop-down
- Expand your organization in the list and click the + MEMBER button to the right of the organization name.
- Then, either:
- Add an existing member of the organization to the Room:
- In the ADD dialog, select either "Members" or "Teams".
- Select the members or teams that you wish to add.
- Click ADD.
- Invite a new member to join the organization and add them to the Room:
- In the ADD dialog, select "Invite New Member". The ADD NEW MEMBER dialog will appear.
- Enter the member information into the dialog:
- Name
- Email Address
- Role (Admin and Org Manager users can create Staff, Org Manager or Room Manager users. Room Manager users can create Staff or Room Manager users.)
- Room (This has been pre-filled with the name of the Room)
Note: You can, from the MEMBERS tab in the navigation bar, assign additional rooms after the member is created, or you can add access to another Room for the member directly from the interface for that Room (first ensuring the organization has access to the Room, of course.) - Team (Select one of the team created in the previous step or leave this blank)
- If you wish this dialog to be automatically redisplayed after inviting this member, so you can add another member, click to place a checkmark in the Send and invite another checkbox.
- Click INVITE.
- Add an existing member of the organization to the Room:
Invite organizations to join a Room
Only the Admin user and Org Managers and Room Managers (who are members of the Room) of a Room's connected organization (owner+connected or connected-only) can invite other organizations to join the Room.
Note, this is distinct from a Room's owner organization inviting another organization to connect to the Room. See the Create a Room and invite another organization to connect to it section in the Rooms User Guide.
You can invite another organization to join your Room as follows:
- Access the Room's members tab.
- Either:
- click on the ADD button in the top right corner of the page and select Organization from the drop-down; or
- click ADD ORGANIZATION at the bottom of the list of organizations.
- Specify an organization.
Either:- select one of the organizations listed in the dropdown,
The organizations found in the list are those that have accepted invitations other Rooms in your organization, or that have invited your organization to their Rooms (and you have accepted those invitations). Tehama does not expose organization names of organizations that have not introduced themselves in this way.then proceed to:
- Select a policy for the organization.
- Click INVITE. You will see an entry for the organization in the list. The organization will receive a notification that they have been added to your Room.
or:
- select the 'Invite a new organization' option in the dropdown,
The organization you invite may already have an account in Tehama. When they receive your invitation, they may opt to connect to your Room with that organization account, or to create a new organization account.then proceed to:
- Select a policy for the organization.
- Click NEXT. You will see the ADD NEW ORGANIZATION dialog.
- Enter the name of the organization, the name of your contact in that organization and the email for that contact.
- Click INVITE. You will see an entry for the organization in the list. The contact for the organization will receive an email inviting them to connect to your Room. They must click on the link in the email and follow instructions for joining Tehama. If necessary, you can resend the email by clicking on the Resend invitation link found next to the organization name.
- select one of the organizations listed in the dropdown,
Note:
The list of organizations you see in the ADD ORGANIZATION dialog is a subset of existing Tehama organizations. This subset is composed of organizations that already have access to other Rooms in your organization. These organizations are considered to be 'authorized' by your organization.
If you wish to grant access to an existing organization that is not already authorized by your organization, select the option in the dialog to invite a new organization. The contact that you specify can choose to connect to your Room using their existing organization, or create a new one.
If you wish to grant access to a company that does not have a Tehama organization yet, select the option in the dialog to invite a new organization. The contact that you specify will create a new Tehama organization for their company.
Enable/disable auto-approvals for an organization
Only the Admin user and Org Managers and Room Managers (who are members of the Room) of a Room's connected organization (owner+connected or connected-only) can enable or disable auto-approvals for an organization in the Room.
If you see the icon next to an organization name, that means that requests from that organization are automatically approved. To enable or disable auto-approvals, do the following:
- Access the Room's members tab.
- Locate the organization name. The policy will be visible adjacent to the organization name.
- Click on the policy name found adjacent to the organization name. You will see the ASSIGN POLICY dialog.
- Toggle the Auto approve proposed members field as desired.
- Click the ASSIGN button.
Approve Room access requests
Only the Admin user and Org Managers and Room Managers (who are members of the Room) of a Room's connected organization (owner+connected or connected-only) can approve requests for membership in the Room.
Approve a request for access from an organization you've invited as follows:
- Access the Room's members tab.
- Locate the organization name (for the organization making the request).
- Expand that organization (click on the down arrow beside the organization name).
- Click on the three vertical dots under the Actions column in the row for the proposed member, then select 'Approve Room access'.
Bulk Approvals (for requests within one organization):
Approve requests for access for multiple users at the same time as follows:
- Access the Room's members tab.
- Locate the organization name of the organization making the request(s).
- Expand that organization, (click on the down arrow beside the organization name).
- Select the proposed members by clicking in the checkbox to the left of their name(s).
- Click the checkmark icon
found at the bottom of the page.
Deny/Delete Room access requests
Only the Admin user and Org Managers and Room Managers (who are members of the Room) of a Room's connected organization (owner+connected or connected-only) can deny a pending request for membership in the Room.
WARNING: Removing (deleting) a member's access will delete the member's individual Desktops and any of their shared Desktops that have no other users and revoke their access to the Room. Note that even a pending Room member may have been assigned Desktops.)
Deny/Delete a request for access from an organization you've invited as follows:
- Access the Room's members tab.
- Locate the organization name (for the organization making the request).
- Expand that organization (click on the down arrow beside the organization name).
- Click on the three vertical dots under the Actions column in the row for the proposed member then select 'Delete Room access'. You will see the DELETE dialog. The member's name will be listed on the dialog.
- Click to place a checkmark in the checkbox beside the following text:
"I understand that the members listed above will be deleted from the room and will be removed from all desktops that they are currently a member of. Desktops with no remaining users will be permanently deleted."
- Click DELETE.
Bulk Denials/Deletions (for requests within one organization):
Deny/Delete requests for access for multiple users at the same time as follows:
- Access the Room's members tab.
- Locate the organization name of the organization making the request(s).
- Expand that organization, (click on the down arrow beside the organization name).
- Select the proposed members by clicking in the checkboxes to the left of their name(s).
- Click the trash can icon
found at the bottom of the page. You will see the DELETE dialog. The selected members' names will be listed on the dialog.
- Click to place a checkmark in the checkbox beside the following text:
"I understand that the members listed above will be deleted from the room and will be removed from all desktops that they are currently a member of. Desktops with no remaining users will be permanently deleted."
- Click DELETE.
Assign members to Desktop Template
The Admin user and Org Managers and Room Managers (who are members of the Room) of an organization can assign members in the organization to a Desktop Template from the Room's members tab in the Tehama Web UI.
- Access the Room's members tab.
- Locate the organization name(s) of the organization(s) that contain the members to whom you wish to assign a Desktop.
- Expand that/those organization(s), (click on the down arrow beside each organization name).
- Select the members by clicking in the checkbox to the left of their name(s).
- If you are a member of the Room's owner organization, you will see an icon with the text ASSIGN DESKTOP at the bottom of the page.
- If you are not a member of the Room's owner organization, you will see an icon with the text REQUEST DESKTOP at the bottom of the page.
- Click the icon beside ASSIGN DESKTOP or REQUEST DESKTOP, whichever you see at the bottom of the page.
- Clicking the ASSIGN DESKTOP icon will make the ADD DESKTOP TEMPLATE dialog appear.
- Clicking the REQUEST DESKTOP icon will make the REQUEST DESKTOP TEMPLATE dialog appear.
- Select the operating system for the Desktop to be assigned to the selected members from the Operating System dropdown.
- Click CONTINUE. If you are assigning a desktop template, the SELECT DESKTOP TEMPLATE dialog will appear - proceed to the next step. If you are requesting a desktop template, then one of the dialogs listed in sub-step "b" of the "OR" portion of the next step will appear - proceed from there.
- Choose one of the following paths:
EITHER:
Edit the members assigned to an existing Desktop template.
(only available when adding a Desktop template)- Select an existing Desktop template from the Desktop Template dropdown. (For Linux, only multi-user Desktop templates can have their list of members edited.)
- Click NEXT. The ASSIGN WINDOWS/LINUX DESKTOP TEMPLATE dialog will appear.
- Verify that the Users field has the selected members added to it.
- Click SAVE.
Add/request a completely new Desktop template.- Scroll to the end of the list and select "Create New Windows Desktop Template" or "Create New Linux Desktop Template" from the Desktop Template dropdown.
- Click NEXT. One of the following dialogs will appear, depending on the type (Windows-based or Linux-based) of Desktop you wish to create and your organization's role in the Room and your role in your organization:
- You are the admin user or a manager of the Room's owner organization:
- the ADD WINDOWS DESKTOP TEMPLATE (for Windows-based Desktops)
- the ADD LINUX DESKTOP TEMPLATE (for Linux-based Desktops) See instructions to
- . Scroll to the appearance of this dialog in the instructions for the type of Desktop you wish to add and continue from there.
- You are NOT the admin user or a manager of the Room's owner organization:
- the REQUEST WINDOWS DESKTOP TEMPLATE (for Windows-based Desktops)
- the REQUEST LINUX DESKTOP TEMPLATE (for Linux-based Desktops) See instructions to
- . Scroll to the appearance of this dialog in the instructions for the type of Desktop you wish to request and continue from there.
- You are the admin user or a manager of the Room's owner organization: