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Connecting to, or checking out, a Virtual Desktop fails

If connecting to, or checking out, your virtual desktop fails, you may encounter one of the following error messages:

  • This desktop currently has no desktop sources available. Please try connecting to this desktop again later, or contact your system administrator.
  • This desktop cannot be checked out. There are currently no unassigned virtual machines in its pool. Please try later, or contact your system administrator.

The issue may occur when:

  • There are currently no unassigned virtual machines in the pool
  • The desktops are not registered

We have created the following Sliderocket presentation which tackles this VMware View Manager issue. I recommend that if you have encountered this issue, that you also read the related KB article: Connecting to or checking out the virtual desktop fails with the error: This desktop currently has no desktop sources available or This desktop cannot be checked out (1027221).