Platform Administrators Guide
Comprehensive administration guide for Frame platform
Platform Fundamentals
Hierarchy, Account Types, and Deployment Planning
Hierarchy
The Frame platform uses a hierarchical approach to organizing administration and access to accoun...
Account Types
Frame can provide a very customized experience to the end user depending on the unique needs of ...
Deployment Planning
Customers who wish to deliver virtualized applications and/or desktops to their end users should ...
Licensing
OS and Applications, Microsoft Licensing Guide
Operating Systems and Applications
The table below lists the operating systems available for the Frame platform and their correspond...
Application Licensing
One of the more common challenges with onboarding applications to Frame, is supporting the variou...
Microsoft Licensing Guide for Frame
Ultimately, Frame customers are responsible for ensuring their compliance with Microsoft Licensin...
Cloud Providers - DaaS Only
Infrastructure, Cost Management, Supported Instance Types, Cloud Account, BYO, AWS, Azure, GCP, I...
Infrastructure
This next portion of our documentation describes the Frame-supported infrastructure options and d...
Cost Management
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers supply the underlying infrastructure (compute, stora...
DaaS Supported Instance Types
This table provides a comprehensive overview of the instance types that are currently supported o...
Cloud Accounts
Frame provides administrators with the ability to manage various components of their cloud accoun...
Bring Your Own
You can register your Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), IBM Cloud, Microsof...
Amazon Web Services
Overview The Bring Your Own AWS (BYO AWS) feature allows customers to seamlessly connect their A...
Microsoft Azure
Overview The Bring Your Own Azure (BYO Azure) capability allows customers to connect their Micro...
Google Cloud Platform
Overview The Bring Your Own Google Cloud Platform (BYO GCP) feature allows customers to integrate...
IBM Cloud
Frame supports the orchestration of IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and virtual server reso...
Nutanix AHV
Overview Frame's integration with Nutanix AHV allows customers to seamlessly connect their AHV cl...
Amazon Workspaces Core (WSC) Managed Instances (Early Access)
Overview Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances (WCMI - Workspace Core v2) offer maximum flex...
GCP Sole-Tenant Nodes - Windows 11 on GCP
Overview The GCP Sole-Tenant Nodes with Frame deployment option allows customers to run virtual ...
Cloud Providers - Cloud PC Only
Infrastructure, Cloud Accounts, Amazon Workspaces Core, IBM Cloud VPC
Infrastructure
This next portion of our documentation describes the Dizzion-supported and Dizzion-provided infra...
Cloud Accounts
Dizzion manages the purchasing, setup, integration, and all management of the Cloud Accounts for ...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Workspaces Core
Dizzion Cloud PC on AWS Workspaces Core supports dedicated/named instances in the following AWS r...
IBM Cloud VPC
Dizzion Cloud PC on IBM Cloud VPC supports dedicated/persistent instances & floating/pooled insta...
Networking
Requirements, Public Networking, Private Networking, Streaming Gateway, VPN Configurations
Networking
Decide on the following before creating your Frame account: How will your users reach their work...
Requirements
Deployment Models When deploying Frame workloads, customers can choose from five primary deployme...
Public Networking (Public Cloud)
Customers using public cloud infrastructure can create a Frame account using Frame-managed networ...
Private Networking (Public Cloud)
Customers using public cloud infrastructure can create a Frame account using Frame-managed networ...
Private Networking with SGA (Public Cloud)
Customers using public cloud infrastructure can create a Frame account using Frame-managed networ...
Private Networking (AHV)
Customers using Nutanix AHV infrastructure can create a Frame account using Customer-managed netw...
Private Networking with SGA (AHV)
Customers using Nutanix AHV infrastructure can create a Frame account using Customer-managed netw...
VPN Configurations
Some customers need to integrate Frame into a network where VPNs are used. This guide discusses t...
Secure Gateway Appliance
Streaming Gateway Appliance (SGA) Installation, Upgrade, Management
Streaming Gateway Appliance
Organizations who have users on the Internet must determine how their users will access their Fra...
SGA 4
Introduction Streaming Gateway Appliance (SGA) 4 simplifies the deployment and management of the ...
SGA 4 Installation
To deploy an SGA 4 Cluster, first decide if you will have Frame automatically deploy the SGA Clus...
SGA 4 Upgrade
Administrators need to schedule a maintenance window to upgrade their SGA VM(s) to ensure users k...
SGA 4 Management
Management of SGA 4 Nodes and Clusters is on the Streaming Gateway page at either the Customer or...
SGA 3
The guide reviews the design, installation, and configuration scenarios for the Streaming Gateway...
SGA 3 Installation
Customers manually deploying the SGA will follow the instructions below to install an SGA instanc...
SGA 3 Upgrade
Auto-deployed SGA Administrators need to schedule a maintenance window to upgrade their SGA VM(s)...
SGA 3 Management
SGA Management Console Once you have completed the installation and configuration of your SGA, SG...
Operating Systems
Bring Your Own, Linux, Windows, Frame Agent Setup Tool, BYO Images on Azure, AWS, GCP, IBM and Nu...
Operating System
Customers can deploy their applications on Frame-provided OS images if using a public cloud infra...
Bring Your Own
Organizations have the ability to “bring your own” (BYO) images on their Frame cloud account(s) a...
Linux
This document will provide you with instructions on how to prepare and register your own template...
Windows
Considerations OEM versions of Microsoft Windows Operating Systems may contain third-party sof...
Frame Agent Setup Tool (FAST)
The Frame Agent Setup Tool (FAST) is used to install Frame Agent, Frame drivers, and Frame tools ...
Frame Guest Agent Installer
The [Frame Agent Setup Tool (FAST)](/platform/os/byo/windows/frame-agent-setup-tool) should be u...
BYO Images on Amazon Web Services
This document will provide you with instructions on how to prepare and register your own template...
BYO Images on Microsoft Azure
This document will provide you with instructions on how to prepare and register your own template...
BYO Images on Google Cloud Platform
This document will provide you with instructions on how to prepare and register your own template...
BYO Images on IBM Cloud
This document will provide you with instructions on how to prepare and register your own template...
BYO Images on Nutanix AHV
This document will provide you with instructions on how to prepare and register your own Windows ...
Identity and Access Management
Roles, RBAC, Dizzion C3, Basic IdP, General SAML2 Integration, Duo, Google Workspace, Microsoft E...
Available Roles
Role Permissions Hierarchy Role Permissions Cust...
Identity Provider Integrations
This section outlines the user authentication options for Frame customers. The following document...
Authentication
A service that the Frame system can trust to verify the identity of a user is called an “Identity...
Basic Authentication
Basic Authentication is a manual approach for providing access; admins need to manually invite us...
Authorization
The Frame Platform provides administrators with a role-based access control (RBAC) capability to ...
Dizzion C3
Dizzion Frame now supports Dizzion C3 as an authentication provider, allowing administrators to u...
General SAML2 Integration
The administrative workflow for setting up a SAML2 identity provider (IdP) consists of the follow...
Duo
Integrating Duo Single Single-On (SSO) is a quick and easy process. Continue reading to learn how...
Google Workspace
Frame supports Single Sign-On (SSO) with Google authentication through both OAuth2 and SAML2 inte...
Microsoft Entra ID
Integrating Microsoft Entra ID Single Sign On (formerly Azure AD SSO) is a quick and easy proce...
ADFS
Integrating Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) is straightforward. We start by...
Okta
Okta provides a flexible yet simple Identity Provider solution that integrates easily with the Fr...
Secure Anonymous Tokens
Mass User Creation, Secure Anonymous Tokens (SAT)
Account Administration
Account Creation, Settings, Organizations, Support Authorization, Administration, LaunchPads, Bri...
Account Creation
Frame Customer and Organization Administrators can create and manage multiple accounts from their...
Settings
Administrators can manage a wide range of settings from an entity Dashboard's settings page. The ...
Organizations
Customer administrators have permissions to add, edit, and deactivate organization entities in th...
Support Authorization
By default, Frame support administrators are granted full access to all organizations and account...
Administration
Navigating Frame Admin Console Customer Administrator Customer administrators have the highest le...
Launchpads
The Launchpad is the end user-facing part of the Frame platform interface where users launch and ...
Bring-Your-Own Workloads (Early Access)
Overview The Bring Your Own Workload feature enables customers to bring their own Windows deskto...
Sandbox
Sandbox, Install and onboard Apps, Pubishing, Updates
Sandbox
Each Frame Account has a Sandbox - a virtual machine provisioned specifically to allow you to man...
Install and Onboard Apps
In general, if you are planning to only deliver virtual desktops to your users, then onboarding a...
Publishing
Once you have installed one or more applications, tested them in the Sandbox, set up a Desktop ...
Updates
The Updates page listed in the Account Dashboard is designed to keep administrators informed abou...
Domain Integration
Domain Controller prep, AWS IAM Permissions, Azure DNS Configuration, Domain Join Setup, Frame SS...
Domain
Many enterprises and organizations rely on Microsoft Active Directory (AD) for provisioning user ...
Domain Controller Prep
The Frame platform supports the ability for your workload VMs to join your on-premises or cloud-b...
AWS IAM Permissions
AWS-based Frame accounts will need to prepare their AWS account by adjusting the permissions as l...
Azure DNS Configuration
By default, Azure defines its own default DNS settings for each VNet. Using the Frame Domain Join...
Domain Join Setup
Before moving on to the Domain Join setup phase, please ensure you have: reviewed and met the re...
Frame Single Sign-On
Introduction Frame Single Sign-On (SSO) allows users to access a domain-joined VM without requir...
Stale AD Object Cleanup
When workload VMs in a DJI Frame account are created (due to a publish or an increase in the max ...
Linux with Windows AD LDAP
Customers wishing to deliver Frame-managed Linux desktops to users can use this guide to configur...
Entra ID Integration
Entra ID with Azure, Nutanix AHV, Entra ID Joined Devices
Nutanix AHV
Frame supports Entra joined devices on AHV for Windows 10/11 operating systems in persistent desk...
Azure
Frame supports Entra joined devices <StatusBadge type="Early Access"/> on Azure for both Windows ...
Entra ID Joined Devices
Microsoft Entra ID-joined devices are devices that have been joined directly to Microsoft Entra I...
Virtual Machines
VMs Dashboard, Capacity, Availability Zones, Persistent Desktops Administration, Cloning, Utility...
VMs
The last page listed on the left side of your Account Dashboard is the VMs page. The VMs page ...
Capacity
Before you can deliver your applications and desktops to your users, you first have to set up one...
Availability Zones
Availability Zones (AZs) are isolated locations within data center regions provided by various Ia...
Persistent Desktops Administration
By default, Frame accounts are "stateless." This means that all changes made to an instance are l...
Cloning
Organizational and Customer administrators are granted the ability to clone from current and back...
Utility Servers
A Utility Server is a stand-alone, general purpose Windows server that can be helpful for a varie...
Register Workloads (Early Access)
Overview The Register Workloads feature lets customers bring existing virtual machines or worklo...
Storage
Storage, Expand Drive Size, Personal Drives, User Profiles, Default User Profile, Enterprise Prof...
Default User Profiles (Windows)
Frame administrators may need to customize their users' Windows application and/or desktop experi...
Enterprise Profiles
The Enterprise Profiles feature collects user profile data on session end and saves it to a secur...
Personal Drives
Frame has built and integrated a variety of storage options into our platform to fit a multitude ...
Expand Drive Size
The Frame platform gives admins the ability to expand the drive size of their Sandbox or Utility ...
Dropbox
Dropbox is a well-known file hosting service which offers cloud storage, personal cloud, and file...
Google Drive
The Google Drive for Desktop (GDFD) service, formerly known as “Google File Stream”, is a desktop...
Microsoft OneDrive
The official Microsoft OneDrive storage solution allows users to quickly access all of their file...
Box Drive
Box is a popular cloud storage platform with a variety of features such as content management, co...
Disaster Recovery
Backups, Disaster Recovery, Data Availability
Backups
Frame backup and recovery allows you to save the current state of your persistent resources (Sand...
Disaster Recovery
The Frame Disaster Recovery (DR) feature provides Frame administrators with the ability to backup...
Data Availability
Frame Account data in terms of analytics, logs, reports, and notifications is available in Frame ...
Monitoring and Analytics
Tasks and Notifications, Analytics, Audit Trail, Session Shadowing, Overwatch observability and A...
Tasks and Notifications
In this document, we'll review how to access and interpret tasks and notifications for your Frame...
Analytics
Frame provides a variety of reports to see exact usage and analytics about your tenant. Navigate ...
Audit Trail and Sessions
The Audit Trail and Sessions pages are integral components of your entity Dashboard, designed for...
Session Shadowing
The Session Shadowing feature allow admins to connect to a user session to observe the user's pri...
Dizzion Overwatch - Session Analytics - Overview
Dizzion Overwatch is the built-in, always-on observability and analytics layer for Dizzion DaaS a...
Dizzion Overwatch - Session Analytics - Telemetry
Network and Streaming Network and Streaming telemetry data is captured by default every second ...
Billing and Management
Billing, Frame Guest Agent, Deployment Groups, Maintenance Mode, Terminate an Entity
Billing
Overview The Billing page in the Frame Admin Console provides Customer Administrators with a deta...
Frame Guest Agent (FGA)
Overview Frame Guest Agent (FGA) is a collection of Frame-specific services that manage VM config...
Deployment Groups
"Deployment Groups" determine when a Frame Account (Sandbox, Test/Production Pools, Persistent De...
Maintenance Mode
Overview Frame Administrators can enable Maintenance mode to prevent their users from starting pr...
Terminate an Entity
If you no longer need an Account or Organization, you can terminate the entity. Note: Before you...
Session Configuration
Session Settings, Application Mode, Frame Remoting Protocol, Session
Session Settings
You can customize many aspects of how your users' sessions will behave when accessing their Frame...
Application Mode
Application Mode is a feature that transforms the way users interact with remote Windows applicat...
Frame Remoting Protocol
Frame Remoting Protocol (FRP) defines the communication between an end user's device with a brows...
Advanced Session Features
Advanced Displays, Integrations, PWA, LaunchLink, USB, ClipBoard, Keyboard Profiles, Mouse Modes,...
Advanced Displays
Frame supports multiple monitors and 4k displays. This guide outlines the considerations, require...
Advanced Integrations
Access to Frame apps and desktops can be integrated several different ways within: Websites Inte...
USB Human Interface Device Support
This guide is intended for administrators wishing to integrate the use of USB Human Interface Dev...
Clipboard Integration
The Clipboard Integration feature allows users to copy and paste content between their local devi...
Keyboard Profiles
Customers who need to map custom keyboard shortcuts on their end users' local device to keyboard ...
Mouse Modes
Since Frame is accessible from any device with a modern web browser, we've set up multiple mouse ...
Multi-language Configuration
Configuring end user experiences for multiple languages in Frame requires careful consideration a...
Banners and Classification Labeling
Custom Terminal Banner Terminal banners display custom messages across the top of a user's Frame ...
Scripting
Frame Guest Agent (FGA) gives customers the ability to tailor the behavior of their workload VMs ...
USB Peripheral Support
The Frame Platform provides flexible peripheral support to meet diverse enterprise needs through ...
USB to Web Serial Redirection on Frame
The Web Serial feature allows end users to connect and redirect serial devices through the browse...
Suspend and Resume
Suspend and Resume with Persistent and Non-persistent Accounts
Suspend and Resume
The Frame Suspend and Resume feature allows users to pause their session and pick up right where ...
Persistent
Suspend/Resume Administration The administrator can control the timeouts that will suspend a per...
Non-Persistent
Suspend/Resume Administration This feature introduces a new deployment model that combines the u...
Frame App
Frame App Getting Started, Configuration, IGEL, IGEL Profiles
Introduction to Frame App
Dizzion DaaS and Cloud PC are built on a browser-first foundation. From day one, accessing virtua...
Getting Started
Deploying Frame App for your end users can be done in a few steps. The following guide will outli...
Configuring Frame App
Frame App behavior can be configured on startup of the application (Command Line Arguments) and t...
IGEL
Frame provides a convenient Custom Partition for IGEL OS bundled with UMS Profiles for easy and s...
Frame-Provided IGEL Profiles
Profile Options Frame-provided UMS Profiles offer various configuration options to customize and ...
Troubleshooting
Common Information and Error Codes, RDP Debug Mode
Security
Security Basics, Proxy Server Support, HIPAA Compliance, Frame Data Residency,
Security Basics
Security Basics Sometimes users reside behind corporate networks that have strict network access ...
Outbound Proxy Server Support
Frame Guest Agent (FGA) and Cloud Connector Appliance (CCA) have native support for outbound prox...
HIPAA Compliance
HIPAA and the later adoption of the HITECH Act established through the Department of Health and H...
Frame Data Residency
Frame, a cloud-based Desktop as a Service (DaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS), enables custom...