About the Hummingbird Product User Group

Hummingbird User Manager

About the Hummingbird Product User Group

The Hummingbird Product User Group controls the access permissions for the Hummingbird product(s) installed on the Terminal Server. Without a Hummingbird Product User Group, a Hummingbird product installed on the Terminal Server automatically installs into all user profiles the next time each user logs on. If you create a Hummingbird Product User Group, the Hummingbird product installed on the Terminal Server will automatically install (upon logon) only into profiles of users who are added to the Hummingbird Product User Group.

The Hummingbird Product User Group can be a local or Domain group. If it is a Domain group, a Domain controller must be available at the time the user logs onto the Terminal Server.

The default name for each Hummingbird Product User Group is as follows:

Product

Hummingbird Product User Group Default Name

Exceed

Exceed10_Users

Exceed PowerSuite

Exceed10_Users

Exceed XDK

Exceed10_Users

Exceed 3D

Exceed10_Users

HostExplorer

HostExplorer10_Users

Note: 
  Exceed, Exceed PowerSuite, Exceed XDK, and Exceed 3D all share the same Hummingbird Product User Group default name. However, you can create a separate group name for each Hummingbird product. For more information on creating and managing a Hummingbird Product User Group, see the Windows NT/2000 Microsoft User Manager Help.

A Hummingbird Product User Group is optional. All Hummingbird User Manager features are available whether or not you create a Hummingbird Product User Group. However, if a Hummingbird Product User Group exists, you must add a user to the appropriate group before they receive permission to use that Hummingbird product. For example, if you create a Hummingbird Product User Group for Exceed, you must add a user to that Exceed User Group for the per-user installation to run for that user.

The following tables outline the differences between a Hummingbird Product User Group and a User Manager user group.

Hummingbird Product User Group

Purpose

Grants or denies user access permission to the Hummingbird product installed on the Terminal Server. The Hummingbird product automatically installs (upon logon) only into profiles of users added to this group. Without this group, all users have full access permission to the Hummingbird product.

Max. # of groups

One per Hummingbird product

Create groups using

Microsoft User Manager or Active Directory Users and Computers

Example

If you create an Exceed10_Users Hummingbird Product User Group, Exceed will be installed (upon logon) only into profiles of users added to this group.

Hummingbird User Manager User Group

Purpose

Lets you customize functionality by applying overrides for a specific group of users.

Max. # of groups

Unlimited.

Create groups using

Hummingbird User Manager

Example

If you create a Sales user group and add users to this group, you can customize the Hummingbird product installation only for Sales group members by applying various overrides to this group.

Note: 
  If your network has a large number of Windows user groups, consider changing the group search type on the Options page of the Managed Product Properties dialog box.

Related Topics

Options Page—Managed Product Properties Dialog Box

About Overrides

Creating a User Group