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Configuring the Apporto instance

Apporto offers settings for customer instances. These control some of Apporto’s default behaviors and user properties.

Use the information in this guide to learn how to:

Manage instance configuration settings

The table below shows the values that are used for Apporto instance configuration.

Field Datatype Required? Notes
Industry setting Lookup value Yes
  • Higher ed – enables faculty role, faculty dashboard, virtual classroom, and user analytics
  • Corporate – enables corporate analytics
Subscription String No Name of secret vault that stores instance hosting information
Use customer AD Boolean No Enables Active Directory (AD) authentication and authorization


See the related articles section for additional information.

Show AD name in Users list Boolean Conditional Displays “AD name” column in the Users list

This setting is automatically checked when “use customer AD” is selected.

Configure product for hybrid implementation Boolean No Enables on-premises virtualization and streaming features; hides cloud-specific features
Auto-launch desktops Boolean No Bypasses My desktops screen for users with only 1 assigned desktop

Follow the steps below to customize the instance configuration settings.

  1. Click setup or the settings iconicon in the navigation panel to view the Setup screen.
  2. If it is not already visible by default, click on the “instance configuration” tab in the lower part of the page.
    instance configuration screen
  3. Enter your desired values.
  4. Click save changes to commit.
  5. If “use customer AD” has been selected, the system will now display an additional tab for AD settings. See the article on configuring AD sync for more details.

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