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Updating a desktop group

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Updated at September 3, 2025

Changing an image, data disk size, vCPU, vCPU or RAM share in desktop group settings will trigger the recreation of its desktops.

The system will recreate the boot disk using the image you previously selected for the desktop group. As a result, you will lose the software and updates installed there. These changes will not affect the data disk and user directory though.

To apply changes to a specific desktop, update it.

  1. In the management console, select the folder containing your desktop group.
  2. From the list of services, select Cloud Desktop.
  3. Next to the desktop group you want to update, click and select Edit.
  4. Select the Group type: Personal or Session.
  5. Under Desktops, change these values:
    1. Maximum desktop group size: Maximum number of desktops in the group.
    2. Hot standby: Number of desktops kept always loaded for quick user access.
  6. Change the desktop configuration under Computing resources.
  7. Select an OS image.
  8. Under Disks, increase the data disk size.
  9. Under Desktop users, click Add users and specify those the desktops will be available to:
    • User groups.
    • Individual users.
    • Any user's mail address. The user will be sent an invitation to your organization and assigned a role for desktop access.
  10. Click Save.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

  1. See the description of the CLI command for updating a desktop group:

    yc desktops group update --help

  2. Get a list of desktops in the default folder:

    yc desktops group list

    Result:

    +----------------------+-----------------+--------+---------------------+
|          ID          |      NAME       | STATUS |   CREATED (UTC-0)   |
+----------------------+-----------------+--------+---------------------+
| e3v9om0ur4rl******** | desktop-group-1 | ACTIVE | 2025-08-13 13:01:44 |
| e3vrquks6c8u******** | desktop-group-2 | ACTIVE | 2025-08-14 06:21:16 |
+----------------------+-----------------+--------+---------------------+

  3. Select the desktop group ID or NAME, e.g., desktop-group-1.

  4. Update desktop group parameters, e.g., its name:

    yc desktops group update \
  --name <desktop_group_name> \
  --new-name <new_desktop_group_name>
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