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MachinePool Class

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This class represents an abstract pool of machines that are grouped together based on a user intention. It exposes functionality that enables machines to be regrouped among different machine pools and manage the resource pool hierarchy.

Namespace: Microsoft.Windows.Kits.Hardware.ObjectModel

Assembly: Microsoft.Windows.Kits.Hardware.ObjectModel (in Microsoft.Windows.Kits.Hardware.ObjectModel)

Usage

Visual Basic

Dim instance As MachinePool

Syntax

Visual Basic

Public MustInherit Class MachinePool

C#

public abstract class MachinePool

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object

Microsoft.Windows.Kits.Hardware.ObjectModel.MachinePool

Remarks

There are certain reserved or special Machine Pools that have specific purposes:

  1. Default Pool - any machine that has the Client side software installed initially appears in this pool. Tests cannot be executed on any machine in this pool.

  2. $ (Root Pool) - is the root machine pool. The root pool can be accessed through the ProjectManager object. Machines cannot be added or moved to this pool.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.