# VDI session management permissions
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**Create a session**  
Controls whether or not a user is allowed to launch their own VDI session from the **My Virtual Desktops** page. Disable this to deny non-admin users the ability to launch their own VDI sessions. Users can always stop and terminate their own VDI sessions.  
If a non-admin user does not have permissions to create a session, the **Launch New Virtual Desktop** button will be disabled for them as shown here:  

![\[non-admin users without permissions have the launch new virtual desktop button disabled\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/res/latest/ug/images/res-nonadmin-vdi-disabled.png)


**Create or Terminate the sessions of others**  
Allows non-admin users to access the **Sessions** page from the left-hand navigation pane. These users will be able to launch VDI sessions for other users in the projects where they have been granted this permission.  
If a non-admin user has permission to launch sessions for other users, their left-hand navigation pane will display the **Sessions** link under **Session Management** as shown here:   

![\[Non-admin pop-out window for session management\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/res/latest/ug/images/res-nonadmin-link-displayed.png)

If a non-admin user does not have permission to create sessions for others, their left-hand navigation pane will not display **Session Management** as shown here:   

![\[the sessions management link is hidden from non-admin users without permission to create sessions for others\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/res/latest/ug/images/res-nonadmin-hidden-link.png)