Group 1 is granted console interaction on a VM folder. User 1 is granted no console interaction on the same VM folder. What will be the outcome if User 1 tries to access the console of a virtual machi

User 1 is not denied all access to the VMs - only console interaction is restricted by the direct permission assignment; other privileges from group membership may still apply.

When a user has an explicit permission defined directly on an object, that user-level permission overrides any group-level permissions defined on the same object. Because User 1 is explicitly granted no console interaction on the VM folder, this direct assignment takes precedence over Group 1's console interaction privilege, preventing console access.

User 1 will not have console access because vSphere's permission model gives user-level permissions precedence over group-level permissions at the same scope, so Group 1's grant is overridden.

There is no special client-based exception in vSphere's permission model; console access restrictions apply regardless of which vSphere client interface is used.