Take a deep dive into UEM, including an architectural overview, available settings and configurations, user environment management options, UEM deployment considerations and best practices, and UEM integration with Horizon 6.

1. Managing Users: A Deep Dive Into VMware
User Environment Manager
Michael Bradley, VMware, Inc
Dale Carter, VMware, Inc
EUC4630
#EUC4630

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Disclaimer
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3. Agenda
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1 Overview
2 Features
3 Architecture
4 Just in Time Configuration
5 Demo

4. VMware User
Environment Manager
Overview

5. End Users
Consistent Experience
Fast App Access
Minimal Downtime
IT
Simple Profile Management
Easy to Apply Policies
Maintain Compliance
How Do I Manage My Users?
8
Business Owners
Scalability Across Environments
Lower Management Costs
Adopt to Business Needs
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6. VMware User Environment Manager
User Environment
Manager
User Profile
User
Personalization
Contextual Policies
Virtual
Physical
Cloud
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7. Benefits
Profile management
makes day to day
operations easier
Accelerate
management, migrations,
and onboarding
Consistent experience
for higher productivity
Faster app access with
minimal downtime
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8. VMware User
Environment Manager
Features

9. VMware User Environment Manager
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Data / Files Applications
Operating System
Settings
Dynamic Configuration
User Environment Settings
Application Configuration
Personalization
VMware User Environment
Manager
VMware User
Environment Manager

10. User Environment Settings
• Manage the user environment
– Map network drives and printers
– Configure file type associations
– Application shortcuts
– Registry settings
• Target settings based on conditions
– IP address
– Organizational Unit
– Windows version
• Apply on logon – Revert on logoff
• Condition-based policy refresh during user session
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Dynamic Configuration
User Environment Settings
Application Configuration
Personalization
VMware User
Environment Manager

11. Application Configuration
• Works for virtual and natively
installed applications
• Customize configurations and User
Environment settings at application launch
– Map network drives and printers
– Run custom tasks
– Create registry entries
• Configure Pre-defined Settings and apply them:
– As initial defaults
– Partially enforced
– Fully enforced
• Migrate Application Configurations between
application versions
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Dynamic Configuration
User Environment Settings
Application Configuration
Personalization
VMware User
Environment Manager

12. Personalization
• Decouples personalization from the
operating system
• Manage Windows settings at logon and logoff
– Wallpaper, keyboard, mouse, screensaver, etc.
• Application personalization
– Loaded at application launch – Speeds up
logon times
– Settings are dynamically available across
multiple sessions and devices
• Settings roam across all Windows devices
– WinXP <> Win8.1 <> 32-bit <> 64-bit
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Dynamic Configuration
User Environment Settings
Application Configuration
Personalization
VMware User
Environment Manager

13. Dynamic Configuration
• Condition-based configuration
– IP address
– Group membership
– Active Directory OUs
– Operating System version
• Trigger policy refreshes in an active session
– Automatically triggered
– Manually initiated
• Run custom or built-in tasks during an
active session
– Configurable for lock/unlock workstation and
reconnect/disconnect from VDI/RDS session
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Dynamic Configuration
User Environment Settings
Application Configuration
Personalization
VMware User
Environment Manager

14. VMware User
Environment Manager
Architecture

15. VMware User Environment Manager Components
• Central management console for all configuration actions
User Environment Manager
Management Console
• Endpoint client including FlexService and FlexEngineUser Environment Manager Client
• Standalone application used to create configuration file and predefined settings
• Optional component installed on a reference machine
User Environment Manager
Application Profiler
• Synchronizes profile archives and configuration files
• Targeted for laptop users and those with limited bandwidth or connectivity
User Environment Manager SyncTool
• Support for profile archives
• Log file viewer
User Environment Manager Helpdesk
• Optional self service tool to manage and restore user configuration settings
User Environment Manager
Self Support
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16. Architecture
Active Directory
Central Config Share
Helpdesk Support Tool
Self Support Tool
Management Console
Endpoints with Client
RDSH Sessions VDI Desktops
Offline with Sync Agent
User Shares
Application Profiler
No Database
Required
Physical
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17. Infrastructure Requirements
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Active Directory – For Group Policy Configuration of VMware User Environment
Manager Client
Central Config Share – Location for All Configuration Files – File Server or SMB Share
on SAN/NAS
User Share (Profile Archive) – Location for User personalization files – File Server or
SMB Share on SAN/NAS
Folder Redirection (Optional) – Used to redirect user data

18. Infrastructure Requirements (Continued)
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Central Config Share – Location for All Configuration Files
Administrator
Permissions
User
Permissions
Apply To
Full Control Read Share
Replicated Share can be used as long
as all clients have same path to share
DFS Namespaces are supported
User Share (Profile Archive) – Location for user personalization files (1 folder per user)

19. Just in Time Configuration

20. Just in Time Configuration
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User Session
Profile Data Store (File Shares)
Base Profile
User Logon
Imports Windows
settings
Application
Launch
Imports Application
settings
Application
Shutdown
Exports Application
settings
User Logoff
Exports Windows
settings

21. VMware User
Environment Manager
Demo

22. Resources
• Product Documentation
– https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/uem-pubs.html
• Configure User Environment Manager in 60 Minutes or Less
– http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/files/2015/04/VMW_15Q2_TD_User-Environment-
Manager_042415_FINAL.pdf
• Blogs
– http://vdelboysview.com
– http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/tag/dale-carter

23. Questions?
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27. Managing Users: A Deep Dive Into VMware
User Environment Manager
Michael Bradley, VMware, Inc
Dale Carter, VMware, Inc
EUC4630
#EUC4630