ProfileUnity & FlexApp v6.5 - Overview and What's New!

ProfileUnity with FlexAppBrief Overview with a focus on

What’s New ProfileUnity with FlexApp v6.5

Social Shoutouts: @LiquidwareLabs#ProfileUnity #FlexApp #GameChanger

Presenting Today

Jason E. SmithProduct Director, User Management SolutionsTwo decades of experience in hosted desktops & virtualization – including work with Citrix, Red Hat, RES, and Entrigue [email protected]

Ray Dusseault Director, Application Strategy20+ year experience including working with Foedus Software, Softricity, Microsoft App-V, and VMware ThinApp consulting. Prior VMware EUC [email protected]


Who We Are• Founded in 2009 by virtualization industry

veterans• Headquarters in Chicago; Global Presence• Privately held – 2X revs in last 2 years • Key Alliances with Citrix, Microsoft,

VMware, Dell, NetApp, HP, EMC, Cisco & RedHat

• Award-winning patented suite of solutions• Global network of channel partners


Application and User Management Challenges

Users: Management Challenges– Consistent profile experience– Centralized Policies– Context aware environment– Application Rights Management

Applications: Delivery Challenges– Complement Microsoft App-V & Published Apps– Streamline Image Management– Just-in-time applications– Hide/Restrict applications

Visibility: UX Monitoring Challenges– Know User Experience (UX)– Gain more Visibility– Troubleshoot quickly– Scale infrastructure as needed

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Essential Solution for Next-Generation Workspaces


User Environment Management and Application delivery for dynamic Windows desktops.• Advanced Profile and Policy

Management—context-aware and includes Application Rights Management

• Application Layering—just-in-time delivery of applications for streamlined image management

ProfileUnity with FlexApp


Top 10 Use Cases:1. Co-exist Windows OSs – seamless onboarding to new desktop, end user

migrations2. Application Layering by group, department, user – streamline

image management3. Application Rights Management – restrict or elevate users to run

select apps4. Replace Roaming Profiles – solving profile portability, granular, faster,

dependable5. Lower costs of delivering VDI – lower storage and management costs6. Make more users compatible with VDI – knowledge workers and power

users can have the customizations and apps they demand even in VDI7. Deliver context aware desktop experience – printer management,

settings, shortcuts, etc. all based on custom filters8. Disaster Recovery - persona, data, apps restored in seconds to any Windows

desktop9. Ongoing management of the desktop – provision settings , configs, reg,

lockdown, etc.10. One central user management console -Persona, Applications,

Configurations, and central migration settings – for any and all Windows desktops

ProfileUnity Top Use Cases


ProfileUnity’s Reach• One centrally Managed Profile,

Policy Management, and Application Rights Management solution across all Windowsdesktops.

• Context-aware filters uniquely apply profiles and policies

• Physical, virtual, and server based computing environments are supported.

• Hybrid OS environments are supported seamlessly across profile versions.


ProfileUnity Architecture – VHD Based

Leverages Existing Infrastructure

Replicated User drive for Storage of compressed Profile

ProfileUnity Agent and Configuration hosted on scaled Netlogon share or similar

ProfileUnity Central Management Console writes configuration, gathers inventory & logs


What’s New in ProfileUnity v6.5


What’s New in ProfileUnity v6.5• FlexApp– Second generation for ProfileUnity’s Application Layering

• File system driver based Application Layering (registry and file system)• More FlexApp desktop compatibility including Non Persistent and

Persistent VDI, Citrix XenApp, and Microsoft RDSH• Adds VMDK support (FlexDisk) – Apps and/or Profiles on fast VMFS

storage• ProfileDisk – Optional Profile Disk

• Lightning fast performance• Can manage profile for example include Portability rules for non-

conforming apps – such as IBM apps, Oracle apps and many others• Built-in HA – exclusive point-and-click clustering to ensure 24x7 Application

and Profile disk management for users• No requirement for network load balancers or external database clusters• Exclusive

• Additional New ease-of-use User Interface features


ProfileUnity v6.5 – VMDK Based Option with NEW built-in High Availability

• FlexDisk (VMDK) delivery of FlexApps and Profiles • VMDK option requires HA with vSphere – VHD only does not require HA• HA is point-and-click with any three Windows servers• Benefits: VMDKs are usually faster and may be more stable than VHDs in some

environments


ProfileUnity v6.5 – VMDK Based Option with NEW built-in High Availability


ProfileUnity v6.5 – FlexDisk (VMDK)• FlexDisk (VMDK) – Dynamic virtual User Data Disk

• Option vs. ProfileUnity’s VHD delivery of FlexApps and Profiles• Highly Scalable• Highly Available with Self Clustering of ProfileUnity Management Console• For any virtual desktop, VMware, Citrix, Dell, etc.


ProfileUnity v6.5 - ProfileDisk• Profile Easy Button for single OS version environments

• User Profile on VHD or VMDK• Primary use case

• non-persistent virtual desktops to dramatically speed login times.• Large file handling – Outlook OST/PST files, search, other data

• Benefits• Faster Time to Value

POCs and full implementations

• Faster Logins• Faster troubleshooting


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