Citrix Virtual Apps Essentials (discontinued) vs. Omnissa Dynamic Environment Manager

For fast setup and implementation, Citrix Essentials was an enabler for connection success, otherwise, we could have just wasted time on other alternatives. Seemed that it was more 'out of the box' which works for us since we don't have the financial resources for complicated implementations. If this was a major ERP implementation, not sure if this would be the most appropriate solution across many countries.

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VMWare Dynamic environment manager is best suited in a situation where you have a dedicated admin to configure all the complex settings/scenario's for the user experience. Where you have a limited ammount of user profiles and the tooling is less favorable when you want your users to have alot of personal influence on the settings

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• User interface
• Support
• Integration

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• VMware Horizon
• User Profiles settings
• User Profiles files
• User Profiles redirection

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• Network Fileshare mapping where I have encountered some issues.

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• Takes a bit of time to get the hang of.
• If you are setting it up yourself, there will probably be a few calls to support to get the kinks of your environment worked out
• Works well with standard applications, but is a bit cumbersome in setting up in-house built applications.

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It is a great product and does the job well. We have been using it for 7 years now, and I can not think of a single time where it broke or had issues... it just WORKS.

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Frankly, there were limited alternative products besides Citrix Essentials, and maybe we just need to learn more. We did not have the time to process complex Request for Proposals, obtain RFP responses, do a short-list, reference checks and a final selection with oral presentations, so IT helped Finance with moving forward and we appreciated their technical advice, speed, and guidance.

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For the most part, VMware User Environment Manager is a solid virtual remedy for the remote employee. Ease of access, up-time, the ability to access programs quickly within the environment, security features such as timeouts, and other items, all prevent the logistical nightmare we see with other programs. Issues do arise, as with any other program, but the problems that do occur are normally very quickly resolved. This is really not a bad program as long as employers do their due diligence in ensuring the program stays up to date.

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• Client delivery
• Relationship management
• Visualization

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• Takes less time to deploy new users
• Administring takes less time as all tools seperated
• Perfect for a Keep IT Simple Stupid VDI strategy.

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