Omnissa Dynamic Environment Manager vs. RES ONE by RES Software (discontinued)

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager is excellent addition of VMware products and is very well suited for User profiles (settings, files, configuration) redirection when users connect to dedicated or shared hosts. It also offers good set of features for Windows OS configuration and customization for multiple users. Place for improvement, simplicity for configuration.

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I would use it in organisations with lots of users to be managed; we use it in Citrix environments a lot and it works like a charm. I don't know if I would use it in really small businesses with random PCs, unless you really want to have some uniformity and strict use policy.

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• The VMware User Environment Manager helps place all tools on a virtual desktop, creating ease of access for employees.
• The use of VMware User Environment Manager also helps with addressing problems within a remote environment by limiting those issues to the desktop that it creates. This also helps when issues arise that may need to be addressed for a particular program, and allows us to focus on a problem without affecting the real-time desktop.
• Allowing to log in to different servers quickly is also a benefit. Time is of the essence for many employees, and the ability for employees to take 2 minutes or so to log in to the VMware User Environment Manager helps each employee have additional time to do other tasks.

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• Application Control
• Zone and context
• Zero Profile

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• There are no major faults with it. It does the job well and I can rely on it.

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• It would be nice if the instant report function had the possibility to also show added users/groups

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The tool is integral to how business is done by end users, thus it's imperative to keep the solution around. Not to mention the business leverages the experience to assist clients with building out the solution for their needs.

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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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Easy to deploy and transparent for the end user.

Ivanti's support department is great. They resolved incidents great and quickly.

The implementation is typcially pretty simple on a flat active directly and non-DMZ based environment. Once things become more complex it is imperative to move slowly and test frequently with UAT groups and engineers.

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This is not a real 1 vs 1 comparison. Both manage the user profile in a different way. Unidesk (Citrix app layering) is a great way to provide a golden image with extra applications and store personal settings. You still need tools like Group Policies (preferences) to control the user profile settings while Dynamic Enviroment Manager is more comming from these settings to complement the user profile

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Appsense now Endpoint Management is a great tool, eventually IWC will fade and Endpoint will absorb all its useful features. Once the transition to appsense is complete we will be shifting to it rather than IWC but in the mean time IWC is our tool of choice.

• Positive: Ability to create floating pools through VMware Horizon, and the user can log in to any PC and have the best experience. No more dedicated PCs.
• Positive: No wasted time in transferring over old profile data to a new PC.
• Negative: A bit of work to set up and get working properly.

Incentivized

• Less management
• Better user experience