Controlling the user profile.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have been using a VDI infrastructure for nearly 10 years now.
The challenge has always been the struggle between a golden image, the different needs by users and how to deliver a proper desktop profile on that in the most cost effective way.
VMWare Dynamic Environment Manager is a tool that delivers on the user profile part and is free to use with a VMWare Horizon license.
In our scenario we used the tool to complement our VMWare Horizon VDI deployment.
Pros
- Combining different Microsoft settings in a single pane.
- Straightforward tool
- Privilege elevation for apps
Cons
- You cannot prefill on a per user basis
- Configuration can become quitte big
Likelihood to Recommend
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.