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Omnissa Dynamic Environment Manager

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What is Omnissa Dynamic Environment Manager?

Dynamic Environment Manager offers personalization and dynamic policy configuration across any virtual, physical and cloud-based Windows desktop environment, and is a key component of JMP – the next generation of desktop and application delivery. The software is an evolution of technology acquired with Dutch company Immidio by VMware in February, 2015.

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Omnissa DEM The Missing Link.

Incentivized
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use DEM as part of our Omnissa Horizon Non-Persistent VDI Desktop Deployment. It is a critical part of giving our users that feeling of a static desktop that they keep going back to. This is an absolute requirement if you are running Horizon Desktops. When designing your VDSI Environment, it is extremely important to look at end user experience... and DEM elevates that.

Pros

  • Redirect User Profile Folders to a Persistent Server.
  • Capture and redeploy application settings on logon/logoff.
  • Makes VDI Admins' lives so much better.

Cons

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

Return on Investment

  • There has been a positive impact on ROI. DEM will make your life so much easier when designing and deploying desktops.

Usability

Controlling the user profile.

Incentivized
Verified User
Advisor in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

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

Most Important Features

  • Ability to manage all settings from one pane.
  • No extra cost
  • Part of a larger VDI solution

Return on Investment

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

Alternatives Considered

Unidesk (Discontinued)

Other Software Used

TOPdesk, VMware Horizon, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager is excellent and easy to configure

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

VMware VMware Dynamic Environment Manager was great addition of VMware Horizon which we establish when Covid pandemic started. As any other companies, we also had users with laptops and desktops, but everyone located in office spaces and as was impossible to purchase such a big number of laptop for desktop users, we needed to establish solution like VMware Horizon and give users opportunity to connect to work resources.

Pros

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

Cons

  • Simplicity
  • Configuration documentation

Most Important Features

  • Folder redirection
  • Settings redirection

Return on Investment

  • Immediate option for users connectivity to work resources
  • Fast solution for cases like Covid
  • Assigning access to work resources is easy managed

Alternatives Considered

VMware Horizon, Azure Virtual Machines, Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center Service Manager

Other Software Used

Microsoft System Center, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Microsoft Intune + SCCM), VMware vCenter Server

VMware User Environment Manager: The all-in-one for Virtual Employees

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Shauna StermerView profile
Internet Technician/Consultant for Cox Communications at Sutherland Global Services/CloudSource in Information Technology at Sutherland Global Services/Cloudsource (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • 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.

Cons

  • VMware User Environment Manager, for some reason, is unable to run Avaya on its platform where I work. This may need to be addressed, as it is somewhat of an issue when launching tools as a remote employee, and we must keep Avaya off the VMware User Environment Manager. This is actually a big problem as we have to switch back and forth between environments to see and utilize Avaya versus the tools on the VMware User Environment Manager.
  • In addition to the Avaya issue, there seem to be some issues with up-time. I am not sure if this is solely due to the VMware User Environment Manager, but it does seem that the longer you are on and logged in to the VMware User Environment Manager, issues start occurring.
  • Log in time aside, there also seems to be a compatibility issue with the VMware User Environment Manager. We have also run into some problems running older applications on the virtual desktop.

Return on Investment

  • A positive impact that the VMware User Environment Manager has had is the ability to run multiple programs at any given time. The ability to do so also allows the employee to quickly address issues a customer may have with just a few clicks.
  • The programs that are being run may have a few issues within the VMware User Environment Manager. However, with a good Information Technology team in the background, ensuring everything is up to date, this may not be or be a minimal problem, at best.
  • Both of the positive and negative impacts on the business can inadvertently be passed on to the customer. For example, a program crashes within the VMware User Environment Manager, the employee may have to reload the program or the entire VMware User Environment Manager. Crashing within the environment presents an issue by having the employee experience downtime, or possibly the customer feeling the effects of the problem by having to wait for answers as the program or programs reload, thus affecting multiple business objectives.

Alternatives Considered

Avaya, Skype for Business (formerly Lync), NICE Workforce Optimization and Kronos Workforce Central

Other Software Used

Avaya, NICE Workforce Optimization, Kronos Workforce Central

VMware User Environment Manager -- Keep your user's experience at its best.

Incentivized
Verified User
Employee in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Managing personal settings for users
  • Ability to keep settings while switching to different PCs.
  • Helpful when setting up customized settings per user group. Set it once and propagate it to multiple users

Cons

  • 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.

Return on Investment

  • 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.

Other Software Used

HPE SimpliVity (formerly OmniCube), KACE Endpoint Systems Management Appliance