One of the most challenging aspects of any Terminal Services or Citrix Presentation Server deployment is the management and control of end-user profiles. Roaming Profiles are prone to corruption and setting conflicts and do not perform well in Enterprise environments.
Mandatory Profiles are great but offer the end-user no flexibility as the profile is read-only so consequently the user's personal settings and preference are not saved when the user logs out. Standard Local User Profiles do not scale and offer no form of centralised management or control.
The Managed Profile solution offers the centralised management and configuration of all aspects of the user's logon experience, from profile management to drive mapping management and printer management. In fact the following aspects can be managed:
User Profiles:
what file and registry elements to capture
Drive Mapping:
automatically and seamlessly map user drive letters based on AD/NT Group Membership
Virtual Folders:
automatically populate the user's "My Computer" explorer workspace with extra "shortcuts" which point to the network places to which they have access
Printers:
empower users to be able to add printers via a custom printer applet which can then roam with the user
Process Management:
execute any application or program (script) for any user, based on Global Groups, whether logging on or logging off
Shortcuts:
add new shortcut definitions to the users' Desktop, Start Menu, or Quick Launch, once again targeting specific Global Groups as desired
Managed Profiles is very easy to setup and configure and requires a small footprint program (MSI) to be installed on each Presentation Server which is executed for each user logon/logoff. Once the necessary infrastructure has been set up, ongoing management and configuration is all achieved via a single web portal.
Citrix have evaluated and deployed various Profile Solutions but Managed Profile has proved to be the winner in terms of performance, management, scalability, ease-of-use and cost.
For more information and to arrange a demo please Email the Citrix Team
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