How to Implement Outlook Cached Mode with FSLogix profiles
If you’re among the many who’ve jumped on the FSLogix bandwagon to manage user profiles in your Microsoft WVD, Citrix CVAD, etc. VDI environments or elsewhere, you’ll likely…
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Best ways to Shrink and Optimize FSLogix Profile VHD files
This is the FSLogix Magic Hammer You Didn't Know You Had! by Jacques BensimonAs you probably know, as a result of the Microsoft acquisition and of the generous…
New FSLogix software patch release
Looks like there is a new patch for FSLogix out. Release 2004 (2.9.7349.30108). This patch version is basically a giant list of fixes. ~17 various bugs and issues…
VMware User Environment Manager (aka Dynamic Environment Manager)
The end of year is coming up and I’m cleaning out all of my Evernote archives and getting all of my posts up and out the door. All…
Windows 10 Start Menu Behavior Rationalized
Buckle up for another Master Class from Jacques Bensimon. Some deep dives into the Windows Start Menu behavior and some great tips on how to accomplish the customizations…
VMware App Volumes and FSLogix container conflicts resolved.
I have a client where we have implemented a full VMware Horizon VDI solution. This solution consists of VMware Horizon, User Environment Manager and App Volumes (along with…
A Brief History of User Profiles …and an Idea for Microsoft!
Here is a great piece written by Jacques Bensimon. Before getting into it, let me stress that this is not a survey of all available (native and third-party)…
Citrix VDA User Profiles: The Mysterious "…"
If you’ve ever noticed and wondered what those “…” on the end of the Desktop & Personal entries under “HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders” in Regedit (which disappear if you…
Discovering the Terminal Server Aware Flag via MiTeC’s EXE Explorer
My colleague Jacques Bensimon sent over a great description on the Terminal Server Aware flag and it’s impact on the use of Microsoft’s Terminal Server shadow keys (HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\…