FSLogix Technologies

USER PROFILES

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ABOUT ME

Karel De Winter

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USER PROFILES

What are you using?• Local Profiles = Glorious!

• Roaming Profiles

• User Profile Disks (UPD) - introduced in Windows Server 2012

• Citrix Profile Manager (CPM)

• Folder Redirection (combined with Profile Management)

– Take critical user components out of the profile

WHY FSLOGIX?

Why UPD will not work?

• Microsoft uses symbolic links for their folder mountings

• It will never support Microsoft OneDrive and Teams

• With UPD you cannot use:

– Windows Search

– Outlook Search

– Multi-session support

FSLOGIX

• FSLogix took what UPD had started

• The key to it all: Simplicity!

Profile ContainerReplacement for roaming profiles and folder redirection. Dramatically speeds up logon and application launch times.

• Includes Office 365 Container, which roams Office cache data (Outlook OST, OneDrive cache, Skype for Business GAL, etc.) and Windows Search DB with user in virtual desktop environments.

App MaskingMinimize number of gold images by creating a single image with all applications. Excellent app compatibility with no packaging, sequencing, backend infrastructure, or virtualization.

Java RedirectionHelps protect the enterprise from vulnerabilities of multiple installed versions of Java by mapping specific versions to individual apps or websites.

THREE CORE PIECES OF FSLOGIX TECHNOLOGY

FSLOGIX COMPONENTS

CONTAINER

• Uses native Windows VHD capabilities–no hypervisor.

• Very easy to deploy and manage.

• Completely seamless end-user experience.

• Works with other application management platforms.

• Easy to test, implement,and manage.

• Reduces network and filesystem load.

SMB Storage

PROFILE CONTAINER

• Places entire user profile in VHD or VHDX container

• Extremely fast logon times

• Solve Folder Redirection problems once and for all

• Support any app: – Cached Exchange Mode,

– OneDrive for B,

– MS Sharepoint,

– MS Dynamics

SMB Storage

OFFICE365 CONTAINER

• Places Office 365 cache data in

network-based container.

• Enables roaming of Outlook

OST, OneDrive cache, Windows

Search, and more…

• Office apps have native

performance and behavior

• Works alongside other profile

management platforms

SMB Storage

OFFICE 365 VS PROFILE CONTAINERS

APP MASKING

• Application Management without sequencing, snapshotting, packaging, or virtualization.

• All apps installed in base image. – Only apps a user is entitled to are

revealed.

– App entitlements can be changed in real time.

– Works with fonts, plugins, and more…

– Excellent app compatibility

• Reduce number of managed images and silos

JAVA REDIRECTION

• Securely collocate multiple version of Java on same base image

• Run each app or website with specific version of Java required for full functionality

• Uses FSLogix App Masking to hide unused versions of Java when not needed

WHAT ABOUT AZURE

• Store the Profile Container on every storage location that supports SMB/NFS storage. – Azure Storage blobs with Cloud Cache

• Profile Container and Office 365 Container in Azure Files– Azure Files NTFS ACLs

– Azure AD DS

WHAT ABOUT WVD

• Use Azure Files with Windows Virtual Desktop

• Use Azure AD DS authentication for access control.

CLOUD CACHE

• Local Profile to service all reads from a redirected Profile or Office Container, after the first read

• Multiple remote locations

• Insulate users from short-term loss of connectivity to remote profile containers

WHY FSLOGIX?

• FSLogix uses Filter Drivers in Windows (block-based)

– The profile is streamed directly

– Injects the folder mountings of Office 365

WHY FSLOGIX?

• Filter driver masks the folder where the VHD is mounted

• Behaves as if it’s locally-mounted, avoiding the problems introduced by using junction points

• Enable use of Teams and OneDrive.

• FSLogix’s Containers include multi-session support

• From an Outlook and Windows Search perspective, Office 365 Container product hooks the indexing database of the server (and desktop) operating system and stores it into a user’s profile

LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

FSLogix is available at no additional cost for Microsoft 365 and Remote Desktop Services customers!

• Microsoft 365 E3/E5• Microsoft 365 A3/A5/ Student Use Benefits• Microsoft 365 F1• Microsoft 365 Business• Windows 10 Enterprise E3/E5• Windows 10 Education A3/A5• Windows 10 VDA per user

• Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Client Access License (CAL)• Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Subscriber Access License (SAL)

FSLogix solutions may be used in any public or private data center

Questions?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Use Profile and Office Container together

• Separate OneDrive,… data in a separate container on cheaper and/or different storage locations

• Make backups of only Profile Containers

• Use seperate File server. VHD/VDHX files will generateintensive I/O

• Format data partition in ‘ReFS’

• Exclude VHD/VHDX location anti-virus (Redirections.xml)

• Mount VHD file with FRxCONTEXT tool

• VHD whitespace in profiles. Use script:

http://www.citrixirc.com/?p=829

EXTRA INFO

• Latest FSLogix is always available at: https://aka.ms/fslogix_download

• FSLogix documentation: https://aka.ms/fslogix

• FSLogix MSDN Forum: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/home?forum=FSLogix

• Request an enhancement: https://windowsvirtualdesktop.uservoice.com/forums/921289-fslogix

Demo Time!