gwavacon 2013: immidio flex+ workspace virtualization

Immidio Flex+

workspace virtualization

Rodney Medina

CTO Immidio

r.medina@immidio.com

© Immidio. All rights reserved. This presentation is for informational purposes only. Immidio makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary.

Immidio Introduction

Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands Branch office in APAC (Sydney, Australia)

Dedicated sales in DACH region

Largest deployment at BASF (105.000 seats)

20+ Global Fortune 500

20+ countries

350+ customers

900.000+ licenses sold

Main topics

Coming from Flex Profiles Kit freeware background – we serve our customers

Build for the Enterprise, usable for any size organization Established in top 3 Workspace Virtualization vendors Differentiators: Simple, Scalable, Affordable &

Extensible (wallet-share) No competing products in portfolio and salescycles Embrace and extend strategic technologies --> i.e. App-V Open to new types of partnerships with Citrix

5

20+ Fortune500 customers

Immidio Flex+, workspace virtualization

Provides users with a

personalized and dynamic

Windows environment,

adapted to their situation,

based on role, device and

location.

Dynamic configuration

Application configuration

User Environment

settings

Personalization

Application Migration

Application Configuration

Configures and deploys user

settings for virtual and native

applications, independent

from application package

and deployment.

Dynamic configuration

Application configuration

User Environment

settings

Personalization

Application Migration

Application configuration

Configure and manage initial state of application - Easily done by using Immidio Application Profiler on a “reference” machine

Optionally configure application into a “Solid State” - Application resets to a predefined state everytime it is started

One application package, numerous configurations - Install the application once and easily deploy different application configurations

Improve application packaging/virtualization process - Decouple the application configuration from the installation

Application configuration

demo

User environment settings

Configures Windows settings

like shortcuts, printer & drive

mappings, all managed

centrally from a simple

interface.

Dynamic configuration

Application configuration

User Environment

settings

Personalization

Application Migration

User environment

settings

Manage the user environment

- Configure the basic settings, like drive and printer mappings, Windows language, etc…

Manage application shortcuts and FTA’s

- Configure application shortcuts in Start Menu, Desktop and File Type associations

Manage settings when needed (just in time)

- Map drives/printers, run tasks, only when the associated application is launched

Run custom or built-in “Triggered Tasks” during a session

- Configurable for lock/unlock workstation and reconnect/disconnect from VDI or RDS session

- Run custom task like closing a certain application when user disconnects from a VDI session

Reduce complexity

- No more scripts or dispersed group policies to configure basic user environment settings

User environment

settings demo

Personalization

Decouples, segments and

roams personal settings

across different operating

systems, providing a

consistent, dynamic and fast

user experience.

Dynamic configuration

Application configuration

User Environment

settings

Personalization

Application Migration

What is personalization?

User Profile

Internet Explorer Settings

Files and Folders

Workspace Settings

Application A

settings

Application B

settings

Personalization

Decouples personalization from traditional profile - Compressed and segmented

Manage Windows settings at logon/logoff - Wallpaper, keyboard, mouse, screensaver, MUI, etc...

Manage application personalization at app. start/exit - Settings dynamically available across multiple sessions/devices. Fast logon times!

Roam settings across all Windows devices - WinXP <> Win7 - 32-bit <> 64-bit - native <> virtualized app – Physical <> Virtual desktop

Windows Settings Application Settings

Individual

Windows &

application

settings

Managed

individually

Stored

individually

User session

Profile segmentation with Flex+

DirectFlex

User Session

Profile Data Store (File Share)

Base Profile

Flex Profiles Logon

DirectFlex launch

DirectFlex shutdown

Flex Profiles Logoff

Time Time

Personalization support

End-user support

Provide support on application or Windows setting level - Reset to default or restore a previous state (configurable amount of backups)

Optionally provide users with simple Self-Support tool - Easy to use

- Multilanguage support

- Company branding possible

Personalization demo

Application migration

Migrates personalization of

an application to a newer

version of the application,

like MS Office 2007 to MS

Office 2010.

Dynamic configuration

Application configuration

User Environment

settings

Personalization

Application Migration

Application Migration

Migrate application personalization - For same version of application but across different OS’es, this works out-of-the-box

Migrate app. personalization to higher app. version - Eg. Office 2007 -> 2010 (requires migration mapping file, Office included)

Migrate personalization back/forth between versions - Is dependent of application.

Application migration

demo

Dynamic configuration

Enables dynamic adaptation

of all configurable items

within Flex+ based on user,

location and device,

providing a consistent but

relevant user environment.

Dynamic configuration

Application configuration

User Environment

settings

Personalization

Application Migration

Dynamic Configuration

Use conditions to decide when to apply settings - Can be used for all configurable items in Flex+

Simple, advanced and custom criteria available - Group Membership, Organization Unit, IP ranges, OS version, registry, file version, etc...

Group conditions into globally managed conditionsets - Can be used to define “workspaces” for easy administration

Use “UEM Refresh” to re-evaluate conditions in a session - Automatic with Triggered Task or manually initiated using command line or shortcut

Dynamic configuration

demo

Leverage existing

infrastructure

Flex+ infrastructure

Easy deployment and configuration of client - Deploy FlexEngine MSI using any ESD, configure FlexEngine with GPO

No databases or webservers backend required - Leverages home dir for personalization storage and central file share for Flex configuration

Scales with Windows infrastructure - No additional infrastructure changes required when changing number of clients/users

- Central file share for Flex configuration can be replicated/clustered to any need

Unique proposition

We differentiate by being:

Simple

Scalable

Extensible

Affordable

Licensing & trial version

Desktops, licensed per device

VDI & RDS, licensed per concurrent user

30 days trial version available at immidio.com Fully functional

Upgrade to retail version, just by replacing license file

Easy Proof of Concept

Easily transfer settings to production environment

Questions?

© Immidio. All rights reserved. This presentation is for informational purposes only. Immidio makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary.