FSLogix Technologies

USER PROFILES GET ME IN OFFICE365!

ABOUT ME

Technology Consultant Azure at Savaco

Karel De Winter

@kareldewinter LinkedIn USER PROFILES

What are you using? • Local Profiles = Glorious! • Roaming Profiles • User Profile Disks (UPD) - introduced in Windows 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? • uses symbolic links for their folder mountings • It will never support Microsoft OneDrive and Teams

• With UPD you cannot use: – – Outlook Search – Multi-session support FSLOGIX

• FSLogix took what UPD had started • The key to it all: Simplicity! THREE CORE PIECES OF FSLOGIX TECHNOLOGY

Profile Container Replacement 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, for Business GAL, etc.) and Windows Search DB with user in virtual desktop environments.

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

Java Redirection Helps protect the enterprise from vulnerabilities of multiple installed versions of Java by mapping specific versions to individual apps or websites. 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. SMB Storage • Easy to test, implement, and manage. • Reduces network and filesystem load. 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: SMB Storage – Cached Exchange Mode, – OneDrive for B, – MS Sharepoint, – MS Dynamics 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 SMB Storage • Works alongside other profile management platforms 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) and stores it into a user’s profile LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

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

• Microsoft 365 E3/E5 • Microsoft 365 A3/A5/ Student Use Benefits • Microsoft 365 F1 • Microsoft 365 Business • 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 generate intensive I/O • Format data partition in ‘ReFS’ • Exclude VHD/VHDX location anti-virus (Redirections.xml) • 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/f orums/921289-fslogix Demo Time!