In almost all XenApp and XenDesktop environments I build, I solve user virtualization with AppSense Personalization and local profiles.
AppSense Personalization allows you to virtualize and personalize the user desktop without the need of a roaming profile, and by using AppSense Personalization together with local profiles you get some big advantages over roaming and mandatory profiles:
- Fast logon and logoff times (no profile has to be loaded over the network)
- No profile corruption
- No manual mandatory profile creation
- No “hung” profiles
The only drawback of using local profiles is that they are not automatically deleted from the server or desktop when the user logs off, but this is where spoofing the state of the local profile with PowerShell comes in. Continue reading »