UEM vs. Persona Management

[espi303030]

Hello all,

I am new to all this.  I have a question I need help with.  I am in the process of standing up a View Horizon 7 environment from the ground up, before I get too far into it, can I / should I use UEM to replace Persona Management?  What are your experiences with this if possible/suggested?

Thank you,

espi303030

[pchapman · Accepted solution]

I would.  I don't recall the exact source but it's my impression that VMware has basically stopped developing/adding new features to persona management and UEM is the way to go for new installs.  UEM is much more powerful and flexible than persona,  I would suggest migrating to it if you are currently using persona.

[espi303030]

Is UEM an additional purchase or is it included in the View Horizon suite?

[pchapman]

It is included with Horizon Enterprise edition, or can be purchased separately.

[raybarth]

UEM is the direction VMware is moving.  My big driving factor for moving to UEM was the inherit challenges Microsoft has created with Windows 10.  Persona did "work", but UEM was able to address many challenges better and dramatically improve logon times.  Furthermore, from an end user perspective, it's actually more intuitive for people to absorb and manage.  Even though there is a limited amount of information on the net compared to persona, there is a wealth of helpful info in this community that will provide significant guidance.  Plus VMware provide a good background training session (free) that will explain the architecture.