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I've created a DEM config file for the new Microsoft Teams AppX application that was released October 2023: https://adoption.microsoft.com/en-us/new-microsoft-teams/ DirectFlex is not enabled, and does not make sense for the app to be enabled since it typically auto starts at logon and keeps running in the background until logoff. These are the locations that are managed, since it's an AppX application the locations are slightly different compared to classic apps.  === [IncludeIndividualRegistryKeys] HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Teams [IncludeFolderTrees] <LocalAppData>\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe <LocalAppData>\Publishers\8wekyb3d8bbwe [ExcludeFolderTrees] <LocalAppData>\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Microsoft\MSTeams\EBWebView <LocalAppData>\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Microsoft\MSTeams\Logs

Is it recommended to share the same connection servers for internal and external (with UAG in front fro external traffic) access? Or not to share the same connection servers(replicas) Couldn't find any design documents on the best practice for internal and external traffic and the implications if we choose any of that 2 options Would be grateful if anyone can share your thoughts or related documents. Unified Access Gateway Architecture | VMware

If you want to manage the Mozilla Firefox browser for enterprise with VMware Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM), here is a good working template. Recommended is to deploy the Firefox Extended Support Release, which can be found here: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/enterprise/ This DEM config file will capture all important Firefox settings, but still maintain a relative small .ZIP archive. Although it could still grow, so keep an eye on the filesize. I don't recommended enabling DirectFlex for this application, since the Export will always fail because of some strange behavior by Firefox. How to implement: Create a new DEM config file using the DEM management console and just copy-paste these lines: === [IncludeRegistryTrees] HKCU\SOFTWARE\Mozilla HKCU\SOFTWARE\mozilla.org HKCU\SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins [IncludeFolderTrees] <AppData>\Mozilla [ExcludeFolderTrees] <AppData>\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports <AppData>\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[MATCHALL]\crashes <AppData>\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[MATCHALL]\storage [ExcludeFiles] *.tmp ===  

we introduced you to our virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) cloud management services providing universal brokering, monitoring, image, application and lifecycle management. IT can leverage these services for a unified and simplified management experience across Horizon Pods, regardless if the pods are on-premises or in the cloud. We also looked closer at Image Management for Horizon which simplifies and accelerates the use of templates across multiple sites, pods and pools while providing next-generation change tracking and easy to use pool to image update instructions. https://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2021/08/announcing-image-management-for-horizon-cloud-on-azure.html  

If you want to manage Zoom with VMware Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM), here is a good working template. Recommended is to deploy the Zoom MSI full installer for system wide installation: which can be found here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362163 Alternatively Zoom also provides Group Policy Options for the Windows desktop client and Zoom Rooms: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360039100051 I don't recommended enabling DirectFlex for this application, since the application will launch automatically at logon anyway. I've excluded capturing the virtual background video's to keep the size of the DEM .ZIP profile small. How to implement: Create a new DEM config file using the DEM management console and just copy-paste these lines: === # Zoom MSI full installer for system wide installation: # https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362163 # Group Policy Options for the Windows desktop client and Zoom Rooms: # https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360039100051 [IncludeFolderTrees] <AppData>\Zoom\data [ExcludeFolderTrees] <AppData>\Zoom\data\Emojis <AppData>\Zoom\data\ConfAvatar <AppData>\Zoom\data\VirtualBkgnd_Video === The end result should look like this:  

If you want to manage Microsoft Teams with VMware Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM), here is a good working template. Recommended is to deploy Teams using the MSI installer, which can be found here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/msi-deployment This will install the MSI into the Program Files directory, and will install Teams into the Roaming AppData folder for each user that logs on to the machine. I don't recommended enabling DirectFlex for this application, since the application will automatically launch at logon anyway. How to implement: Create a new DEM config file using the DEM management console and just copy-paste these lines: === # Microsoft Teams MSI installer # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/msi-deployment [IncludeRegistryTrees] HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\Teams [IncludeFolderTrees] <AppData>\Microsoft\Teams <AppData>\Teams [ExcludeFolderTrees] <AppData>\Microsoft\Teams\Cache <AppData>\Microsoft\Teams\Code Cache <AppData>\Microsoft\Teams\GPUCache <AppData>\Microsoft\Teams\Service Worker\CacheStorage [ExcludeFiles] old_logs_*.txt logs.txt === The end result should look like this:  

If you want to manage the Microsoft Edge Chromium browser with VMware Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM), here is a good working template. Recommended is to deploy the Microsoft Edge Chromium browser for business, which can be found here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/business This DEM config file will capture all important Microsoft Edge settings, but still maintain a relative small .ZIP archive. Although it could still grow, so keep an eye on the filesize. I have tested with the official 'Roaming Profile support' for Microsoft Edge (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-on-premises-sync) but this is too limited for most customers, since this will miss many important settings like cookies and also requires a (roaming) profile associated with the AD account. I don't recommended enabling DirectFlex for this application, since this application is so embedded in Windows and many applications depend on it. How to implement: Create a new DEM config file using the DEM management console and just copy-paste these lines: === # Microsoft Edge Chromium for business # https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/business [IncludeRegistryTrees] HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Edge [IncludeFiles] <LocalAppData>\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\First Run <LocalAppData>\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Local State <AppData>\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\profile.pb [IncludeFolderTrees] <LocalAppData>\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default [ExcludeFolderTrees] <LocalAppData>\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Cache <LocalAppData>\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Code Cache <LocalAppData>\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\GPUCache <LocalAppData>\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB <LocalAppData>\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Service Worker\CacheStorage <LocalAppData>\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Service Worker\ScriptCache === The end result should look like this:  

If you want to manage the Google Chrome browser for enterprise with VMware Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM), here is a good working template. Recommended is to deploy the Google Chrome browser for enterprise, which can be found here: https://chromeenterprise.google/browser/download/ This DEM config file will capture all important Google Chrome settings, but still maintain a relative small .ZIP archive. Although it could still grow, so keep an eye on the filesize. I have tested with the official 'Roaming Profile support' for Google Chrome (https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/?policy=RoamingProfileSupportEnabled) but this is too limited for most customers, since this will miss important settings like cookies. I don't recommended enabling DirectFlex for this application, since the Export will always fail because of some strange behavior by Chrome.  How to implement: Create a new DEM config file using the DEM management console and just copy-paste these lines: === [IncludeRegistryTrees] HKCU\Software\Google [IncludeFiles] <LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\First Run <LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Local State <AppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\profile.pb [IncludeFolderTrees] <LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default [ExcludeFolderTrees] <LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache <LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Code Cache <LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\GPUCache <LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB <LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Service Worker\CacheStorage <LocalAppData>\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Service Worker\ScriptCache === The end result should look like this:  

ONLY if you use FSLogix Office containers & DEM. FSLogix is saving most items, but a few are currently not captured with FSLogix O365 Containers.  DEM can pick up the slack... - Signatures: AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures - Spellcheck and Proofing too [IncludeFolderTrees] <AppData>\Microsoft\Signatures <AppData>\Microsoft\Spelling <AppData>\Microsoft\UProof

These settings will retain the Calculator's windows position and history. I did not run it as a DirectFlex...but it could be.  I was just keeping it simple.  ======================================================= [IncludeRegistryTrees] HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\calculator HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.windowscalculator_8wekyb3d8bbwe HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\SystemAppData\Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_8wekyb3d8bbwe [IncludeFolderTrees] <LocalAppData>\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_8wekyb3d8bbwe  

Ideally, I'd like that ability to pass a username and password into the UAG login screen. However, it is my understanding that VMware does not allow the password to be prepopulated or sent in as a url parameter for security purposes. Is there another way such as single sign on that this could be accomplished?  The goal is that users can access their desktop via UAG with a prepopulated set of credentials.

We have 4 connection servers installed by a previous admin - I'm new to this position and planning an upgrade from 7.3.2 to 7.13.  In reading the documentation, instructions say to choose either standard server or replica server installers.  I know our first 2 connection servers were installed as standard, then the other two are replicas.  In performing the upgrade, do I use replica installers the same way, or since it's an upgrade, should I just use the standard installer for all 4?

I've created a DEM personalisation for the Zoom VDI client (optimized Zoom client to run inside Horizon)   It basically stores it's information in the %appdata%\ZoomVDI folder. However, it also saves a folder with emojis inside that folder. Size it not that big (about 9MB), but it contains over 2.500 files which does has a performance impact when (un)zipping the profile archive so I excluded that folder and it's related json files. The emojis folder gets recreated automatically in the background when starting the Zoom client.   It also contains the registry run key for Zoom to allow it to start automatically with Windows. Of course, you'll have to set "processing at logon/logoff for this to work" instead of using directFlex.