Pim_van_de_Vis's Posts

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

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 ===  

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: