FSLogix Apps is a software agent that enables virtual desktop administrators to massively reduce the number of Windows Gold images, easily manage per-user applications, optimize license costs while assuring compliance, and eliminate some of their biggest problems in VDI and RDSH.
Top Ten Reasons to Use FSLogix Apps
1. Massively reduce the number of Windows gold images in your environment
2. Eliminate silos/pools in XenApp and VDI
3. Make non-persistent VDI a reality
4. Solve user profile issues and eliminate folder redirection in VDI/XenApp
5. Simplified DR/BC for virtual desktops
6. Ensure license compliance for all users and all apps on all Windows infrastructure
7. Implement VDI and DaaS without legacy management overhead
8. Manage multiple application versions, like Java, easily
9. Simple version control and rollback for application updates
10. Granularity to feature level for Office add-ins, browser plugins, printer visibility, fonts
3. Unified Base Image Management
Install all applications,
versions and drivers
into one unified base
image for all PCs and
VMs.
Base Image Applications
4. Image Masking and Filtering
Active
Directory
App
Policies
FSLogix leverages
Active Directory to
tailor a desktop for
each user or group
Finance Desktop
Users in the
Finance
Group
Managing users and
applications are as
simple as managing
AD Groups
Different versions of
the same application
can be delivered to
different groups
Install all applications,
versions and drivers
into one unified base
image for all PCs and
VMs.
5. Active
Directory
App
Policies
… and so on for each
user or group in the
enterprise.
Engineering Desktop
Engineering
AD Group
Image Masking and Filtering
Install all applications,
versions and drivers
into one unified base
image for all PCs and
VMs.
6. FSLogix Apps 2.0
Install all applications,
versions and drivers in
one unified base image
for all PCs and VMs.
AD-driven filters
expose only what each
user is allowed to see.
Sales Desktop
Sales
Login
Unlimited
Containers:
• User Profiles
• Applications
• File Stores
Active
Directory
App
Policies
Wallpaper,
App
personalizations,
PST, etc.
7. FSLogix Apps 2.0
Install all applications,
versions and drivers in
one unified base image
for all PCs and VMs.
AD-driven filters
expose only what each
user is allowed to see.
Engineering Desktop
Engineering
Login
Active
Directory
App
Policies
Unlimited
Containers:
• User Profiles
• Applications
• File Stores
Wallpaper,
App
personalizations,
PST, etc.
8. New in FSLogix Apps 2.0
• Applications are installed natively into base image and reside in either
base image or in .vhd(x) files
• No Sequencing or Packaging needed
• Flexibility to reduce base image size with App containers
• Unlimited number of in-guest app containers
• User profiles can now reside in .vhd(x) files
• Easy migration from existing profile solutions
• First viable alternative to redirected folders
• Finally a way to handle large files like .PST’s
Containerization:
9. Top 10 Use Cases for FSLogix Apps
1. Massively reduce the number of Windows gold images in your
environment
2. Eliminate silos/pools in XenApp and VDI
3. Make non-persistent VDI a reality
4. Solve user profile issues in VDI/XenApp
5. Simplified DR/BC for virtual desktops
6. Ensure license compliance for all users and all apps on all Windows
infrastructure
7. Implement VDI and DaaS without legacy management overhead
8. Manage multiple application versions, like Java, easily
9. Simple version control and rollback for application updates
10. Granularity to feature level for Office add-ins, browser plugins, printer
visibility, fonts