AppSense vs Citrix UPM

• Application Manager - automatic elevation of certain software to run with admin rights, transparent to users IF you set it all up properly in advance. Once you have this configured, it can be very beneficial.
• Environment Manager - custom actions based on detected conditions. For example, mapping one set of network drives once a user connects to a certain network, and a different set of network drives when they connect to a different network. And automatically remove the network drives when the user disconnects from the network. Do X, Y, and Z if a certain process starts or stops. If process A starts, automatically start process B.

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• UPM does extend the features of Microsoft roaming profiles. It gives you the ability to load ADM files and create group policies to set settings.
• With UPM you are able to include or exclude files and folders in a user's profile.
• There are some tie ins between UPM and Citrix Director to give administrators the ability to quickly see the size of the user's profile.

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• Better control at the pre-network login stages.

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• Since UPM manages Microsoft roaming profiles you still face profile size challenges. You can use the exclude feature but it can be a bit limiting.
• Because of size concerns this may not be the best choice for international deployments if you intend to roam settings across multiple environments.
• Troubleshooting UPM can be a bit difficult at times. There are some built in logging features but those are best reviewed by Citrix.

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• It makes replacing hardware very quick and effective when supporting remote staff.

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• By far the best ROI for using UPM is that it's included with many Citrix offerings.
• The only negative ROI might be time spent setting up UPM then deciding to change solutions.

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