Name: VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
Rating: 7.9 (11 reviews)
Author: VMware by Broadcom

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Visitor Management

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Accounting

Blockchain Payments

Crypto Asset Management

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Subscription Management

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

Employer of Record (EOR)

HR Management

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Access Gateways

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

Application Performance Management (APM)

Archiving

Cloud Storage

Custom Software Development Services

Database Performance Monitoring

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Firewall

Fraud Detection

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Network Operating Systems

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All-in-One Marketing

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Translation

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Wireframing

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Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

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GDPR Compliance

Security

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Ivanti Environment Manager (formerly AppSense, acquired by LANDESK in 2016, which is now part of Ivanti) is an on-demand personalization tool for desktops, used to apply contextual policy on‑demand.
Aims to provide fast logons, roaming users with robust, always-personalized desktops, smooth OS and physical-to-virtual migrations, and easy PC refreshes.

Ivanti Environment Manager

User Virtualization

Ivanti

Citrix Profile Management (formerly Citrix UPM) was a tool used for user virtualization and managing user data and maintaining adequate logon speed in a virtual environment. It is obsolete, and replaced by Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenApp and XenDesktop).

Citrix Profile Management (discontinued)

Citrix Profile Management (discontinued) Citrix UPM

Discontinued Products

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Ivanti User Workspace Manager, or the RES One Suite developed by RES Software and supported by Ivanti since the 2017 acquisition, enabled a personalized, secure user workspace across physical, virtual, and cloud desktops to simplify migrations, ease Office 365 adoption and exceed SLAs for user productivity.

RES ONE by RES Software (discontinued)

Ivanti User Workspace Manager RES ONE by RES Software (discontinued)

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SecureLink is a platform for remote support in regulated industries.  Enterprise software vendors use SecureLink to deliver remote support and services.  Hospitals, banks, casinos and other regulated entities use SecureLink to authenticate, control and audit remote access for their vendors, business associates and other 3rd parties.

SecureLink Enterprise Access

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SecureLink

Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V)

Microsoft

Liquidware ProfileUnity

Liquidware

Tricerat Simplify Suite

Tricerat

FSLogix

Tiger Spaces

Tiger Technology

Dynamic Environment Manager offers personalization and dynamic policy configuration across any virtual, physical and cloud-based Windows desktop environment, and is a key component of JMP – the next generation of desktop and application delivery.

The software is an evolution of technology acquired with Dutch company Immidio by VMware in February, 2015.

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager 9.2 - Publisher-Based Application Blocking & Privilege Elevation

Dynamic Environment Manager Demo for IT Admins

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager 9.4: Argument-Based Privilege Elevation - Feature Walk-through

Likelihood to Recommend

VMware (NYSE: VMW) is the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, two areas that consistently rank as top priorities among CIOs. VMware delivers award-winning, customer-proven solutions that accelerate IT by reducing complexity and enabling more flexible, agile service delivery. Our solutions help organizations of all sizes, lower costs, increase business agility and ensure freedom of choice.

We are searching for people who are ready to accelerate, innovate and lead to join our team of more than 12,000 employees in 50+ locations worldwide working to develop innovative solutions that deliver the future of IT through cloud computing. Having the audacity to challenge constraints and problem-solve for tomorrow starts today, and it starts with you. Learn more at www.vmware.com/careers

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Bit cumbersome

Switch back

Up time

Setting it up

Different servers

Ability to keep

Multiple users

Ease of access

Real time

Home

User Virtualization Software

TOPdesk

VMware Horizon

Unidesk (Discontinued)

Microsoft 365

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

We have been using a VDI infrastructure for nearly 10 years now.<br>The challenge has always been the struggle between a golden image, the different needs by users and how to deliver a proper desktop profile on that in the most cost effective way. <br><br>VMWare Dynamic Environment Manager is a tool that delivers on the user profile part and is free to use with a VMWare Horizon license.<br>In our scenario we used the tool to complement our VMWare Horizon VDI deployment. 

Product Usage

We have been using a VDI infrastructure for nearly 10 years now.
The challenge has always been the struggle between a golden image, the different needs by users and how to deliver a proper desktop profile on that in the most cost effective way. 

VMWare Dynamic Environment Manager is a tool that delivers on the user profile part and is free to use with a VMWare Horizon license.
In our scenario we used the tool to complement our VMWare Horizon VDI deployment.

Pros and Cons

Combining different Microsoft settings in a single pane.
Straightforward tool
Privilege elevation for apps

Things done well

You cannot prefill on a per user basis
Configuration can become quitte big

Things done poorly

VMWare Dynamic environment manager is best suited in a situation where you have a dedicated admin to configure all the complex settings/scenario's for the user experience. Where you have a limited ammount of user profiles and the tooling is less favorable when you want your users to have alot of personal influence on the settings.

Ability to manage all settings from one pane.
No extra cost
Part of a larger VDI solution

Most Important Features 3.4.21

Takes less time to deploy new users
Administring takes less time as all tools seperated
Perfect for a Keep IT Simple Stupid VDI strategy.

Return on Investment

This is not a real 1 vs 1 comparison. Both manage the user profile in a different way. Unidesk (Citrix app layering) is a great way to provide a golden image with extra applications and store personal settings. You still need tools like Group Policies (preferences) to control the user profile settings while Dynamic Enviroment Manager is more comming from these settings to complement the user profile.

Alternatives

TOPdesk, VMware Horizon, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Other Software Used

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager 2022-07-15 05:01:26

Microsoft System Center

Hyper-V

VMware vCenter

Microsoft Intune

Microsoft System Center Service Manager

Azure Virtual Machines

VMware VMware Dynamic Environment Manager was great addition of VMware Horizon which we establish when Covid pandemic started. As any other companies, we also had users with laptops and desktops, but everyone located in office spaces and as was impossible to purchase such a big number of laptop for desktop users, we needed to establish solution like VMware Horizon and give users opportunity to connect to work resources.

VMware Horizon
User Profiles settings
User Profiles files
User Profiles redirection

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager is excellent addition of VMware products and is very well suited for User profiles (settings, files, configuration) redirection when users connect to dedicated or shared hosts. It also offers good set of features for Windows OS configuration and customization for multiple users. Place for improvement, simplicity for configuration.

Immediate option for users connectivity to work resources
Fast solution for cases like Covid
Assigning access to work resources is easy managed

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager is excellent with VMware Horizon.

VMware Horizon, Azure Virtual Machines, Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center Service Manager

Microsoft System Center, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Microsoft Intune + SCCM), VMware vCenter Server

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager 2022-07-12 00:39:54

HPE SimpliVity

KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)

Used for the inside staff of our organization. Very helpful with deploying new machines to users when the refresh cycle comes up. All the settings that the user has set on their PC get transferred over to their new machine when the time comes, and there is very little involvement from the IT staff.

Managing personal settings for users
Ability to keep settings while switching to different PCs.
Helpful when setting up customized settings per user group. Set it once and propagate it to multiple users

Takes a bit of time to get the hang of.
If you are setting it up yourself, there will probably be a few calls to support to get the kinks of your environment worked out
Works well with standard applications, but is a bit cumbersome in setting up in-house built applications.

VMware User Environment Manager is very well suited for environments such as call center PCs and where users log on to different PCs (floating PCs). All their settings come over, and no matter what computer they log into they have everything that they customized from their last session. Very helpful when setting up floating pools with VMware Horizon.

Positive: Ability to create floating pools through VMware Horizon, and the user can log in to any PC and have the best experience. No more dedicated PCs.
Positive: No wasted time in transferring over old profile data to a new PC.
Negative: A bit of work to set up and get working properly.

HPE SimpliVity (formerly OmniCube), KACE Endpoint Systems Management Appliance

VMware User Environment Manager 2019-01-21 10:28:31

Avaya IP Office

UKG Workforce Central (discontinued)

Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams

Skype

NICE Adaptive WFO, on CXOne

VMware User Environment Manager is being used by remote employees in an effort to streamline the interaction between multiple programs. As for other departments, I am sure they may use some form of this program. The problem this program addresses is the ability for remote users to implement a variety of programs on a virtual desktop. This also assists the virtual employee by allowing multiple programs to be used on a desktop outside of a real-time desktop that may be used in brick and mortar work environments.

The VMware User Environment Manager helps place all tools on a virtual desktop, creating ease of access for employees.
The use of VMware User Environment Manager also helps with addressing problems within a remote environment by limiting those issues to the desktop that it creates. This also helps when issues arise that may need to be addressed for a particular program, and allows us to focus on a problem without affecting the real-time desktop.
Allowing to log in to different servers quickly is also a benefit. Time is of the essence for many employees, and the ability for employees to take 2 minutes or so to log in to the VMware User Environment Manager helps each employee have additional time to do other tasks.

VMware User Environment Manager, for some reason, is unable to run Avaya on its platform where I work. This may need to be addressed, as it is somewhat of an issue when launching tools as a remote employee, and we must keep Avaya off the VMware User Environment Manager. This is actually a big problem as we have to switch back and forth between environments to see and utilize Avaya versus the tools on the VMware User Environment Manager.
In addition to the Avaya issue, there seem to be some issues with up-time. I am not sure if this is solely due to the VMware User Environment Manager, but it does seem that the longer you are on and logged in to the VMware User Environment Manager, issues start occurring.
Log in time aside, there also seems to be a compatibility issue with the VMware User Environment Manager. We have also run into some problems running older applications on the virtual desktop.

For the remote or virtual agent working outside a brick and mortar, this application has many benefits.  From the remote desktop, the ability to run multiple programs at any given time, to the minimal launch-time, the VMware User Environment Manager is a perfect choice that may just need adjusting.  The VMware User Environment Manager may be less appropriate in a brick and mortar setting where security, functionality, access to client programs and other items may be different, thus necessitating the use of a different all-in-one management program.

A positive impact that the VMware User Environment Manager has had is the ability to run multiple programs at any given time. The ability to do so also allows the employee to quickly address issues a customer may have with just a few clicks.
The programs that are being run may have a few issues within the VMware User Environment Manager. However, with a good Information Technology team in the background, ensuring everything is up to date, this may not be or be a minimal problem, at best.
Both of the positive and negative impacts on the business can inadvertently be passed on to the customer. For example, a program crashes within the VMware User Environment Manager, the employee may have to reload the program or the entire VMware User Environment Manager. Crashing within the environment presents an issue by having the employee experience downtime, or possibly the customer feeling the effects of the problem by having to wait for answers as the program or programs reload, thus affecting multiple business objectives.

For the most part, VMware User Environment Manager is a solid virtual remedy for the remote employee. Ease of access, up-time, the ability to access programs quickly within the environment, security features such as timeouts, and other items, all prevent the logistical nightmare we see with other programs. Issues do arise, as with any other program, but the problems that do occur are normally very quickly resolved. This is really not a bad program as long as employers do their due diligence in ensuring the program stays up to date.

Avaya, Skype for Business (formerly Lync), NICE Workforce Optimization and Kronos Workforce Central

Avaya, NICE Workforce Optimization, Kronos Workforce Central

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
Formerly User Environment Manager

Overview

What is VMware Dynamic Environment Manager?

Controlling the user profile.

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager is excellent and easy to configure

VMware User Environment Manager -- Keep your user's experience at its best.

VMware User Environment Manager: The all-in-one for Virtual Employees

Product Demos

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager 9.4: Argument-Based Privilege Elevation - Feature Walk-through

Dynamic Environment Manager Demo for IT Admins

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager 9.2 - Publisher-Based Application Blocking & Privilege Elevation

Product Details

What is VMware Dynamic Environment Manager?

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager Technical Details

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