I’m a developer working on the Remote Desktop Virtualization team. For Windows Server 2012, we wanted to find a simpler way to manage user data-compared to using roaming profiles, Profile management in Windows Server 2008 R2 In an earlier post, we described the different options for This post describes the new user data management available in Windows Server 2012. (Of course, these technologies can be used together fruitfully. User profile disks store user and application data on a single virtual disk that is dedicated to one user’s profile. One of the key challenges to pooled virtual desktop deployments is easily maintaining the user settings and data this is because this information is discarded at logoff when a pooled virtual desktop image is rolled back to its initial state. User profile disks provide an easy way to store the user settings and data on a separate virtual disk that is reattached at logon, so the user data isn’t discarded when the virtual machine rolls back. User profile disks are completely transparent to the user-users can save documents to their Documents folder (on what appears to be a local drive) and change their background wallpaper and app settings while, at the same time, all personal settings persist when connecting to different computers in a virtual desktop collection or session collection. This provides Admins with the reduced management and storage benefits of pooled virtual desktops while still providing the personalization of personal virtual desktops. Anyway, as I say try SMBup and dont waste any more of your valuable time trying to figure out what YOU are doing wrong. Any time its raised on their 'support' forum it ends in a flame war with the fan boys. User profile disks offer several advantages:Ĭonfiguration and deployment is simpler than roaming profiles or folder redirection. Apple have known about this since 10.7 and done NOTHING about it. User profiles can be maintained even on pooled virtual desktops that get rolled back after logoff. Previously, profiles could be corrupted if used simultaneously on multiple computers. User profile disks are specific to the collection, so they can’t be used on multiple computers simultaneously.Īdministrators can have granular control of exactly which locations get saved to the virtual hard disk (VHDX). User profile disks can be stored on Server Message Block (SMB) shares, cluster shared volumes, SANs, or local storage. In pooled virtual desktop collections, user profile disks work with virtual machines running both Windows 8 and Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (SP1). Some things to remember about user profile disks: #SMBUP MANAGE USERS FAIL WINDOWS 8# When the circle turns green you can access the directories and play the files through on the Media player.User profile disks are available only in pooled virtual desktop collections and session collections-not in personal virtual desktop collections. ( is this option not available then you have to click on the lock en enter the security key to make this option available ). When it turns red you have to click on the button “Start”. Open SMBUP and verify that the Samba server is running.
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