by
Gabe Knuth
Each day leading up to BriForum 2009 Chicago, we're going to feature one or two sessions here on BrianMadden.com. The presenters will be paying attention, so this is your opportunity to make your voice heard ahead of time and offer suggestions on what you'd like to see covered in each session.
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Presenters:
Benny Tritsch, CTO, Immidio, and
Shawn Bass, Independent Consultant; Citrix Technology Professional
Session Description:
When
you talk about user profiles, you touch a very emotional aspect of
people’s experience when interacting with Windows; it’s about
individual workspaces, each one reflecting its owner’s personality. As
an IT professional, you had better not try to reduce workspace
flexibility, or your users will make your working life harder every
day. Once upon a time, when you only needed to deal with one desktop
and one profile per user, things were relatively simple. But now, with
remote desktops and applications delivered through ubiquitous terminal
servers and the advent of virtual desktop infrastructures, we are
facing a very different situation. Using a spectrum of applications
from multiple desktops, with each desktop optimized for dedicated
tasks, seems to be the new user paradigm both in enterprise and in home
environments. If you are being challenged to support such a scenario,
than you need to learn some tactical strategies and best practices on
how to deal with multiple profiles per user. From dividing and merging
user settings on various Windows versions to central profile management
and situation-specific adaptation, this session will introduce you to
the secrets of what they call “user profile virtualization.”
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