User Environment Manager is installed using a simple Microsoft Installer (MSI) package. You simply choose the installation path and click Next complete the installation on most any Windows computer.

Because the installation is so simple, this lesson skips performing a basic installation and instead introduces you to the more advanced concept of defining a new User Environment Manager environment.

Note - The User Environment Manager management console has been installed on the Main Console for you.

VMware User Environment Manager supports scenarios with multiple environments, such as different customers, development, testing, acceptance, production, and separately managed organizational divisions.

You can use the traditional mechanisms like Active Directory group policies and file services to make a design that accommodates the needs of your organization. If you are managing multiple User Environment Manager environments with a team of administrators, you can also configure these environments through a group policy, by using the VMware UEM Management Console.admx template, available in theUser Environment Manager download package.

For each environment that you define, a User Environment Manager configuration share needs to be created, as well as a group policy with the environment-specific paths configured. After that, you target the User Environment Manager group policies to the appropriate users, depending on which environment they belong to. For example, you can target the group policies based on an Active Directory organizational unit. You can use a single instance of the User Environment Manager Management Console to manage these environments.

When multiple environments are configured in the User Environment Manager Management Console, you can import and export User Environment Manager configuration items between environments.