Dynamic Environment Manager provides granular control over which apps or settings may be persisted between sessions. As the IT administrator, you control personalization through the use of application and Windows templates. A number of templates are included with DEM. In this lab, several templates have already been applied using the Easy Start feature. You can create your own templates using a simple utility, which is covered in the Application Profiler exercise. You also have the option to download a variety of templates from VMware. See the feature walkthrough on Tech Zone for more information on this feature.

From the Main Console, double-click the DEM Management Console shortcut on the desktop.  This will open up the Dynamic Environment Manager Management Console.

You may need to minimize the Chrome Browser so you can see the desktop.

1. Click the Personalization tab
2. Expand the Applications by clicking the + sign by the applications under General
3. Click on Wordpad
4. Note the DirectFlex is configured and enabled for this application

The personalization template for Wordpad has been applied for you using the DEM Easy Start feature.

In this exercise you will open Wordpad, customize the layout, and verify those changes persist between sessions.

Leave the DEM management console open as you will use it again later in this exercise.

The Instant Clone desktop pool is configured for one-time use Windows 10 desktops, which are discarded at logoff.

Once you are logged in, review and note the VM host name printed on the desktop. It may take several seconds after logon for this information to appear.

Note: You may get a different VM than what is pictured in this lab manual. Just take note of your host name as it will be used later in this exercise.

From the desktop of the instant clone VM, double-click the Wordpad shortcut.

1. Clear the checkboxes for Ruler and Status Bar.
2. Change the Measurement units from Inches to Centimeters.

Click the X to close Wordpad.

1. Click Options
2. Click Disconnect and Log Off

Click OK to confirm.

The instant clone VM is immediately deleted and recreated.

Double-click Instant Clone Pool to connect to a new Windows 10 instant clone VM.

While your host name may not match this screen shot, you should be connected to a different Windows 10 instant clone VM than you had previously.

From the desktop of the instant clone VM, double-click the Wordpad shortcut.

1. Click View
2. Verify checkboxes for Ruler and Status Bar are still cleared.
3. Verify the Measurement units is still configured for Centimeters.

Click the X to close Wordpad.

Leave the Instant Clone Pool VM running as you will use it again in the next section.
Minimize the window if you need to.

Along with persisting custom user settings, DEM personalization can be used to customize the user environment while an application is in use.

In this exercise you will configure Wordpad personalization to map a drive at application open and disconnect the drive and application close. This type of dynamic drive mapping ensures resources are only consumed if and when they are needed, rather than performing unnecessary actions at logon.

If you do not still have the DEM management console running, open it from the Main Console desktop shortcut.

1. Click Personalization
2. Navigate to Wordpad
3. Select the User Environment tab
4. Click Add
5. Click Drive Mapping

1. Name: Map Apps
2. Drive letter: E
3. Remote path: \\controlcenter\sourceapps
4. Friendly name: Apps
5. Select Undo at application exit
6. Click Save

Click Save Config File to commit the changes.

Click to maximize the Instant Clone Pool VM.

From the Instant Clone VM, click Windows Explorer

1. Click This PC
2. Click View
3. Click Small icons
4. Drag the Explorer window to one side of the screen so you can easily see the drive mappings in durin the next steps.

Note the E:\ is mapped as Wordpad opens.