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Citrix Profile Management (discontinued)

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What is Citrix Profile Management (discontinued)?

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 It is obsolete, and replaced by Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenApp and XenDesktop).

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Citrix Profile Management a must for managing employees

Incentivized
Ed DavisView profile
Director of Information Technology in Information Technology at Dallas Nephrology Associates (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Easy to manage user access.
  • Can watch server usage.
  • Can manage end user profiles.

Cons

  • Disconnected session sometimes doesn't clear properly.

Return on Investment

  • CPM is a must to manage Citrix user.

Alternatives Considered

Hyper-V and CloudHealth by VMware

Unique and cutting edge software... but try to innovate more now or you'll be the next MSN!

Incentivized
Verified User
Project Manager in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I'm a user of Citrix Profile Management in my organization. I always thought it was not a real software or a program, just a utility as the installation and configuration were well-made by the system administrators of the company I was working for. As for me, it's a kind of transparent utility.

Pros

  • Virtualization
  • Start a remote desktop
  • Manage a remote desktop screen inside Windows

Cons

  • Improve UX-UI
  • When there's an error starting the remote desktop, offer a trouble-shooting wizard.
  • Improve maximize-minimize-full screen remote desktop functionality.

Most Important Features

  • Open remote desktops.
  • Configure several profiles as required.
  • Configure distinct permissions for each profile.

Return on Investment

  • Saving on hardware purchase because virtually you can run a super powerful ERP with an old Intel i3 CPU.
  • You need and should invest anyway and anyhow on robust, strong, stable internet connections and load balancing solutions to use Citrix products at the best.
  • Implementing a new ERP solution based on Citrix remote desktop and profiles in almost no time after the connection infrastructure part is solved.

Alternatives Considered

VMware ESXi

Other Software Used

VMware ESXi, vSphere

UPM is worth a try but don't expect the world

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Ben TusaView profile
SR Systems Administrator in Information Technology at CSG International (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • UPM does extend the features of Microsoft roaming profiles. It gives you the ability to load ADM files and create group policies to set settings.
  • With UPM you are able to include or exclude files and folders in a user's profile.
  • There are some tie ins between UPM and Citrix Director to give administrators the ability to quickly see the size of the user's profile.

Cons

  • Since UPM manages Microsoft roaming profiles you still face profile size challenges. You can use the exclude feature but it can be a bit limiting.
  • Because of size concerns this may not be the best choice for international deployments if you intend to roam settings across multiple environments.
  • Troubleshooting UPM can be a bit difficult at times. There are some built in logging features but those are best reviewed by Citrix.

Return on Investment

  • By far the best ROI for using UPM is that it's included with many Citrix offerings.
  • The only negative ROI might be time spent setting up UPM then deciding to change solutions.

Other Software Used

Citrix NetScaler, Citrix NetScaler Access Gateway, XenApp, XenDesktop