Immidio is a vendor of software products that address specific issues that arise when integrating multiple virtualization technologies into existing enterprise IT environments. Immidio offers so-called point solutions with a clear return on investment.


Immidio Flex Profiles

...optimizes the management of Windows user profiles. A smart profile segmentation concept, an unprecedented profile engine and a powerful graphical management workbench provide superior performance and flexibility.


Product Information

Windows user profiles preserve information about personal desktop and application settings for the next login. The profile management functionality built into Microsoft Windows is challenged by today’s requirements including multiple desktops per users and a range of virtualization technologies.

Immidio Flex Profiles Advanced Edition optimizes the management of user profiles for Windowsdesktops and applications provided through local workstations, terminal servers, Citrix Presentation Server / XenApp or Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (both 32-bit and 64-bit). This includes the application-specific handling of both registry settings and configuration files during user logon, user logoff, application launch, or application termination events. Individual configuration files for different applications and workspace settings allow modifying the behavior of the Immidio Flex Profiles logic. Immidio Flex Profiles can be used in conjunction with local profiles, roaming profiles or mandatory profiles.

How it Works

The concept of profile management with Immidio Flex Profiles is based on using standard mechanisms built into the Windows operating system and extending them by low-footprint runtime components and a smart management console. Immidio Flex Profiles supports user sessions running on local Windows, Remote Desktop Services (aka Terminal Services), Citrix XenApp or virtual desktops. The user sessions are configured to use either mandatory profiles or local profiles, referred to as a standard Windows profile.

Each user’s standard Windows profile is loaded the first time he or she logs on to the system with Immidio Flex Profiles installed and configured. After the user has been modifyingsettings while working in an individualized environment, he or she logs off. A logoff script calls the Immidio Flex Profiles core engine (FlexEngine) that saves all user-configurable settings in ZIP archive files in the user’s home folder. Once the settings have been saved, the logoff process continues and the user’s customized profile may be deleted on the remote desktop platform, while its settings are still preserved.

The mandatory or local profile is loaded again the next time the user logs on. Once the profile load process is finished, the Flex Profiles core engine is launched through the logon procedure. It customizes (or individualizes) the user’s session environment with the settings that were saved in his or her home folder from the previous session. These user-specific settings can be based on data stored in the registry and profile folders.

The advantage of this method is that you get the performance and stability of mandatory or local profiles while still having the ability to retain customized user settings from their sessions. Simple INI configuration files determine which registry settings, files or folders should be retained within the profile. When configured properly, Immidio Flex Profiles Advanced Edition provides extremely fast user logons and logoffs when compared to standard roaming profiles. This method also allows the simultaneous usage of Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server2003/2008 Terminal Services remote desktops in one environment; user-specific settings work cross-platform if Immidio Flex Profiles is used.

Features and Benefits

Immidio Flex Profiles Advanced Edition revolutionizes Windows user profile management. Explore the features and benefits below to learn more about how Immidio Flex Profiles Advanced Edition can help you to increase your IT performance and productivity.

• Supported on Windows Server 2003 (R2), Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, extending the scope of Immidio Flex Profiles to the most popular server and workstation platforms.
  
  
• Native 32-bit and 64-bit Windows support.
  
  
• Low-footprint client components and no extra backend components required – uses standard file servers and directory servers.
  
  
• Flexible and granular selection of user profile settings that need to be saved and restored through individual configuration files – inclusion and exclusion lists are both supported.
  
  
• Flex Profiles Management Console, for user-friendly and intuitive creation and maintenance of configuration files.
  
  
• Automated generation of configuration files through Flex Profiles Assistant and Flex Profiles Management Console.
  
  
• Built-in profile archive compression and streaming algorithms, creating ZIP container files optimized for networks with limited bandwidth.
  
  
• Online and offline scenarios supported.
  
  
• Cross-platform settings for Internet Explorer 6 and later, wallpaper, certificates, keyboard, mouse, regional settings, explorer view, and others.
  
  
• Flex Profiles Group Policy Template, making Immidio Flex Profiles configurable through Active Directory Group Policies.
  
  
• Compatible with Windows User Account Control (UAC).
  
  
• On-demand access to profile settings that require elevated user privileges (for certificate and password management).
  
  
• Collections of configuration files can be applied in one run, providing unprecedented performance. (Recursive reading of INI folders and subfolders files with one call)
  
  
• Workspace refresh functionality integrated into Immidio FlexEngine, immediately refreshing common settings of the graphical user interface.
  
  
• Windows version-specific configuration option on a per application basis.
  
  

Immidio AppScriber

...gives users the freedom to activate applications in a secure self-service manner. IT departments save on labor while remaining in control.
Immidio AppScriber 2.0 introduces delegated authorization based on workflow.


Product Information

In today’s agile business world, employees want 24x7 self-service access to the Windows applications they need. Manually assigning applications to users is a time-consuming and costly activity. With Immidio AppScriber, users activate applications in a secure self-service manner, without administrator intervention. All a user needs to do is browse or search for the application he or she needs, and subscribe or unsubscribe with one click. The IT department remains in control over which applications are made available, but no longer assigns these applications manually, resulting in a significant reduction of cost and labor.

Immidio AppScriber extends the most popular application deployment solutions, such as Microsoft Installer (MSI) with Group Policies, Microsoft App-V, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, Microsoft RemoteApp programs (as provided with Windows Server 2008 R2 RDS), Citrix XenApp application publishing, Citrix application streaming and Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution.

How it Works

Based on Active Directory security groups, Immidio AppScriber lets administrators define a list of applications from which users can select their own application set. Once a user subscribes to an application, Immidio AppScriber triggers the underlying application deployment solution for distribution.

Immidio AppScriber 2.0 reduces the workload at IT departments by introducing delegated workflow-based authorization. Business users can be assigned to the new approver role to accept or reject end-user application requests without further IT involvement.

Benefits

• Reduce the number of change requests involving application access
• Lower costs related to application authorization
• Give users a sense of independence while ultimately retaining control of application distribution
• Enable application owners to control the distribution of applications

Features

• Intuitive graphical web interface
• No client-side installation required — supports Internet Explorer and Firefox
• Supports multiple deployment solutions including Microsoft App-V, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, Citrix XenApp, Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution.
• Optional delegation of application request management using a workflow engine with e-mail notifications
• Detailed user and administrator logging
• Configurable feedback for all user activities
• Tag support
• Immidio AppScriber only requires standard backend components, such as Microsoft SQL Server (Express) 2005 or later, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or later, .NET Framework 2.0 SP1, and Microsoft Internet Information Server 6 or later.
  
  

The Immidio Resource Kit

...consists of simple tools addressing different aspects of virtualization environments.

Why do you need itThere is always a good reason to have some handy tools when encountering challenges with your environment based on Windows Terminal Services, Microsoft App-V, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenApp or Virtual Desktop Infrastructures.
How does it workJust select the Immidio Resource Kit tool of you choice.

• ReconnAct (New in version 1.4.1)- Run a command when a user disconnects from or reconnects to a session.
  
  
• Registry Time Stamp Tool (Registry Timestamper) - View and modify the time stamp associated to a registry key.
  
  
• Application Virtualization Ping Tool (App-V-Ping) - Check if a virtualized application server is still available.
  
  
• Terminal Server Mode Tool (TsMode) - Check basic API functions and registry values relevant for terminal servers.