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Dynamic, User-Centric, Contextual Controlof Windows Desktops
Ivanti® Environment Manager Policy, poweredby AppSense, simplifies IT management, makesusers more productive, and improves userexperience by enabling IT to control every aspectof the desktop at a highly granular, contextuallevel. For organizations using virtual desktops
and sessions with Office 365, Environment
Manager Policy eliminates user-acceptanceand performance issues related to Outlook
and OneDrive.

Responsive, Personalized, Compliant, andContextual Desktops
Managing and delivering desktops that meet end-userexpectations and enforce policy is a 24x7 nightmare for IT.
End users want a consistent, responsive, and personalized
computing experience regardless of device, time of day, orlocation so they can be more productive. However,traditional approaches to user workspace management, likelogon scripts and Group Policies, are complex andimpossible to maintain.
Environment Manager Policy replaces logon scripts andGroup Policies with a simple but powerful console forcreating advanced, multi-threaded policies that configure thedesktop dynamically based on user context.

Deliver a Fast, Full-Featured Office 365
Experience on Virtual Desktops
Businesses are rapidly adopting Office 365, but poor
performance with Outlook and OneDrive in Citrix XenApp,
XenDesktop, Microsoft RDS, VMware Horizon, and othervirtual desktop solutions causes user-acceptance andproductivity issues.
Environment Manager Policy attaches a container to theuser’s virtual desktop or session and redirects necessary
folders within the user profile to enable Outlook andivanti.com

OneDrive caches to roam effortlessly between sessions fora first-class user experience.

Eliminate Long Logons
Logon scripts have long been used to configure user
desktop settings at logon but quickly become large andconvoluted due to setting changes and updates. Anothercomplicating factor is that logon scripts are generally
maintained by multiple owners. The result is that logon
scripts often run slowly, causing users to wait and wait until
their desktop appears and they can begin working.
Environment Manager Policy’s multi-threaded, contextual
engine is optimized to apply only those configurations thatare relevant to the user context, to get them done quickly,and to not impede the logon if, for example, a networkresource is unavailable. Its flexible, rule-based approach
substantially reduces logon times and transforms the user
experience from frustrating to productive.

Replace Group Policy on Desktops
Group Policy is fine for company-wide policy enforcement,
but when used for contextual and granular control of theuser desktop it requires IT to write and maintain hundreds oreven thousands of Group Policies, which over time become
impossible to maintain. And, because Group Policy issingle-threaded, logons slow down as the Group Policy

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count climbs. The result is frustration and reduced
productivity for users and IT.
Environment Manager Policy enables IT to replacehundreds of Group Policies with a single, fast, contextualconfiguration. It can import existing Group Policy templates
to ease retirement of Group Policy and has extensive
search and filtering capabilities to ease ongoing
maintenance. Environment Manager Policy also provides
performance analysis to further optimize the configuration,and multiple logon triggers to minimize delays so users canbe productive faster.

Easy to Install and Use
Environment Manager Policy replaces logon script tedium
and Group Policy maintenance burdens with an easy-to-use
graphical console that covers all possible desktop actions
and configurations. Additionally, Environment Manager
Policy requires no additional server or databaseinfrastructure to install and run – simply deploy agents toendpoints, install the console, and start applying policy
based on user actions and context.
Environment Manager Policy is an excellent addition toMicrosoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM),
enabling SCCM admins to push policy configurations tousers from the SCCM console and provide unprecedentedcontrol over the user desktop environment. In addition,management packs are available for System Center
Operations Manager (SCOM) to alert IT in the event thatlogon actions are not applied as expected.

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Free 30-day trials of Environment Manager Policy areavailable from your Ivanti sales representative, or request afree trial at www.ivanti.com/EMPO_trial.

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