Lab A: Configuring Profiles and User State Virtualization
Exercise 2: Implementing and Configuring UE-V
Scenario
You have demonstrated to your management the benefits of roaming user profiles, Folder Redirection, and Primary Computer settings. Because A. Datum has an enterprise agreement with Microsoft and access to the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, you have been asked to implement a pilot deployment of UE-V. You will demonstrate how UE-V can synchronize additional apps. Based on the results of your demonstration, management will decide whether to deploy UE-V in production.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:
1. Prepare the environment for deploying Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V).
2. Configure UE-V Group Policy settings.
3. Install UE-V agents.
4. Configure UE-V to synchronize settings immediately.
5. Use UE-V to synchronize settings.
6. Restore app settings.
7. Create a UE-V settings location template.
8. Using UE-V to synchronize custom app settings.
Task 1: Prepare the environment for deploying Microsoft User Experience
Virtualization (UE-V)
1. On LON-DC1, create a folder named UEVdata. Grant Domain Users Full Control permissions to the folder, and then share it with Full Control permissions for Everyone.
2. On LON-DC1, create a folder named UEVTemplates. Grant Domain Users Full Control permissions to the folder, and then share it with Full Control permissions for Everyone.
Task 2: Configure UE-V Group Policy settings
1. On LON-DC1, verify that there is no Microsoft User Experience Virtualization node available in Group Policy Object under User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates
\Windows Components.
2. Copy the UserExperienceVirtualization.admx file from E:\Labfiles\Mod03 to the
C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions folder, and then copy the UserExperienceVirtualization.adml file to the C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US folder.
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3. Create a Group Policy named UE-V, and then link it to the Adatum.com domain.
4. In the UE-V Group Policy, under User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates
\Windows Components\Microsoft User Experience Virtualization, enable the Settings storage path setting, and then configure it to point to \\LON-DC1\UEVData\%username%.
5. In the UE-V Group Policy, under Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates
\Windows Components\Microsoft User Experience Virtualization, enable the Settings template catalog path setting, and then configure it to point to \\LON-DC1\UEVTemplates.
Task 3: Install UE-V agents
1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with password Pa$$w0rd.
2. Install the UE-V agent by running AgentSetup.exe in the E:\Labfiles\Mod03 folder. Restart LON-CL1 after completing the installation.
3. Sign in to LON-CL2 as Adatum\Administrator with password Pa$$w0rd.
4. Install the UE-V agent by running the following command:
E:\Labfiles\Mod03\AgentSetup.exe SyncMethod=None
Task 4: Configure UE-V to synchronize settings immediately 1. On LON-DC1, verify that the C:\UEVdata folder is empty.
2. Sign in to LON-CL1 and LON-CL2 as Adatum\Brad with password Pa$$w0rd.
3. On LON-CL1, use the Get-UevConfiguration cmdlet to verify that UE-V configuration is effective.
You will see that values for SettingsStoragePath and SettingsTemplateCatalogPath are configured as you set them in Group Policy. You also will see that the current SyncMethod is set to
SyncProvider.
4. On LON-CL2, run Calculator, and then choose the Date calculation view. Close Calculator.
5. On LON-CL1, run Calculator, and then verify that it is not extended with options for date calculation.
6. On LON-CL1, synchronize UE-V settings by using Company Settings Center.
7. On LON-CL1, run Calculator, and then verify that it is extended with options for date calculation.
8. On LON-CL1, use the Set-UevConfiguration cmdlet with the SyncMethod parameter to disable use of local cache.
9. Sign out of LON-CL1.
Task 5: Use UE-V to synchronize settings
1. On LON-CL2, run WordPad, and then clear the Ruler and Status bar check boxes on the View tab.
Close WordPad.
2. Create a shortcut to Local Disk (C:) on the desktop.
3. In Notepad, select Font Size 20, type your name, and then save the file in the Documents library.
Close Notepad.
4. On LON-DC1, verify that the UEVdata folder now has a brad subfolder.
5. On the View tab, click Hidden items. Double-click the Brad folder, and then verify that it contains a SettingsPackages subfolder.
6. Double-click the SettingsPackages folder, and then verify that it contains multiple subfolders for the applications and Windows settings that UE-V synchronizes.
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7. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Brad with password Pa$$w0rd. Run Calculator, and then verify that is extended with options for date calculation, as you configured it on LON-CL2. On the View menu, click Programmer, click Unit conversion, and then close Calculator.
8. On LON-CL1, run WordPad, and then verify that the Ruler and Status bar check boxes are not selected, exactly as you configured it on LON-CL2. Close WordPad.
9. On LON-CL1, verify that the shortcut to Local Disk (C:) is not present on the desktop.
Note: Contents of the desktop are not synchronized by UE-V. Instead, you should use Folder Redirection or roaming user profiles to do so.
10. Verify in Notepad that File Size 20 is configured, but that the file with your name is not available in the Documents library.
Task 6: Restore app settings
1. On LON-CL1, run Calculator, and then verify that it is in Programmer view and extended with Unit conversion. Close Calculator.
2. Use the Get-UevTemplate cmdlet to view which settings location template Calculator uses.
3. Use the Restore-UevUserSetting cmdlet to restore initial Calculator settings.
4. Run Calculator, and then verify that is in default Standard mode, the way it was before the first UE-V synchronization.
5. Sign out of LON-CL1 and LON-CL2.
Task 7: Create a UE-V settings location template
1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with password Pa$$w0rd.
2. Install UE-V Generator by running ToolsSetup.exe in the E:\Labfiles\Mod03 folder.
3. Run Microsoft User Experience Virtualization Generator. Click Create a settings location template and point to C:\Program files (x86)\Remote Desktop Connection Manager\RDCMan.exe.
4. In Remote Desktop Connection Manager, modify one of the available options, and then close Remote Desktop Connection Manager.
5. Include nonstandard file locations in the settings location template and save the settings location template to \\LON-DC1\UEVTemplates\RDCMan.xml.
Task 8: Using UE-V to synchronize custom app settings
1. On LON-CL1, use the Get-UevTemplate cmdlet to verify that no settings location template that contains string “rdc” is registered.
2. Use the Register-UevTemplate cmdlet to register the \\LON-DC1\UEVTemplates\RDCMan.xml settings location template.
3. Use the Get-UevTemplate cmdlet to verify that the Remote-Desktop-RDCMan-v-2-2 settings location template is registered.
4. Sign in to LON-CL2 as Adatum\Administrator, and then use the Register-UevTemplate cmdlet to register the \\LON-DC1\UEVTemplates\RDCMan.xml settings location template.
5. On LON-CL1, run Remote Desktop Connection Manager, configure Auto save interval to 3 minute(s), and then close Remote Desktop Connection Manager.
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6. On LON-CL2, run Remote Desktop Connection Manager, and then verify that Auto save interval is selected and configured to 3 minute(s).
Results: After completing this exercise, you should have successfully implemented and configured UE-V for synchronizing apps and Windows settings.
Prepare for the next lab
When you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state. To do this, complete the following steps:
1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V® Manager.
2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20687D-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.
3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.
4. Repeat steps 2 through 3 for 20687D-LON-CL1, 20687D-LON-CL2, and 20687D-LON-SVR1.
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