A Quick Tour of Ceedo Advanced Desktop Layering (for VDI and more…)

Ceedo’s Desktop Layering - General An application and user-profile delivery system Integrates with any hardware with Windows 7SP1 + AIM: Lower management overhead and overcome current solutions’ limitations.

Ceedo’s Desktop Layering in VDI context A VDI enabler solution based on “layer virtualization” Integrates with and works on top of any VDI platform AIM: Enable true cost-effective VDI with “layering”

Ceedo’s desktop layering benefits Provide user persistence on non-persistent sessions Deploy application layers and hide installed applications Integrate on top of any hypervisor and broker Deploy a single OS image to the entire company Modular desktop composition

Quick feature overview - technology Ceedo Desktop Modular Layers (CDMLs) stored in a separate volume (i.e. R:\) Ceedo layering driver captures file system and registry transactions, and diverts to/from CDML Meaning: applications, drivers, services and data are captured in the layer on the fly, without user noticing any change

Quick feature overview - technology Ceedo’s layering enumerates only File System and Registry objects the user is allowed to see Meaning OS and Layer-installed apps can be hidden from users Data is stored in a modular fashion Meaning the golden image can be updated independently

Modular “slices” recombination

Layering technology “slice” the desktop into logically separated layers Operating System

Layering technology Operating System Desktop Customization Layer “slice” the desktop into logically separated layers

Layering technology Operating System Desktop Customization Layer Applications Layer “slice” the desktop into logically separated layers

Layering technology Operating System Desktop Customization Layer Applications Layer User Data and Files Layer “slice” the desktop into logically separated layers

Layering technology Operating System Desktop Customization Layer Applications Layer User Data and Files Layer …and converge them seamlessly at runtime… Seamless Desktop

App-Masking via selective enumeration

Ceedo’s Kernel Firewall app-masking Create list of file system and registry keys associated with applications installed into the host Place in configuration file On log-on driver makes sure items are not enumerated Hide File System and Registry Keys in OS and/or in virtual layer

Ceedo’s Kernel Firewall app-masking Applications in configuration file are not enumerated User layer is loaded on logon Desktop presents mix of applications After hiding applications from host – add user/group specific layers

Extras… Powerful batch script-based tools Unprecedented adoption speed Zero database management – pure human readable XML Can create separate layers for each logon for quick roll-back Two flavors: With or without management Block-level user profile streaming