1. How Windows 10 marks the end of Roaming Profiles
Microsoft 2016
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How Windows 10 marks the end of Roaming Profiles
Raymond Comvalius
IT Infrastructure Architect/MVP
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About Me
Independent trainer/architect since 1998
Most Valued Professional (MVP)
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
Author of “Windows 7 for XP Professionals””

3. Roaming Profiles are from 1994 Settings roaming is what we still want

4. Settings Roaming in 2016 One Personal option Two business options:
Sync your settings
Two business options:
User Experience Virtualization (UE-V)
Enterprise State Roaming
Both technologies built-in Windows 10*

5. Enterprise State Roaming (ESR)
Sync settings to the Azure Cloud
Windows Settings
UWP App Settings
Requires Device Registration of Azure AD Join
Configure in Azure AD

6. Demo
Enterprise State Roaming

7. User Experience Virtualization
Built-in Windows 10 Enterprise and Education SKUs
Syncs per application settings to a file share
Inbox application settings templates for :
Microsoft Office 2016, 2013, and 2010
Internet Explorer 11 and 10
Many Windows applications, such as Xbox
Many Windows desktop applications, such as Notepad
Many Windows settings, such as desktop background or wallpaper

8. UE-V Changes in Windows 10
UE-V Agent is replaced with the UE-V Service
UE-V Template generator is in the Windows 10 ADK
Company Setting Center is removed
Inbox templates must be manually registered
Added support for Roaming Network Printers
Does not roam printer settings or preferences
Taskbar settings in 1607 do not sync with previous Windows editions

9. UE-V and Enterprise State Roaming
Those are compatible services
UE-V can roam Win32 applications on-premises while Enterprise State Roaming (ESR) can roam the rest
Configure the following UE-V Policy Settings:
Enable “Do Not Synchronize Windows Apps”
Disable “Synchronize Windows Settings”

10. Deploy UE-V Create a network share
Allow UE-V Users List Folder/read data and Create Folders/Append data in root
Allow Creator Owner Full Control on Subfolders and files
Configure the SettingsStoragePath on the client
Use Group Policy or PowerShell
Register the inbox SettingsTemplates
Get-childItem c:\programdata\Microsoft\UEV\InboxTemplates\*.xml|% {register-UevTemplate $_.Fullname}
For demo enable WaitForSyncOnApplicationStart
Set-UevConfiguration -EnableWaitForSyncOnApplicationStart

11. Demo
UE-V in Windows 10

12. Summary ESR is very low profile and easy to configure
Unfortunately lacks support for Win32 applications
UE-V came a step closer
Good thing that ESR and UE-V can work together
More information:

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