{"id":59641,"date":"2024-02-07T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=59641"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:17:18","slug":"fslogix-configuration-in-vmware-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/fslogix-configuration-in-vmware-horizon\/","title":{"rendered":"FSLogix configuration in VMware Horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60446 size-full\" title=\"fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-01.jpg\" alt=\"fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The FSLogix configuration in VMware Horizon environment allows to provide a persistent area to VDI machines such as <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vmware-horizon-7-12-instant-clone-setup-pt-4\/\">Instant Clones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>FSLogix is a Microsoft tool used to <strong>manage user profiles<\/strong>. User profiles are offloaded to a VHD(X) file stored in a centralized share repository and attached to the VDI during the logon process.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>FSLogix can be used to retain application configuration data in the profile but cannot hold <strong>user-installed applications<\/strong>. To satisfy both requirements, <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vmware-app-volumes-4-writable-volumes-configuration-pt-3\/\">writable volumes<\/a> included in the VMware App Volumes solution can be used in your VDI environment.<\/p>\n<p>You can also use both <strong>App Volumes and FSLogix at the same time<\/strong> to store user-installed applications to the writable volume and application customizations in the FSLogix Profile Container.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>FSLogix configuration in VMware Horizon<\/h2>\n<p>To proceed with the FSLogix configuration in VMware Horizon, we need the following prerequistes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Windows File Server used to store the FSLogix Profiles.<\/li>\n<li>The FSLogix application (download the software <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/fslogix_download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Configure network shares<\/h4>\n<p>From the File Server, create the following <strong>folders tree<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FSLogix<br \/>\n- Profiles<br \/>\n- Logs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60448 size-full\" title=\"fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-02.jpg\" alt=\"fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-02\" width=\"554\" height=\"231\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This article has been written for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">StarWind blog<\/a>\u00a0and can be found in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/blog\/fslogix-configuration-in-vmware-horizon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a>. It covers the full procedure to <strong>configure FSLogix in VMware Horizon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Test FSLogix<\/h2>\n<p>After completing the FSLogix configuration, it's time to test if everything works as expected.<\/p>\n<p>Open for example Microsoft Word and enter the credentials to <strong>register and configure the application<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60450 size-full\" title=\"fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-03.jpg\" alt=\"fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-03\" width=\"464\" height=\"570\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Office application has been configured with the specified user.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60452 size-full\" title=\"fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-04.jpg\" alt=\"fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-04\" width=\"579\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Logoff from the VDI and login once again. Run Microsoft Word.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_60454\" style=\"width: 449px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60454\" class=\"wp-image-60454 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-05.jpg\" alt=\"fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-05\" width=\"439\" height=\"248\" title=\"\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-60454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-05<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since FSLogix provides a <strong>persistent area<\/strong> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/vmware-horizon-profile-driven-storage-permissions-in-vsphere-8\/\">Instant Clones<\/a>, if everything works as expected, credentials and configuration should be retained and <strong>no additional configuration<\/strong> will be requested.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60456 size-full\" title=\"fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-06.jpg\" alt=\"fslogix-configuration-vmware-horizon-06\" width=\"579\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<p>FSLogix works as expected and can be used in those scenarios where Office 365 is installed in your Golden Images and you want that <strong>credentials and configurations are retained<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind FSlogix can be also used in combination with <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/app-volumes-create-and-size-a-new-writable-template\/\">VMware App Volumes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/blog\/fslogix-configuration-in-vmware-horizon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full article<\/a>\u00a0on StarWind blog.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"signature\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"signature\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FSLogix configuration in VMware Horizon environment allows to provide a persistent area to VDI machines such as Instant Clones. FSLogix is a Microsoft tool used to manage user profiles. User profiles are offloaded to a VHD(X) file stored in a centralized share repository and attached to the VDI during the logon process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":60446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"linkedin_93tdZWzMZc_93tdZWzMZc":"","facebook_2879994398731222_17841400390232720":"","twitter_113568041_113568041":"","mastodon_115463926174894442_115463926174894442":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3101,1025,2905],"tags":[2650,2759,1711,2239],"class_list":["post-59641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-app-volumes-en","category-horizon-en","category-omnissa-en","tag-euc","tag-fslogix","tag-horizon","tag-vdi-en","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}