Horizon + FSLogix clearing and exclusions

[D81]

Hi

Im implementing an horizon 8 enviroment with instant clones + FSlogix to store the configurations of the user profiles. Initialy we are not using Office containers, so everything will be stored by default on the FSLogix container (The user will also use GPO for folder redirection).

So in order to avoid a big growing of the default FSlogix container, based on your experience what folders would you add to the exclusion list for FSlogix? Would you create a specific "clearing" script to be launched during the logoff? If so, what would you include on that script?

Thanks in advance

[Alex Karibov]

Hi

1. We disabled caching mode and pst files for Outlook
2. Exluded folders with browsers cache and other software logs.
   For example:
   AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache for Chrome
   AppData\Roaming\ZoomVDI\logs for Zoom
   etc
3. Tuned GPO to clear browsers cache when closing a browser

Edited September 17 by Alex Karibov

[Alex Karibov]

Also I've exluded Downloads folder because our users liked to pile up a lot of files there and never deleted them ))

[D81]

Thanks for sharing...

I plan to use GPO or DEM for folder redirection and use it for My documents, Desktop, Images and probably nothing else. The rest of the folders would be excluded from FSlogix so when the user log off the Instant clone will destroy them.

[StephenWagner7]

When using FSLogix Profile containers, I'd also recommend using Folder Redirection so that the user's folders are redirected separately.

This way, the folders (Desktop, MyDocs, Downloads, etc) don't contribute to the FSLogix Profile container size. Additionally, if you're using folder redirection, you benefit from VSS snapshots on your file server.

Having these separate, if the FSLogix profile container ever becomes corrupt, the user will not lose their folders, whereas if they were included, they may.

[D81]

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When using FSLogix Profile containers, I'd also recommend using Folder Redirection so that the user's folders are redirected separately.

Thanks @StephenWagner7 for the tips, then would you recomend to use GPO or DEM for folder redirection? is there any pros and cons from each choice?

[StephenWagner7]

If you have a simple environment and haven't deployed DEM, then you could use GPO. If you want a more powerful way to configure user settings and environment settings, and more granular control over applying different settings to users, you could use DEM 🙂 

[GoShen]

My lab exclusions.xml file

 

redirections.xml

Copy of FSLogix.htm

Edited October 4 by GoShen
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